Conference: The 18th Penn State Plant Biology Symposium: Plant Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics to be held May 19-21, 2011 in University Park, PA

会议：第 18 届宾夕法尼亚州立大学植物生物学研讨会：植物进化遗传学和基因组学将于 2011 年 5 月 19 日至 21 日在宾夕法尼亚州大学公园举行

• 批准号: 1062246
• 负责人: Michael Axtell
• 金额: $ 2.61万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-04-01 至 2012-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1062246&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; 18th; Penn; State; Plant

Intellectual Merit: Rapid advances in technology are fundamentally altering the biological sciences. Once relegated to extremely expensive and ponderously slow "Big Science" projects, the sequencing, assembly, and annotation of large genomes, such as those found in plants, is increasingly becoming the province of smaller, less expensive consortia. Full inventories of expressed genes can now be obtained for any organism at very modest cost. This "genomics revolution" is touching all aspects of biology, not the least, the study of plant biology. With the increasing ease of obtaining genomic data, the focus must now turn to producing information from the data and synthesizing approaches from sub-disciplines which have historically operated separately. In particular, a detailed understanding of genome evolution, not just individual genes, is becoming an attainable goal. Correlating these molecular data with physiological responses, ecosystem interactions, and crop productivity is a major scientific goal. Towards this end, the 18th Penn State Symposium in Plant Biology: Plant Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics will be held May 18-21, 2011 at Penn State's University Park campus. This meeting will bring together both leading scientists and early-career researchers to exchange results and develop collaborations in this rapidly evolving field. The symposium is the 18th in a very successful series of Plant Physiology / Plant Biology Symposia, which have been held at Penn State since 1986. Broader Impacts: This meeting will provide critical educational opportunities to undergraduate students, graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and to early-career faculty members in the following ways: 1) Several speakers will be invited to deliver short talks based upon the quality of submitted poster abstracts. These decisions will emphasize inclusion of early-career faculty members and members of groups under-represented in American science. 2) Travel awards to offset costs of attendance to the meeting will be distributed to select attendees, based upon demonstrated need and upon other factors, with a preference towards undergraduates at small, non-research intensive colleges/universities. 3) Ample time in the symposium schedule will be "unstructured" time at poster sessions and in proximity to refreshments. This arrangement allows maximum interaction between students and the cadre of distinguished scientists serving as plenary speakers. In addition, it is important to note that the topic of our symposium is in a critical area of current science: Increased understanding of plant genetics and genomics may play a key role in the development of a sustainable biofuels industry in the United States and world-wide.

智力优点：技术的快速进步从根本上改变了生物科学。一旦降级到极其昂贵且慢慢的“大科学”项目，大型基因组的测序，组装和注释（例如植物中发现的基因组）越来越多地成为较小，较便宜的财团的省。现在，可以以非常适中的成本获得任何有机体的表达基因的完整库存。这种“基因组革命”正在触及生物学的各个方面，尤其是植物生物学的研究。随着越来越容易获得基因组数据，重点现在必须转向从数据和综合方法中产生信息的信息，这些方法是从历史上单独运行的。特别是，对基因组进化的详细理解，而不仅仅是个体基因，它已成为一个可实现的目标。将这些分子数据与生理反应，生态系统相互作用和作物生产力相关联是一个主要的科学目标。 为此，第18宾夕法尼亚州立大学植物生物学研讨会：植物进化遗传学和基因组学将于2011年5月18日至21日在宾夕法尼亚州立大学公园校园举行。 这次会议将汇集领先的科学家和早期研究人员，以交换结果并在这个迅速发展的领域发展合作。该研讨会是一系列非常成功的植物生理 /植物生物学研讨会中的第18个，自1986年以来一直在宾夕法尼亚州举行。更广泛的影响：这次会议将为本科生，研究生，研究生研究人员，博士后研究人员以及早期的教师在以下方式中提供一些摘要：1）提出效果，以提供至关重要的教育机会：1）摘要效果。 这些决定将强调包括早期职业教职员工和美国科学领域不足的团体的成员。 2）基于表现出的需求和其他因素，将分配给会议的出席费用以抵消出席会议的成本，并倾向于在小型，非研究的强化大学/大学的本科生中偏爱。 3）研讨会时间表中的充足时间将是海报会议上的“非结构化”时间，并且靠近茶点。 这种安排允许学生与杰出科学家的干部之间的最大互动，这些科学家是全体演讲者。 此外，重要的是要注意，我们的研讨会的主题是当前科学的关键领域：对植物遗传学和基因组学的了解增加可能在美国和全球可持续生物燃料行业的发展中起关键作用。