Workshop and Symposium: GENOMICS: BEYOND THE SEQUENCE, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 26-27, 2001

华盛顿大学的james T. Staley获得了一笔资助，支持8名美国pi和8名学生/博士后参加2001年3月26日至27日在苏格兰爱丁堡举行的为期两天的公开研讨会和为期一天的研讨会，题为“基因组学：超越序列”。该活动由普通微生物学会系统与进化小组和国际系统细菌学委员会赞助。研讨会和研讨会的参与者将讨论、消化和预测基因组学对我们对原核生物进化及其相互关系的理解的影响。演讲者将大量利用来自全基因组测序项目的数据、工具等，并在微生物系统学和基因组学的界面上发展未来的发展前景。原核微生物是地球上最古老、最丰富、最多样化的生命形式。它们负责维持地球的生物地球化学循环，维持其生态系统，并再生我们呼吸的空气，我们饮用的水和我们种植食物的土壤。微生物也是现代生物技术革命的基础。了解这些生物的进化模式和过程对所有微生物学研究至关重要，基因组学为解决它们的系统发育、分类和分类提供了最终工具。该奖项的一半资金将用于支持学生和博士后参加研讨会和研讨会的培训。

DEB-0101610James T. StaleyJames T. Staley of the University of Washington has been awarded a grant to to support 8 U.S. PIs and 8 students/postdocs to attend a 2-day public symposium and 1-day workshop entitled "Genomics: Beyond the Sequence" in Edinburgh, Scotland, 26-27 March, 2001. The event is sponsored by the Systematic and Evolutionary Group of the Society of General Microbiology and the International Committee for Systematic Bacteriology. Participants at the symposium and workshop will discuss, digest and forecast the impact that genomics will have on our understanding of the evolution of prokaryotes and their inter-relationships. It is intended that speakers will draw heavily from data, tools, etc. derived from complete genome sequencing projects and develop a perspective of future developments at the interface of microbial systematics and genomics. Prokaryotic microbes are the oldest, most abundant and most diverse forms of life on earth. They are responsible for maintaining Earth's biogeochemical cycles, sustaining its ecosystems, and regenerating the air that we breathe, the water that we drink, and the soil in which we grow our food. Microorganisms are also at the foundation of the modern revolution in biotechnology. An understanding of the evolutionary patterns and processes of these organisms is essential to all microbiological research, and genomics offers the ultimate tool for resolving their phylogeny, taxonomy and classification. Half of the funds of this award will go to supporting training for students and postdoctoral participants in the symposium and workshop.