CONFERENCE: 57th Annual Maize Genetics Conference to be held March 12-15, 2015, at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois

会议：第 57 届年度玉米遗传学会议将于 2015 年 3 月 12 日至 15 日在伊利诺伊州圣查尔斯的 Pheasant Run 度假村举行

• 批准号: 1515023
• 负责人: Andrew Settles
• 金额: $ 4.37万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-02-01 至 2016-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1515023&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CONFERENCE; 57th; Annual; Maize; Genetics

The 57th Maize Genetics Conference (MGC) will be held at the Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL on March 12-15, 2015. This 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.The Maize Genetics Conference assembles scientists from industry and academia to discuss the latest research developments on many areas encompassing maize genetics. The 2015 conference will feature four plenary speakers: Drs. Xuemei Chen (University of California-Riverside), Dirk Inze (Ghent University, Belgium), Shawn Kaeppler (University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Paula McSteen (University of Missouri). The core program will include approximately 35 18-minute talks by speakers selected from submitted abstracts, and two poster sessions. In addition, there will be a plenary session to award the 2nd Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies to recognize one of the most outstanding plant geneticists of the present era. In response to rapid developments in targeted endonuclease technologies, there will also be a special session on genome editing in maize using CRISPR/Cas-9 technologies.

第 57 届玉米遗传学会议 (MGC) 将于 2015 年 3 月 12 日至 15 日在伊利诺伊州圣查尔斯 Pheasant Run 度假村举行。这次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绝佳的机会与玉米界内外的杰出科学家互动。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。玉米遗传学会议聚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。 2015 年会议将有四位全体发言人：陈雪梅（加州大学河滨分校）、Dirk Inze（比利时根特大学）、Shawn Kaeppler（威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校）和 Paula McSteen（密苏里大学）。核心课程将包括约 35 个演讲者的 18 分钟演讲从提交的摘要中选出，此外，还将举行一次全体会议，颁发第二届芭芭拉·麦克林托克植物遗传学奖和基因组研究表彰当今时代最杰出的植物遗传学家之一 为了响应靶向核酸内切酶技术的快速发展，还将举办关于使用 CRISPR/Cas-9 技术进行玉米基因组编辑的特别会议。