Conference Description
The Animal-Microbe Symbioses GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
For the fourth time in a row, the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Animal-Microbe Symbioses will feature a preceding Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). This event brings together international graduate and post-doctoral researchers to share and discuss cutting-edge symbiosis research through talks and posters. This engagement promotes collaborations, inspires new research directions, and nurtures professional networks with peers and mentors before the start of the larger GRC. We strongly encourage participants to also attend the associated GRC immediately following the seminar.
Symbioses form the foundation of countless habitats worldwide. These nested ecosystems produce inter-partner feedback and cascades that can profoundly affect the broader community outside a host, yet we are only beginning to understand the functional mechanisms of many critical symbioses. Key questions include: How do mutualistic partners co-regulate in symbiosis? How do close associations affect the evolutionary trajectories of animals and their microbes? How do changing external environments affect host-microbiota interactions? We encourage contributions from diverse areas of research on Animal-Microbe Symbiosis to address these and other pressing questions together.
Application Instructions
The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.
The seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by March 9, 2025. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Information section above.
Program Format
Gordon Research Seminars are 2-day meetings which take place on the Saturday and Sunday just prior to the start of the associated GRC. The GRS opens with a 1-hour introductory session on Saturday afternoon, followed by a poster session, dinner and a 2-hour session in the evening. Sunday morning begins with breakfast and is followed by another 2-hour session, a second poster session, and lunch. A final 1-hour session takes place just after lunch, and the associated GRC begins later that evening.
An outline of the program components for this GRS is displayed below. The seminar chair is currently developing their detailed program schedule, which will include the speakers they select from submitted abstracts, in addition to any additional components outlined below. The detailed program will be available by April 15, 2025. Please check back for updates.
Speakers
- To Be Selected from Submitted Abstracts
Discussion Leaders
- To Be Selected from Submitted Abstracts
Mentorship Component
