Signaling in Plant Development and in Response to the Environment

信号转导是植物发育和适应环境的重要基础。 信号传导通常涉及多个水平的反应，从器官、组织和细胞相互作用到膜、细胞质和基因表达水平的事件。 在我们看来，信号转导的最翔实的分析涉及多学科的方法，其中信号的特点是通过其多层次和表达形式（遗传，生物化学，物理，生理等）。 我们建议建立一个研究生培训计划，在我们的教学方法和研究指导创新与教师从六（6）部门追求跨多层次的信号转导的合作研究。 为了实现这个目标，我们将开发一个以问题为基础的学习课程，探索植物信号转导的多个方面。 研究生将通过在两个（或更多）研究工作的界面上攻击研究问题来从事多学科研究。 年度杰出研究者研讨会/讲习班系列和总结国际研讨会将为学生的发展提供额外的机会。 我们的计划将丰富的背景和“工具包”提供给下一代，以及当前一代的研究人员，以调查植物发展和对环境的反应机制。

Signal transduction is emerging as an important principle underlying much of plant development and adaptation to the environment. Signaling often involves multiple levels of response, from organ, tissue and cell interactions to events at the level of membranes, cytoplasm and gene expression. In our view, the most informative analyses of signal transduction involve multidisciplinary approaches where the signal is characterized through its multiple levels and forms of expression (genetic, biochemical, physical, physiological, etc.) We propose to establish a graduate training program with innovations in our instructional approach and research guidance with faculty from six (6) departments to pursue collaborative research across multiple levels of signal transduction. Toward this goal, we will develop a problem-based learning course to explore multiple facets of plant signal transduction. Graduate students will engage in multidisciplinary research by attacking research problems at the interface of two (or more) research efforts. An annual Distinguished Investigator seminar/workshop series and concluding international symposium will provide additional opportunity for student development. Our program will enrich the background and "tool-kit" available to the next generation, as well as the current generation, of researchers to investigate the mechanisms by which plants develop and react to their environment.