3rd Annual Microbial Observatories PI Meeting and Workshop: Coordination and Networking in Microbial Diversity Science to be held on September 12-15, 2004 in Big Sky, Montana

该奖项是为了支持微生物观测站（MO）计划的第三届pi年会，会议将于2004年9月12日至15日在蒙大拿的Big Sky召开。会议的共同组织者是博士。Mark Young（蒙大拿州立大学）和Sarah Boomer（西俄勒冈大学）。本次会议的主要焦点将是在NSF支持的微生物观测站研究人员的国家网络之间建立新的互动并加强现有的互动。预计这样一个网络将促进合作，并为项目参与者带来协同和综合。本次会议的活动将包括由mo支持的pi、博士后和研究生进行的讲座。会议将讨论的具体项目包括：微生物种群生物学-强调定量方法；环境基因组学和生物信息学-成熟的宏基因组学；自然环境中的微生物群落结构-理解微生物对生物地球化学循环的控制；微生物多样性和进化-产生和定义它的原因。微生物学博士后项目的一部分博士后和直接参与MO项目的研究生。每个MO将被要求准备一份摘要来总结他们小组的活动，并为所有参与者制作一本摘要书。

This award is for support to convene the Third Annual Meeting of PIs involved in the Microbial Observatories (MO) Program, Sept. 12-15, 2004 in Big Sky, Montana. The meeting co-organizers are Drs. Mark Young (Montana State University) and Sarah Boomer (Western Oregon University). The major focus of this meeting will be to establish new interactions and strengthen existing interactions between the NSF supported national network of microbial observatories researchers. It is envisioned that such a network will facilitate collaboration and bring synergy and synthesis to the participants in the program. Activities at this meeting will include talks presented by MO-supported PIs, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students.Specific items to be discussed at the meeting include:* Microbial Population Biology - Emphasizing Quantitative Approaches* Environmental Genomics and Bioinformatics - Metagenomics Matured* Microbial Community Structure in Natural Environments- Understanding Microbial Controls on Biogeochemical Cycling * Microbial Diversity and Evolution - What generates and defines itThe meeting will be attended by all MO PIs, NSF observers, and a subset of postdoctoral fellows from the Microbiology Postdoctoral program and graduate students directly involved in MO projects and. Each MO will be required to prepare an abstract to summarize their group's activities, and an Abstract Book will be produced for all participants.