Report on the EU-US Environmental Biotechnology Workshop on Microbial Community Dynamics: Cooperation and Competition

Wall, Judy D.¹ 

[1] University of Missouri-Columbia

关键词: Bioenergy;    bioremediation;    and carbon sequestration: Microbial communities;    biofilms;    plant-microbe interactions;    microbial signalling;    microbial diversity;    environmental gene transfer;    endophytes;    interkingdom signalling;    synthetic microbial communities;    and microbiomes.;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1159443
RP-ID  :  DOE-MISSOURI-8336
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1159443

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

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 cooperation and collaboration. Workshop topics will address fundamental physiology and genetics of microbial communities that will contribute to advances in bioremediation, bioenergy conversion and carbon sequestration. Senior scientist participants will be world renowned experts who will present the current status of their fields and forecast research challenges and opportunities. It is a goal of the Environmental Biotechnology Working Group to facilitate the formation of direct collaborations among US and European scientists in programs of mutual interest and benefit. Therefore, the workshop will also provide an opportunity for members of the Working Group and attendees to identify areas where advancement is necessary and plan the steps necessary for realizing future research collaborations. In addition, time will be provided for mentoring of the early career scientists by the senior scientists on an individual basis.