Conference: The 9th Annual q-bio Conference to be held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA on August 5-8, 2015

该项目将支持早期职业科学家参加2015年8月5日至8日在弗吉尼亚州布莱克斯堡的弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学举行的年度q-BIO夏季会议。这次会议将汇集理论家和实验家，努力推进对复杂生物系统的理论理解。演讲者名单包括来自美国和国外该领域的领导者。鼓励青年科学家和学生参与。为了更深入地了解生物学，并利用生物学功能为社会带来效益，鼓励生物学研究企业采用更综合的方法来理解这些系统的多维复杂性和动态性。这次会议举例说明了实现这一目标的方法之一，即把理论家和实验家聚集在一起，相互学习，并建立有意义的未来合作。组织者在鼓励包括妇女和少数民族在内的代表性不足的群体参与方面作出了值得注意的努力。

This project will support early-career scientists to attend the annual q-BIO summer conference held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg VA from August 5-8, 2015. The conference will bring together theorists and experimentalists in an effort to advance the theoretical understanding of complex biological systems. The speaker list includes leaders in the field from the US and abroad. Junior scientist and students are encouraged to participate.To gain a deeper understanding of biology and make use of biological functions for societal benefits, the biology research enterprise is encouraged to adopt a more integrated approach to understand the multi-dimensional complexity and dynamics of these systems. This conference exemplifies one of the ways this can be achieved, namely to bring together theorists with experimentalists to learn from each other and to forge meaningful future collaborations. The organizers have made a noteworthy effort to encourage the participation from underrepresented groups, including women and minorities.