Metabolic Engineering Workshop 2009

robert D Shelton, World Technology Evaluation Center, Inc.本项目包括在世界技术评估中心（WTEC）的支持下，由美国国家科学基金会组织一个关于代谢工程研究活动的受资助研讨会。这个主题是美国国家科学基金会工程局发布的跨部门机会公告的焦点。研讨会将于2009年初举行，目的是收集美国研究界关于这一新兴研究领域进展情况的事实和意见。WTEC将把讲习班上提供的资料汇编成一份报告，以硬拷贝和电子媒体提供给国家科学基金会和专业团体。在合同期间，WTEC还将更新和维护机构间代谢物工程网站。研讨会提供了一个论坛，供参加代谢工程工作组的八个机构的受资助者介绍这一领域的最新研究成果。这对代谢过程研究的贡献将有助于更好地理解细胞化学转化、能量转导和超分子组装的途径。纸质和电子报告将把这些发现传达给更广泛的社区。

CBET-0841134Robert D Shelton, World Technology Evaluation Center, Inc. Intellectual MeritThis project includes organization of a grantee workshop on research activities in metabolic engineering to be conducted by NSF with support from the World Technology Evaluation Center, Inc (WTEC). This topic is the focus of an Interagency Announcement of Opportunities published by NSF's Directorate for Engineering. The purpose of the workshop, to be held in early 2009, is to gather facts and opinions from the U.S. research community on how this emerging area of research is progressing. WTEC will compile the information presented at the workshop into a report for NSF and the professional community in hardcopy and electronic media. WTEC will also update and maintain the interagency metabolicengineering.gov website during the term of this award.The workshop provides a forum for presentation of the latest research results in this field by grantees of the eight agencies that participate in the Working Group on Metabolic Engineering.Broader Impacts This contribution to research in metabolic processes will help to better understand cellular pathways for chemical transformation, energy transduction, and supramolecular assembly. The hardcopy and electronic reports will communicate these findings to the broader community.