Microbiome: Chemical Mechanisms and Biological Consequences (C3)
OVERVIEW
Microbiome: Chemical Mechanisms and Biological Consequences (C3) is organized by Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology and will be held from Mar 10 - 14, 2019 at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Course Description :
Significance: Both the Unified Microbiome Initiative (Alivisatos et al., Science 2015) and the National Microbiome Initiative have emphasized the need to move beyond sequencing to better understand the fundamental molecular and chemical mechanisms that shape microbial communities in host and environmental habitats. This symposium will bring together scientists in biology and chemistry that rarely interact to address common questions. The interdisciplinary collaborations that result will profoundly accelerate basic microbiome research as well as help understand the role of the microbiome in human health and disease. Specific Aims include:
• Provide a platform for microbiome researchers to be acquainted with cutting-edge research actively performed at the interface of chemistry and biology.
• Introduce and discuss new technological advances and methodological platforms that complement and accelerate microbiome research efforts in academia and industry.
• Provide an engaging atmosphere with open innovative discussion among both senior and junior scientists focused around the current successes of microbiome research; the limitations of today's approaches; and the future of chemical and biological microbiome research. Innovation: Understanding the chemistry of microbiomes has broad implications, including providing functional annotations for the vast “dark matter” of microbial genomes, insights into the chemical languages that link microbes to each other and to their habitat, and translational implications for precision medicine, environmental health, and sustainable living.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
Course Description :
Significance: Both the Unified Microbiome Initiative (Alivisatos et al., Science 2015) and the National Microbiome Initiative have emphasized the need to move beyond sequencing to better understand the fundamental molecular and chemical mechanisms that shape microbial communities in host and environmental habitats. This symposium will bring together scientists in biology and chemistry that rarely interact to address common questions. The interdisciplinary collaborations that result will profoundly accelerate basic microbiome research as well as help understand the role of the microbiome in human health and disease. Specific Aims include:
• Provide a platform for microbiome researchers to be acquainted with cutting-edge research actively performed at the interface of chemistry and biology.
• Introduce and discuss new technological advances and methodological platforms that complement and accelerate microbiome research efforts in academia and industry.
• Provide an engaging atmosphere with open innovative discussion among both senior and junior scientists focused around the current successes of microbiome research; the limitations of today's approaches; and the future of chemical and biological microbiome research. Innovation: Understanding the chemistry of microbiomes has broad implications, including providing functional annotations for the vast “dark matter” of microbial genomes, insights into the chemical languages that link microbes to each other and to their habitat, and translational implications for precision medicine, environmental health, and sustainable living.
Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.
KEY DATES
10 Mar, 2019
Event Start Date
14 Mar, 2019
Event End Date
SPECIALITIES
Molecular BiologySUGGESTED HOTELS
CONFERENCE VENUE
Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth
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