Coordination funds for the Priority Programm SPP 2389 „Emergent Functions of Bacterial Multicellularity“

优先计划SPP2389旨在确立细菌是多细胞微生物的概念，这些微生物至少在组织状种群中生活暂时稳定和高度组织化，表现出超越单细胞的特性和生理特征。这一概念依赖于两个支柱：(I)形式，即表型特化细胞在稳定的细丝或组织状聚集体中的时空定位。这种形式然后为(Ii)独特的和完全的多细胞功能的出现提供了一个细胞框架，这些功能只在多细胞环境中发生和/或唯一地有意义。这样一项具有挑战性的努力将需要建立一个紧密和高度互动的网络，将一群对细菌多细胞概念抱有热情的多学科专业人员聚集在一起并进行协调。这群热心人士需要密切协调，以便分享所需的技术专长，通过组织多样性讨论和比较概念，并在一个共同平台的保护伞下公开交流知识和进展。这一优先计划代表着一项史无前例的努力，该计划基于一个高级别的德国网络，该网络将以具有国际竞争力的方式带头开展这一主题。在它的保护伞下，20-30个该领域的领先研究人员小组将在未来6年内共同努力，并行工作，要么专注于细菌多细胞的形式，要么专注于其紧急功能，以推动细菌多细胞领域向前发展。通过这种高度协调和协作的努力，将在国家和国际两级形成一个科学网络。因此，该倡议的协调和管理是实现这一成功的一项关键任务。该提案描述了实现这一雄心勃勃的目标所需的相应措施。它提出了这一倡议取得成功的战略，最重要的是，将产生适当的框架，以繁荣研究想法并促进与更广泛受众的交流。除了旨在建立一个成功的、在国际上可见的科学网络的所有措施外，该网络内的四个利益集团将特别受益于在战略计划第2389号文件内建立的定制支助。(I)博士生；(Ii)初级研究小组组长和职业生涯早期科学家；(Iii)年幼子女的父母；以及(Iv)女科学家。本提案中提出的战略侧重于确定的群体的具体需要。

The Priority Program SPP2389 aims at establishing the concept of bacteria as multicellular microorganisms that live at least transiently stable and highly organized in tissue-like populations that exhibit properties and physiological features that go beyond the single cell. This concept rests on two pillars: (i) The FORM, that is, the spatiotemporal positioning of phenotypically specialized cells in stable filaments or tissue-like aggregates. This form then provides a cellular framework for (ii) the emergence of unique and altogether multicellular FUNCTIONS that only occur and/or exclusively make sense in the multicellular context. Such a challenging endeavour will require establishing a tight and highly interactive network that brings together and coordinates a group of multidisciplinary professionals sharing a passion for the concept of bacterial multicellularity. This group of enthusiasts needs to be tightly coordinated in order to share the required technological expertise, discuss and compare concepts through organismic diversity and openly exchange knowledge and advances under the umbrella of one common platform. This priority program represents an unprecedented effort based on a high-level German network that will spearhead this topic in an internationally competitive manner. Under its umbrella, 20-30 groups of leading researchers in this field will work together and in parallel for the next six years, focusing either on the Form or the emergent Function, in order to propel the field of bacterial multicellularity forward. Through such a highly coordinated and collaborative effort, a scientific network will form both at a national and international level. Consequently, the coordination and management of the initiative is a critical task to achieve this success. This proposal describes the corresponding measures required to reach this ambitious goal. It presents the strategy for this initiative to achieve success and, most importantly, will generate the proper framework to flourish research ideas and promote communication to a broader audience. In addition to all measures that aim at establishing a successful and internationally visible scientific network, four interest groups from within this network will specifically benefit from the customized support established within the SPP 2389. (i) PhD students, (ii) junior research group leaders and early-career scientists, (iii) parents of young children, and (iv) female scientists. The strategies presented in this proposal focus on the specific needs of the defined groups.