2009 Evolutionary and Ecological Functional Genomics Gordon Research Conference

该项目通过支持2009年戈登生态学和进化功能基因组学会议，支持生态和进化基因组学发展领域的进步。它将通过资助约40名演讲者、博士后演讲者、博士后和研究生参加半年度会议的旅费来实现这一目标。生态和进化基因组学具有广泛的适用性和重要性，但在美国，关注基因组技术在生态和进化问题中的应用的会议并不多见。这次会议将提供一个重要的论坛，将来自不同学科的科学家和科学信息联系起来，并激发生态和进化基因组学前沿的研究议程。会议的主题多种多样，包括宿主-寄生虫和宿主-共生体相互作用的基因组学、传染病的进化、微生物宏基因组学、发育和行为基因组学以及测序技术。此外，一个关于全球变化基因组学的特别会议将强调这一重要力量和基因组学方法，以更好地理解和管理其影响。这次会议是广泛的跨学科会议，演讲者包括各种各样的初级和高级科学家，包括许多妇女和代表性不足的群体的成员。会议的整体结构设计良好，促进了与会者之间的互动。本项目将支持青年科学家更多地参加会议。

This project supports advancement of the developing fields of ecological and evolutionary genomics through support of the 2009 Gordon Conference on Ecology and Evolutionary Functional Genomics. It will accomplish this through funding the travel costs of about 40 speakers, post-doctoral speakers, post-docs, and graduate students to attend the semi-annual conference. Ecological and evolutionary genomics have wide applicability and importance, but conferences that focus on application of genomic technologies to ecology and evolutionary questions are uncommon in the United States. The conference will provide an important forum for linking scientists and scientific information from diverse disciplines and for sparking research agendas at the frontiers of ecological and evolutionary genomics. Topics at the conference are diverse and include genomics of host-parasite and host-symbiont interactions, evolution of infectious disease, microbial metagenomics, genomics of development and behavior, and sequencing technologies. Additionally, a special session on global change genomics will highlight this important force and genomic approaches to better understanding and managing its effects. The conference is broadly interdisciplinary, and the speakers include a diverse mix of junior and senior scientists, including many women and members of underrepresented groups. The overall structure of the conference is well-designed to promote interactions among participants. Increased participation in the meeting by young scientists will be supported by this project.