Evergreen Phage Conference 2015

 描述（由申请人提供）：资金要求支持世界上运行时间最长的专用噬菌体会议。两年一度的第21届万年青国际噬菌体生物学会议将于2015年8月2日至7日在华盛顿州奥林匹亚的万年青州立学院举行。这些会议的目的是汇集生物技术专家和基础研究科学家谁是从事应用噬菌体（噬菌体）生物学在人类和动物健康，食品安全，环境科学和生物技术的当前需求的科学。预计供资机构人员、监管机构和记者也将出席会议。这笔资金将用于促进初级和代表性不足的科学家，特别是妇女、代表性不足的少数民族、年轻研究人员、博士后科学家、研究生和来自发展中国家的科学家的出席和参与。这是万年青会议的传统，使新的和即将到来的科学家进入会议组织和会议主席的位置，为了让他们获得会议组织经验，并更好地与噬菌体生物学家和最新生物技术的实施者的广泛家庭连接。这一努力也有助于弥补目前美国学校短缺的差距，这些学校提供基础噬菌体生物学和噬菌体应用的高级培训，并导致了许多关键的工作和教育实习。万年青会议的使命有利于年轻的科学家通过一个非常便宜的场地（与董事会和住宿在宿舍的选择被涵盖在低注册费），并通过涉及本科生和其他参与学生在会议的日常运作。因此，这次会议汇集了初级噬菌体科学家与生物技术企业家和知名学术实验室的领导者。这是一个很好的网络和伙伴关系的环境。校园内共享的膳食和宿舍，在整个会议期间张贴海报，以及多年来噬菌体社区的协作性质，以及对指导的高度重视，都有助于将初级科学家和其他刚刚进入该领域的人与长期经验的噬菌体人一起讨论最新的令人兴奋的进展，并鼓励和支持他们长期进一步参与该领域

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to support the longest-running dedicated phage meeting in the world. The biennial 21st Evergreen International Phage Biology Meeting is to be held August 2-7, 2015 in Olympia, WA at The Evergreen State College. These meetings are designed to bring together a diverse group of biotechnologists and basic research scientists who are engaged in the science of applying bacteriophage (phage) biology to current needs in human and animal health, food safety, environmental sciences, and biotechnology. Attendance is also anticipated by funding agency personnel, regulators, and journalists. The funding will be utilized to facilitate the attendance and participation of junior and under-represented scientists, especially women, underrepresented minorities, young investigators, postdoctoral scientists, graduate students, and scientists from developing countries. It is a tradition of the Evergreen meetings to bring new and upcoming scientists into the meeting organization and into Session Chair positions, in order for them to gain meeting organization experience and to better connect with the broad family of phage biologists and implementers of the latest biotechnology. This effort also helps bridge the gap in the current shortage of US schools that offer advanced training in basic phage biology and phage applications, and has led to many key job and educational placements. The Evergreen Meeting mission favors the young scientist through a very inexpensive venue (with board and the option for accommodation in dorm rooms being covered in the low registration fee) and by involving undergraduates and other participating students in the day to day operation of the meeting. Thus, this meeting brings together junior phage scientists with biotech entrepreneurs and leaders of established academic labs. It is a wonderful environment for networking and partnering. The shared meals and quarters on campus, having the posters up throughout the meeting, and the collaborative nature of the phage community through the years, with a high value placed on mentoring, all contribute to bringing junior scientists and others just entering the field together with long-time experience phage people to discuss the latest exciting advances and encourage and support their long-term further involvement in the field