New Microbial Ecology Section of ESA

[Brendan Bohannan]

New Microbial Ecology Section of ESA

The year’s Annual Meeting of ESA will mark the beginning of a new ESA section.  
The Microbial 
Ecology section was established this year to promote research and education 
regarding the ecology 
of microorganisms and to encourage the integration of microbial ecology into 
the general study of 
ecology.  The inaugural symposium of this section (entitled “Integrating 
microbial ecology into the 
general science of ecology: opportunities and challenges”) will be held on 
Monday August 7 from 8 – 
11:30AM in Ballroom B of the Cook Convention Center.  It will feature talks 
from John Andrews, Jim 
Brown, Jef Huisman, Andrew Martin, Jennifer Hughes, and Jim Tiedje.  The first 
business meeting of 
the section will follow this symposium in the same room.  Please join us to 
discuss the future of 
microbial ecology in ESA.

See you in Memphis!

Brendan Bohannan
Interim Chairperson
Microbial Ecology Section