Conference: Support for the 8th Cyanobacterial Molecular Biology Workshop to be held in St. Adele, Quebec on August 25-29, 2004

本项目的主要研究者请求支持支付参加第八届蓝藻分子生物学研讨会的参与者的部分费用。本次研讨会将在ST。阿黛尔，魁北克，2004年8月25日至29日。 资金将用于支付研究生，博士后研究员和其他初级科学家的部分费用，他们作为会议主席和演讲者的角色构成了该计划的大部分。此外，还请拨了4名应邀在研讨会上发言的人的旅费。该研讨会是北美的主要会议，重点是蓝藻的生理学，光合作用固氮和生态学的分子方面。这个会议传统上吸引了来自美国的120名与会者，加拿大和欧洲。 2004年讲习班将作为蒙特利尔国际光合作用大会的附属会议举行，该会议将在讲习班之后立即开始。在这个时候安排会议的一个因素是帮助保持会议成本负担得起，而不是举行它在以前的地点在阿西洛马州立公园加州。研讨会将分为会议重点：固氮和异形胞分化，光合作用和光合复合物，碳固定浓度机制，胁迫反应和生态方面。四位特邀演讲者将概述许多选定的领域。 然而，该计划在很大程度上依赖于初级科学家作为主要参与者。该项目的一个目标是通过减轻他们的经济负担来吸引他们参加。该方案将允许妇女和代表性不足的少数民族最大限度地参与。

The PI of this project requests support to pay part of the cost for participants attending the 8th Cyanobacterial Molecular Biology Workshop. This workshop is to be held in Ste. Adele, Quebec, August 25-29, 2004. Funds are to be used to cover partial expenses for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and other junior scientists whose roles as session chairs and speakers comprise the majority of the program. Additionally, travel cost for four invited seminar speakers are requested. This workshop is the main conference in North America focused on molecular aspects of physiology, photosynthesis nitrogen fixation, and ecology in cyanobactera. This conference traditionally attracts up to 120 participants from the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The 2004 Workshop will be held as a satellite meeting to the International Photosynthesis Congress in Montreal, which commences immediately following the Workshop. A factor in scheduling the conference at this time was to help keep conference cost affordable rather than holding it at its previous location in Asilomar State Park California. The workshop will be divided into session focuses on: Nitrogen Fixation and Heterocyst Differentiation, Photosynthesis and Photosynthetic Complexes, Carbon Fixation & Concentration Mechanisms, Stress Responses and Ecological Aspects. Four invited speakers will provide overview of many of the chosen areas. The program, however, relies largely on junior scientists as the main participants. A goal of the project is to attract their attendance by lowering their financial burden. The program is to be assembled to allow maximum participation by women and underrepresented minorities.