Ecosystems within organisms: Ecology
and evolution of the microbiome
The
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan
invites nominations of outstanding scientists early in their careers to
participate in an exciting international symposium about the ecological and
evolutionary processes of the microbiome. The symposium events will take place
from 27–29 March 2015, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Seven
early career scientists, alongside two keynote speakers, will be selected to
present their work and to participate in panel discussions. We welcome
nominations of early career scientists who are studying ecosystems within
organisms. Potential topics include the role of the microbiome in disease
processes, micro-evolution, or development, meta-community theory in
host-associated communities, multi-host multi-parasite systems, and
eco-immunology. The research focus can range from bacteria to metazoans and
from fitness effects on host organisms or their microbiota to the downstream
effects of microbiomes on ecosystems. We are interested in scientists with
diverse expertise (including anthropology, medicine, veterinary medicine,
oceanography, geobiology, virology, computer science, philosophy of science).
Early
career scientists are considered senior graduate students (who stand to receive
their Ph.D. within one year), postdoctoral researchers, and first- or second-year
faculty. A colleague or advisor must provide the nomination.
The
nomination consists of a brief letter of recommendation addressing the
nominee’s scientific promise and ability to give a compelling talk, the
nominee’s curriculum vitae, and a brief abstract of the proposed presentation
(< 200 words, written by the nominee). Nominations may be sent
electronically (in one file, please) to eeb-ecss-nomination@umich.edu using the
nominee’s name as the subject line (last name first). More information is
available at http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/ecss/.
Review
of nominations will begin on December 15, 2014.
Selected
participants will be contacted by January 6, 2015, and will have all expenses
covered
(registration,
travel and accommodation). An official announcement of the slate of speakers
will be issued soon thereafter.
For more
information, contact Cindy Carl at cacarl@umich.edu.
The 2015
Early Career Scientists Symposium scientific committee includes:
Tim
James (chair)
Chelsea
Wood
Kevin Theis
Marian
Schmidt
Thomas
Jenkinson
Cindy
Carl
The
University of Michigan EEB website is http://www.lsa.umich.edu/eeb/
