Suzhou，China

September 26-30，2016

Abstract Deadline：July 15，2016

Organized by：

Dusko Ehrlich，INRA，France

Jack Gilbert，University of Chicago，USA

Nan Qin，Zhejiang University，China

Ting Zhu，Tsinghua University，China

We are pleased to announce the Cold Spring Harbor Asia conference on Microbiology and the Environment which will be held in Suzhou，China，located approximately 60 miles west of Shanghai. The conference will begin at 7：00pm on the evening of Monday September 26，and will conclude after lunch on September 30，2016.

The conference will include eight oral sessions and one poster session covering the latest findings across many topics in Microbial Biology. Many talks will be selected from the openly submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit and relevance. Social events throughout the conference provide ample opportunity for informal interactions.

It has been a major theme in biology to fill the uncharted chapters of microbial life and to unveil their working mechanisms. In recent years，new technologies such as metagenomic tools and have powered this human endeavor to comprehend the vastness of biology's boundaries and to appreciate their role in human health. In this conference，we review the new frontiers of microbial discovery and the latest enabling technologies.

Major Topics：

1. Environmental microbiology；

2. Microbial behavior in environments；

3. Microbiome and human health；

4. Emerging techniques in microbial sequencing（single-cell etc.）；

5. Bioinformatic toolboxes for metagenomics；

6. New frontiers of microbial discovery（extremophile，astrobiology etc.）

Keynote Speakers：

Dusko Ehrlich，INRA，France

Jack Gilbert，University of Chicago，USA

Invited Speakers：

TBA

We encourage abstracts to contain new and unpublished materials. The abstracts must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers. Status（fellow's talk/poster）of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

Fellowship：

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. A certain number of presentations by graduate students and postdocs in this conference will be selected as fellowship（USD $100-$500）awards. For more details，please visit http://www.csh-asia.org/stipends.html

We look forward to seeing you at Suzhou in September，2016.