CONFERENCE: 55th Annual Maize Genetics Conference to be held March 14-17, 2013; St. Charles, Illinois

会议：第 55 届年度玉米遗传学会议将于 2013 年 3 月 14-17 日举行；

• 批准号: 1302963
• 负责人: Philip Becraft
• 金额: $ 3.37万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1302963&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CONFERENCE; 55th; Annual; Maize; Genetics

The 54th Maize Genetics Conference (MGC) will be held at the Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL on March 14-17, 2013. This conference assembles scientists from industry and academia to discuss the latest research developments on many areas encompassing maize genetics The 2013 conference will have an outstanding program consisting of four plenary speakers: Michael J. Scanlon (Cornell University), Julia Bailey-Serres (University of California, Riverside), Jen Sheen (Harvard Medical School), and James Holland (USDA-ARS/North Carolina State University). The core program will consist of 35 18-minute oral talks scheduled in the morning sessions and two afternoon poster sessions with the four plenary talks held in the evening. The 2013 MGC meeting will have a special drought workshop consisting of oral presentations by scientists from academia and industry [Marc Cooper (Dupont Pioneer), Roberto Tuberosa (University of Bologna) and Dan Dyer (Syngenta Seeds) followed by a panel discussion on future strategies to enhance drought tolerance in this major cereal crop. The Maize Genetics Conference is not only an exciting scientific meeting but provides outstanding opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists to interact with outstanding scientists within and outside the maize community. The meeting actively emphasizes and supports the training of students and postdocs in developing their communication and interpersonal skills. The conference is unique in that it attempts to support the hotel and meal costs of all student attendees. Detailed efforts are planned to broaden the participation of women and members of groups under-represented in the sciences. The funding provided by NSF will broaden participation and help defray the costs of participation of students from the U.S. scientific community.

第 54 届玉米遗传学会议 (MGC) 将于 2013 年 3 月 14 日至 17 日在伊利诺伊州圣查尔斯 Pheasant Run Resort 举行。本次会议汇集了来自工业界和学术界的科学家，讨论玉米遗传学许多领域的最新研究进展2013 年会议将有一个由四位全体发言者组成的精彩节目：Michael J. Scanlon（康奈尔大学）、Julia Bailey-Serres（麻省大学）加利福尼亚州河滨市）、Jen Sheen（哈佛医学院）和 James Holland（美国农业部 ARS/北卡罗来纳州立大学）。 核心议程将包括上午会议中安排的 35 场 18 分钟口头演讲和下午两场海报会议，以及晚上举行的四场全体会议。 2013 年 MGC 会议将举办一个特别的干旱研讨会，由来自学术界和工业界的科学家 [Marc Cooper（杜邦先锋）、Roberto Tuberosa（博洛尼亚大学）和 Dan Dyer（先正达种子公司）进行口头报告，随后就未来战略进行小组讨论增强这一主要谷物作物的耐旱能力。玉米遗传学会议不仅是一次激动人心的科学会议，而且为研究生和博士后科学家提供了与玉米界内外的杰出科学家互动的绝佳机会。 会议积极强调和支持学生和博士后培养沟通和人际交往能力的培训。 该会议的独特之处在于它试图支持所有学生与会者的酒店和餐饮费用。 计划做出详细努力，扩大妇女和科学界代表性不足群体成员的参与。美国国家科学基金会提供的资金将扩大参与范围，并帮助支付美国科学界学生的参与费用。