CONFERENCE: 2013 Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism, and Molecular Biology Gordon Research Conference to be held on July 28-August 2, 2013 in Lucca, Italy

2013年古生物：生态学、新陈代谢和分子生物学戈登研究会议(GRC)将于2013年7月28日至8月2日在意大利的卢卡(巴尔加)举行。古生菌是生命的三大进化谱系之一，是一群种类繁多、令人着迷的微生物，有着与真核生物重叠的深层根部。这次会议的目的是交流和讨论古代研究中科学技术前沿的想法。会议将就一些新出现的专题展开讨论，着重介绍古生物生理学和新陈代谢、蛋白质结构和功能、系统生物学和基因组学、转录和小RNA、古生菌的生态和多样性、古生菌的翻译和转录后调控、复制、修复和重组、古生菌病毒与细胞防御、古生菌细胞膜以及古生菌在理解早期生命和真核生物进化中的核心作用等方面的新范式。为这次会议招募了一批多样化和性别均衡的发言者和讨论负责人。一个关键目标是鼓励研究生、博士后研究员和小型学院(包括社区学院)的教职员工参与。将特别努力支持代表人数不足的群体的学生或资源有限的实验室的学生。学生和博士后研究员将在四个海报会议中介绍和讨论他们的研究。此外，在每节课开始时，从提交的摘要中选出的两名学生将进行简短的演讲，介绍他们的研究成果。因此，青年科学家将有机会在GRC提供的正式和非正式环境中交流思想和进行接触，并将接触到尖端的古生物研究。

The 2013 Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism, and Molecular Biology Gordon Research Conference (GRC) will be held on July 28-August 2, 2013 in Lucca (Barga), Italy. Archaea, one of three major evolutionary lineages of life, are a diverse and fascinating group of microbes with deep roots overlapping those of eukarya. The objectives of this conference are to communicate and discuss ideas at the frontiers of science and technology in archaeal research. The meeting will expand on a number of emerging topics, highlighting new paradigms in archaeal physiology and metabolism, protein structure and function, systems biology and genomics, transcription and small RNAs, the ecology and diversity of the archaea, translation and post-transcriptional regulation, replication, repair and recombination, archaeal viruses and cellular defense, the archaeal cell envelope and the central role of archaea in understanding the evolution of early life and eukaryotes. A diverse and gender-balanced slate of speakers and discussion leaders have been recruited for the conference. A key goal is to encourage participation by graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty from small colleges (including community colleges). Special efforts will be made to support students from underrepresented groups or students from laboratories with limited resources. Students and postdoctoral fellows will present and discuss their research in four poster sessions. In addition, at the beginning of each session two students selected from submitted abstracts will give a short talk to present their research findings. Thus young scientists will be given the opportunity to exchange ideas and make contacts in the formal and informal environment provided by the GRC and will be exposed to cutting-edge archaeal research.