Conference: Annual Maize Genetics Meeting

会议：年度玉米遗传学会议

• 批准号: 2329928
• 负责人: Candice Hirsch
• 金额: $ 9万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2329928&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Annual; Maize; Genetics; Meeting

Corn, also called maize, is the world’s most important grain, and the United States is the largest producer of corn worldwide. The Annual Maize Genetics Meeting provides an important opportunity for scientific exchange of knowledge relevant to this important crop that is needed for sustained human nutrition and health, food security, and more. The meeting also provides trainees with opportunities to engage and network with outstanding scientists within and outside of the maize community and develop their scientific communication and interpersonal skills. The 66th-68th Annual Maize Genetics Meetings will be held in March of 2024-2026 in Raleigh, NC (2024), St. Louis, MO (2025), and Cologne, Germany (2026). This conference grant will support broadening the participation of historically marginalized groups with an interest in exploring research possibilities in maize genetics by providing funding to attend the meeting. These participants will also receive extensive mentoring before, during, and after the meeting, professional development training, and opportunities to engage directly with leaders in the field through organized meals with invited speakers. These experiences are vital catalysts for the careers of aspiring student and postdoc trainees.The Maize Genetics Meeting brings together academic and industry maize geneticist and researchers in related fields and species for an important annual exchange of knowledge. The conference format contains a combination of 1) four featured plenary speakers, 2) the Fostering Diversity in the Maize Research Community speaker, 3) a presentation by the McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies awardee, 4) approximately 30 short talks selected from submitted abstracts, 5) approximately 25 lightning talks selected from submitted abstracts, 6) award presentations, 7) daily poster and networking sessions, 8) a community session, and 9) formal and informal networking opportunities. There are no overlapping or concurrent sessions at the Maize Genetics Meeting resulting in high attendance in all sessions with interdisciplinary exchange of ideas as well as high attendance and participation of trainees and group leaders in the poster and networking session. Funding from NSF will be used to broaden participation of training at the meeting through the Maize Genetics Network Enhancement through Travel (MaGNET) Award, the Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) Award, the Disciplinary Breadth (DB) Awards, as well as through support for first time meeting attendees. Awardees are paired with a team of mentors that included an early career scientist, an academic PI, and an industry or government scientist that engage with the awardees formally and informally before, during, and after the meeting.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

玉米，也称为玉蜀黍，是世界上最重要的谷物，美国是全球最大的玉米生产国，年度玉米遗传学会议为人类可持续发展所需的这一重要作物的相关知识交流提供了重要机会。会议还为学员提供了与玉米界内外的杰出科学家接触和交流的机会，并培养他们的科学沟通和人际交往能力。第 66 届至第 68 届年度玉米遗传学会议将在本次会议上举行。举行于2024 年至 2026 年 3 月在北卡罗来纳州罗利（2024 年）、密苏里州圣路易斯（2025 年）和德国科隆（2026 年）该会议拨款将支持扩大历史上边缘化群体的参与，有兴趣探索该领域的研究可能性。通过提供资金参加会议，这些参与者还将在会议之前、期间和之后获得广泛的指导、专业发展培训，并有机会通过受邀组织的聚餐直接与该领域的领导者接触。这些经验是有抱负的学生和博士后实习生职业生涯的重要催化剂。玉米遗传学会议汇集了相关领域和物种的学术和工业玉米遗传学家和研究人员，以进行重要的年度知识交流。 1) 四位特邀全体演讲嘉宾，2) 促进玉米研究界多样性演讲嘉宾，3) 麦克林托克植物遗传学和基因组研究奖获奖者的演讲，4) 精选约 30 个简短演讲从提交的摘要中选出，5) 从提交的摘要中选出约 25 个闪电演讲，6) 颁奖典礼，7) 每日海报和社交会议，8) 社区会议，以及 9) 正式和非正式的社交机会。在玉米遗传学会议上，跨学科思想交流的所有会议都有很高的出席率，受训者和小组领导者在海报和网络会议上的出席率和参与度也很高。 NSF 的资金将用于扩大会议培训的参与范围。通过通过旅行（MaGNET）奖、主要本科机构（PUI）奖、学科广度（DB）奖以及对首次会议与会者的支持，获奖者将与导师团队配对。在会议之前、期间和之后与获奖者进行正式和非正式接触的早期职业科学家、学术 PI 以及行业或政府科学家。该奖项是 NSF 的法定使命，并被认为值得通过以下方式获得支持：使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。