2005 Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism, and Molecular Biology Gordon Research Conference to be held August 14-19, 2005 at Magdelan College in Oxford, UK

A-1结构域是生命的三个结构域之一，这个结构域中的生物体与细菌（真细菌）或真核生物（真核生物）中的生物体不同。虽然古生物代表了大约三分之一的生命进化多样性，并显示出许多有趣的和实际的特性和活动，古生物的特点远不如其他两个领域的生物。戈登研究会议（英语：Gordon Research Conference）是由1984年至1993年每三年举行一次的产甲烷研究会议发展而来。第一次GRC会议于1996年举行，在1999年举行的第二次会议上，与会者一致投票决定将其作为一次重现会议。2001年的会议有一个跨学科的计划，强调基因组学，不寻常的代谢，转录及其调节。2003年继续讨论类似的主题，并增加了会议（生态多样性、极端蛋白质、功能基因组学）。2005年的会议将强调包括系统生物学、蛋白质组学和生物技术在内的新兴主题。这些变化扩大了受影响的NSF项目的数量，包括MCB，DEB和BES资助的PI。具体的程序在建议的审查员部分中逐项列出。会议有一个多样化和性别平衡的发言者和会议领导人名单。NSF对这次会议的支持将使更多的参与者，包括学生和博士后参加GRC，促进初级和建立美国和国际科学家之间的互动。

A-1The domain Archaea is one of the three domains of life, and organisms in this domainare distinct from organisms in either the domain Bacteria (eubacteria) or the domainEucarya (eukaryotes). Although archaeal organisms represent approximately one thirdof life's evolutionary diversity and display many interesting and practical properties andactivities, Archaea are much less characterized than are organisms from the other twodomains. The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Archaea grew out of a GRC onmethanogenesis, which was held every three years from 1984-1993. The first GRC onArchaea was held in 1996, and at the second meeting held in 1999, the participantsvoted unanimously to make it a reoccurring meeting. The 2001 meeting had aninterdisciplinary program, stressing genomics, unusual metabolism, transcription and itsregulation. A similar theme with added sessions (ecodiversity, extremophilic proteins,functional genomics) was pursued in 2003. The 2005 conference will emphasizeemerging topics including systems biology, proteomics and biotechnology. Thesechanges expand on the number of impacted NSF programs and include PIs funded inMCB, DEB, and BES. Specific programs are itemized in the suggested reviewerssections. The conference has a diverse and gender-balanced slate of speakers andsession leaders. NSF support for this conference will allow more participants includingstudents and postdocs to attend the GRC, facilitating interaction between junior andestablished American and international scientists.