Conference: Microbial Community Dynamics: Cooperation and Competition - Workshop November 5-7, 2012 in St. Louis, MO

将于2012年秋季在美国密苏里州圣路易斯举办的“微生物群落动态：合作与竞争”研讨会是欧盟-美国生物技术研究工作队环境生物技术工作组的一项举措，该工作队是欧盟委员会与美利坚合众国之间的一个合作方案。环境生物技术工作组的活动目标是为来自美国和欧盟的早期职业科学家提供一个论坛，以满足世界专家在微生物技术领域的前沿研究，并为未来的跨大西洋合作奠定基础。研讨会的演讲（20分钟的谈话，10分钟的问题）将解决微生物群落的基本生理学和遗传学，这将有助于生物修复，人类健康保护和治疗，生物能源转换和碳封存的进步。资深科学家参与者（10名欧盟和10名美国）将是世界知名专家，他们将介绍各自领域的现状，并预测研究挑战和机遇。每个人将负责确定一个有前途的早期职业科学家参加讲习班，并提出他们的研究成果海报格式。该讲习班的一个新特点是“指导时间”，这是资深科学家个人指导早期职业科学家的机会。研讨会还将为所有与会者提供时间进行公开讨论，以确定需要科学进步的领域，并计划实现未来研究合作所需的步骤。最后，将编写一份报告，概述通过发言和讨论揭示的重大科学机遇、愿景和挑战，供出版。为来自美国和欧盟的早期职业科学家提供一个聚会的论坛，向世界专家学习微生物生物技术领域的前沿研究，并为未来的合作和协作奠定基础。目标2.解决微生物群落和生物膜的基本生理学和遗传学问题，这将有助于人类健康、毒素的生物修复、生物能源转换和碳螯合的进步。为早期职业科学家提供指导机会，与微生物相互作用和环境微生物学领域的专家一对一讨论他们的职业目标。目标4.编写一份供出版的会议报告，其中将概述研讨会上讨论的未来研究方向，并有助于防止不必要的研究重复，在科学家之间产生协同作用。

The Workshop on Microbial Community Dynamics: Cooperation and Competition to be held in the fall of 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is an initiative of the Environmental Biotechnology Working Group of the EU-US Taskforce on Biotechnology Research, a cooperative program between the European Commission and the United States of America. The activities of the Environmental Biotechnology Working Group have as their goals to provide a forum for early career scientists from the US and EU to meet, to learn cutting edge research in the area of microbial biotechnology from world experts and to set the groundwork for future transatlantic cooperation and collaboration. Workshop presentations (20 min talks with 10 min questions) will address fundamental physiology and genetics of microbial communities that will contribute to advances in bioremediation, human health protection and treatments, bioenergy conversion and carbon sequestration. Senior scientist participants (10 EU and 10 US) will be world renowned experts who will present the current status of their fields and forecast research challenges and opportunities. Each will be responsible for identifying a promising early career scientist to participate in the workshop and present their research results in poster format. A new feature of this workshop will be a "Mentoring Hour", an opportunity for mentoring of the early career scientists by the senior scientists on an individual basis. The workshop will also provide time for all attendees to engage in open discussion to identify areas where scientific advancement is needed and plan the steps necessary for realizing future research collaborations. Finally, a report summarizing the major scientific opportunities, visions and challenges revealed through the presentations and discussions will be prepared for publication.Specific Objectives:Objective 1. To provide a forum for early career scientists from the US and EU to meet, to learn cutting edge research in the area of microbial biotechnology from world experts and to set the groundwork for future cooperation and collaboration.Objective 2. To address fundamental physiology and genetics of microbial communities and biofilms that will contribute to advances in human health, bioremediation of toxins, bioenergy conversion and carbon sequestration.Objective 3. To provide a mentoring opportunity for early career scientists to discuss their career goals in ain one-on-one setting with an established expert in the microbial interactions and environmental microbiology.Objective 4. To generate a report of the meeting for publication that will summarize future research directions discussed at the workshop and to contribute to the prevention of unnecessary research duplication and generate synergy among scientists.