First International Conference on the Release of GeneticallyEngineered Microorganisms (REGEM l): Cardiff, Wales; April 5-8, 1988

基金将为美国科学家参加首届基因工程微生物释放国际会议(Regem 1)的旅行提供部分支持。会议将于1988年4月5日至8日在威尔士的加的夫举行，由应用细菌学会(SAB)、普通微生物学会(SGM)和美国微生物学会(ASM)赞助。会议的目标是成为全世界科学家讨论微生物生态学和分子生物学的最新进展的论坛，因为它们与基因工程微生物的环境释放有关。会议计划将包括三个上午的特邀演讲者会议。圆桌会议安排在下午举行，每天都会张贴海报。会议将使具有不同教育背景和经验的科学家能够相互交流，从而使彼此都能从对方的特殊知识中受益。美国充分参与该会议特别令人关切，因为环境释放问题直接关系到该国在农业、环境和医学科学中应用的分子生物学和生物技术方面保持现有竞争优势的能力。

Funds will provide partial support for travel by American scientists to participate in the first International Conference on the Release of Genetically Engineered Microorganisms (REGEM 1). The Conference will convene April 5-8, 1988, in Cardiff, Wales under the auspices of the Society for Applied Bacteriology (SAB), the Society for General Microbiology (SGM) and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). The Conference has as its goal to serve as a forum for scientists throughout the world to discuss recent advances in microbial ecology and molecular biology as they relate to environmental releases of genetically engineered microorganisms. The conference program will consist of three morning sessions of invited speakers. Roundtables are scheduled for the afternoons and posters will be on display throughout each day. The Conference will enable scientists with different educational backgrounds and experience to interact so each can benefit from the special knowledge of the other. Adequate American participation in the Conference is of special concern, because the issue of environmental release relates directly to the capacity of this country to maintain its present competitive advantage in molecular biology and biotechnology as applied in the agricultural, environmental and medical sciences.