2022 Molecular Basis of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism: Enzymes and Metabolisms Driving the Global Carbon Cycle

该奖项将支持许多早期职业和女性科学家参加微生物一碳代谢会议的分子基础。会议将于2022年8月7日至12日在新罕布什尔州的沃特维尔山谷举行。该会议旨在通过将工程师和生命科学研究人员聚集在同一地点来促进跨学科的合作研究。 会议的设计是高度互动的，包括会谈、海报会议、小组讨论和非正式会议。会议的科学重点是微生物和微生物群落代谢C1化合物，如一氧化碳，二氧化碳，甲烷和甲醇。 本次会议将有充分的机会分享最新的研究成果和建立网络。本次会议将有助于建立对微生物C1代谢过程的结构和功能基础的批判性理解，这对全球碳循环至关重要。该会议提供了一个独特的机会，促进来自多个学科的研究人员之间的激烈和富有成效的交流，所有这些研究人员都对一氧化碳，二氧化碳，甲烷和甲醇等C1化合物的微生物代谢有共同的兴趣。 重点将放在下一代科学家的培训和包容，并为微生物C1代谢领域的女性研究人员提供机会。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award will support the attendance of many early career and female scientists at the Molecular Basis of Microbial One Carbon Metabolism Conference. The conference will be held in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire August 7-12 of 2022. The conference aims to promote collaborative, interdisciplinary research by bringing engineers and life science researchers together at the same venue. The conference is designed to be highly interactive, with talks, poster sessions, panel discussions and informal meetings. The scientific focus of the conference is microorganisms and microbial communities that metabolize C1 compounds such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane and methanol. There will be ample opportunity for sharing the latest research results and for networking.This meeting will help build a critical understanding of the structural and functional basis of microbial C1 metabolic processes, which are crucial for global carbon cycling. The conference presents a unique opportunity to facilitate intense and productive communication between researchers from multiple disciplines, all sharing a common interest in the microbial metabolism of C1 compounds such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane and methanol. A focus will be placed on the training and inclusion of the next generation of scientists and providing opportunities for female researchers in the field of microbial C1 metabolism.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.