European Commission-United States Task Force on Environmental Biotechnology Joint

描述(申请人提供)：微生物群落动力学研讨会：合作与竞争将于2012年秋季在美国密苏里州圣路易斯市举行，是欧盟委员会和美国之间的合作计划-欧盟-美国生物技术研究工作组环境生物技术工作组的倡议。环境生物技术工作组的活动目标是为美国和欧盟的早期职业科学家提供一个会面的论坛，向世界专家学习微生物生物技术领域的尖端研究，并为未来的跨大西洋合作与协作奠定基础。研讨会演讲(20分钟演讲，10分钟问题)将讨论微生物群落的基本生理学和遗传学，这将有助于在生物修复、人类健康保护和治疗、生物能源转换和碳封存方面取得进展。资深科学家参与者(10名欧盟和10名美国)将是世界知名的专家，他们将介绍各自领域的现状，并预测研究挑战和机会。每个人都将负责确定一名有前途的早期职业科学家参加研讨会，并以海报形式展示他们的研究成果。研讨会还将为所有与会者提供时间进行公开讨论，以确定需要科学进步的领域，并规划实现未来研究合作所需的步骤。该讲习班的一个新特点将是资深科学家以个人为基础指导早期职业科学家的机会。最后，将编写一份报告，总结通过介绍和讨论揭示的重大科学机遇、愿景和挑战，以便出版。 与公共健康相关：我们对抗环境毒素的第一道防线是微生物世界。了解环境中微生物的主要生活方式是固着群落，了解这种生活方式特有的相互作用和功能是至关重要的。因此，这次研讨会的重点是让杰出的研究人员向来自欧盟和美国的有前途的早期职业科学家干部展示微生物群落之间动态相互作用的状况，为发展信任和尊重提供场所，并指导年轻科学家发展他们的职业生涯。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Workshop on Microbial Community Dynamics: Cooperation and Competition to be held in the fall of 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, is an initiative of the Environmental Biotechnology Working Group of the EU-US Taskforce on Biotechnology Research, a cooperative program between the European Commission and the United States of America. The activities of the Environmental Biotechnology Working Group have as their goals to provide a forum for early career scientists from the US and EU to meet, to learn cutting edge research in the area of microbial biotechnology from world experts and to set the groundwork for future transatlantic cooperation and collaboration. Workshop presentations (20 min talks with 10 min questions) will address fundamental physiology and genetics of microbial communities that will contribute to advances in bioremediation, human health protection and treatments, bioenergy conversion and carbon sequestration. Senior scientist participants (10 EU and 10 US) will be world renowned experts who will present the current status of their fields and forecast research challenges and opportunities. Each will be responsible for identifying a promising early career scientist to participate in the workshop and present their research results in poster format. The workshop will also provide time for all attendees to engage in open discussion to identify areas where scientific advancement is needed and plan the steps necessary for realizing future research collaborations. A new feature of this workshop will be an opportunity for mentoring of the early career scientists by the senior scientists on an individual basis. Finally, a report summarizing the major scientific opportunitie, visions and challenges revealed through the presentations and discussions will be prepared for publication. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Our first line of defense against environmental toxins is the microbial world. Knowing that the predominant lifestyle of microbes in the environment is as sessile communities, understanding the interactions and functions unique to that lifestyle is of critical importance. Thus the focus of this workshop is for researchers of distinction to present the status of the dynamic interactions among communities of microbes to a cadre of promising early career scientists from the EU and the US, to provide a venue for developing trust and respect and to mentor the younger scientists in developing their careers.