6th ASM Conference on Beneficial Microbes, Seattle, Washington, September 9-12, 2016

这些资金将用于支持将于2016年9月9日至12日在华盛顿州西雅图举行的第六届美国微生物学会有益微生物会议。生物学家越来越认识到，大型生物（动物和植物）是多生物的，即总是与有益微生物有关。其影响是深远的。例如，与病原体的相互作用只是宿主-微生物相互作用多样性的一小部分，动物/植物宿主的表型和适合度只有在常驻微生物群的背景下才能充分理解。由于高通量测序，分析方法和先进的显微镜技术，使研究人员能够研究复杂微生物群落的多样性和功能，有益微生物的普遍性和重要性已经成为人们关注的焦点。这项研究的影响包括对宿主-微生物相互作用性质的概念重新评估，以及在促进来自许多环境的各种生物体的健康和活力方面取得重大进展的机会。会议将提供一个独特的机会，汇集来自不同学科和职业阶段的研究不同宿主-微生物模型关联的研究人员。将有机会进行分组讨论，讨论专业发展中的具体科学主题和问题。会议将通过邀请和旅行援助，促进早期职业研究人员、妇女和少数民族的机会，确保这些参与者得到充分的代表，并充分支持他们的科学职业机会。第六届ASM有益微生物会议将分为六个部分：(1)人类健康和疾病动力学中的有益微生物，确定微生物群在促进健康和影响疾病易感性方面的因果作用；(2)宿主-微生物相互作用的进化动力学，重点研究微生物之间和宿主-微生物之间的共同进化如何影响宿主-微生物相互作用；(3)《微生物群对发育的作用》将探讨微生物影响器官、组织和细胞发育的机制；(4)宿主-微生物相互作用生态学将应用种群生态学和群落生态学原理来解释和预测宿主相关微生物群落的组成和功能；塑造微生物群将探索微生物群与免疫/防御系统之间的相互作用，导致宿主相关微生物群落的形成；(6)宿主-微生物信号传导将探索宿主及其相关微生物群相互沟通的分子机制。每次会议将包括两次邀请演讲和从提交的摘要中选出的最多四次演讲。该奖项的资金将用于支持15名早期研究人员的旅行，包括初级教师，博士后研究员和研究生，目标是这些人中至少有一半是女性或代表性不足的少数群体。

These funds will help support the 6th American Society for Microbiology Conference on Beneficial Microbes to be held September 9-12, 2016 in Seattle, Washington. Biologists are increasingly recognizing that macro-organisms (animals and plants) are multi-organismal, i.e. invariably associated with beneficial microorganisms. The implications are profound. For example, interactions with pathogens are just a small subset of the diversity of host-microbe interactions, and the phenotype and fitness of animal/plant hosts can only be understood fully in the context of the resident microbiota. The ubiquity and importance of beneficial microbes has come center-stage as a consequence of high throughput sequencing, analytical methods and advanced microscopy techniques, enabling researchers to study the diversity and function of complex microbial communities. The impact of this research includes a conceptual re-evaluation of the nature of host-microbe interactions, as well as opportunities for major advances in promoting the health and vigor of diverse organisms from a number of environments. The conference will provide a unique opportunity to bring together researchers from a variety of disciplines and career stages who study diverse host-microbe model associations. There will be opportunities for break out sessions to discuss specific scientific topics and issues in professional development. The conference will promote opportunities for early career researchers, women and minorities through invitation and travel assistance, ensuring that these participants are well represented and their scientific career opportunities are fully supported. The 6th ASM Conference on Beneficial Microbes will have six sessions: (1) Beneficial Microbes in Human Health and Disease Dynamics, to identify the causal roles of microbiota in promoting health and influencing susceptibility to disease; (2) Evolutionary Dynamics of Host-Microbe Interactions, focusing on how coevolution among microbes and between host & microbes can shape host-microbial interactions; (3) Role of Microbiota on Development will investigate mechanisms by which microorganisms influence organ, tissue and cellular development; (4) The Ecology of Host-Microbe Interactions will apply principles of population ecology and community ecology to explain and predict the composition and function of host-associated microbial communities; (5) Host Defenses Shaping Microbiota will explore interactions between the microbiota and immune/defense systems that lead to the formation of host-associated microbial communities; (6) Host-microbe signaling will explore the molecular mechanisms by which hosts and their associated microbiota communicate. Each session will include two invited talks and up to four talks selected from submitted abstracts. Funds from this award will be used to support the travel of 15 early stage investigators including junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students, with the goal of at least half of these being women or underrepresented minority individuals.