Conference:13th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation held July 2-7, 2001in Hamilton, Ontario Canada

第十三届国际固氮大会(将于2001年7月2日至7日在安大略省汉密尔顿举行)的目的是让来自世界各地的科学家齐聚一堂，讨论与生物固氮的各个方面有关的当前研究需要和基础研究成果。讨论的主题包括：微生物和寄主植物的遗传学、生态学(竞争、趋化、生存等)、生物固氮的农业影响、固氮酶和金属络合物的化学、国际计划、固氮微生物的生理学、固氮基因的调控、固氮微生物的基因组结构、固氮共生伙伴的生理学等。会议的目的是：1：确定限制固氮的因素，并设计有助于克服这些限制的研究方法。2：回顾目前与生物固氮相关的研究现状。3：促进共同主题的合作研究工作。4.研究固氮菌的基因组结构。5：为研究生和博士后参会提供便利的场所。6：确定21世纪第一个十年的研究目标。和7：确定和讨论固氮化学的最新进展以及这些发现用于实际用途的潜力。要求提供资金，以部分支持美国科学家、博士后助理和研究生参加大会。被指定为全体会议发言人和研讨会负责人的科学家是根据几个标准挑选出来的；包括当前高质量研究的证据、作为有效传播者的成功证据、与主题有关的广泛知识以及地理分布。博士后和研究生参与者将根据需要和他们将在会议上提交海报演示的证据来选择。将出版一份会议记录，其中将包含回顾、原创研究贡献和所有演示文稿的海报摘要。主办方将与当地组委会的其他成员一起编辑会议记录，以便发表。

The purpose of the 13th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation (to be held July 2-7, 2001 in Hamilton, Ontario) is to bring together scientists from throughout the world to discuss current research needs and fundamental research findings related to all aspects of biological nitrogen fixation. Subject areas to be discussed include: genetics of microsymbiont and host plant, ecology (competition, chemotaxis, survival, etc.), agricultural implications of biological nitrogen fixation, chemistry of nitrogenase and metal complexes, international programs, physiology of nitrogen fixing microorganisms, regulation of nitrogen fixing genes, genome structure of nitrogen fixing microorganisms, physiology of nitrogen fixing symbiotic partners, etc. The objectives of the meeting are: 1:To identify factors that limit nitrogen fixation and design research approaches that will help overcome these limitations. 2:To review the status of current research efforts relating to biological nitrogen fixation. 3:To foster collaborative research efforts on common subjects. 4:To characterize the genomic structure of nitrogen-fixing species. 5:To provide a convenient arena for graduate student and postdoctoral participation in meetings. 6:To identify research goals for the first decade of the 21st century. And 7:To identify and discuss recent advances in the chemistry of nitrogen fixation and the potential for these discoveries for practical use. Funds are requested to partially support the participation of US scientists, postdoctoral associates and graduate students in the Congress. Scientists designated as plenary speakers and workshop leaders were selected based upon several criteria; including evidence of current, high quality research, evidence of success as an effective communicator, broad knowledge related to the subject matter, and geographical distribution. Postdoctoral and graduate student participants will be chosen based on need and evidence that they will present a poster presentation at the meeting. A meeting proceedings will be published that will contain review, original research contributions and poster abstracts for all presentations. The organizers, along with other members of the local organizing committee, will edit the proceedings for publication.