CONF: Sixth FASEB Summer Conference on "Mechanisms in Plant Development" August 15-20, 1998, Saxton's River, Vermont

本申请是自1994年以来致力于植物发育的FASEB植物分子生物学系列会议中非常成功的第六次会议。这次会议的题目是“植物发育机制”，将于1998年8月15日至20日在佛蒙特州萨克斯顿河举行。植物发育已经成为一个非常受欢迎的领域，在过去的几年里，一些重大的发现阐明了植物生物学家过去争论的原理和理论。特别是我们！l特征遗传模型，如豌豆和snapdragon，特别是玉米和拟南芥，为植物发育的许多关键过程提供了分子遗传基础的见解。插入诱变剂等基因发现工具的广泛应用，以及基因组定位和测序的快速进展，使得在植物发育的几乎任何方面分离突变体，以及相应基因的分子分离，成为一种常规程序。这个领域现在，或者很快，就可以使用这些复杂的工具直接解决分子机制的发展问题。这次会议的科学会议比之前的会议有更多的机械倾向，但植物生命周期的总体进展，从配子体发生到开花，被保留了下来。有一个新的会议是关于表观遗传学，一个相当大的生物技术和基础兴趣的领域，并增加了对细胞-细胞相互作用，激素和环境调节的重视。受邀的演讲者包括来自美国国内外的年轻和成熟的研究人员。将根据提交的摘要从与会者中抽取其他发言者。通过将研究这些不同系统的研究人员聚集在一起，我们希望促进思想和信息的交流，我们希望对植物发育的潜在机制有一些了解。

Martienssen, Robert A. IBN 98-08650 This application is for the sixth in a very successful series of FASEB conferences on plant molecular biology, which have been devoted to plant development since 1994. The conference will be entitled "Mechanisms in Plant Development" and will be held from August 15-20, 1998 at Saxton's River, Vermont. Plant development has become an enormously popular field, and the last few years have seen major discoveries that illuminate the principles and theories debated by plant biologists in the past. In particular, we!l-characterized genetic models such as pea and snapdragon, and especially maize and Arabidopsis thaliana, have provided insights into the molecular genetic basis for many key processes in plant development. The widespread availability of gene finding tools such as insertional mutagens, and rapid progress in genome mapping and sequencing make the isolation of mutants in virtually any aspect of plant development, and the molecular isolation of the corresponding genes, a routine procedure. The field is now, or soon will be, in a position to directly address the molecular mechanisms of development using these sophisticated tools. The scientific sessions in this meeting have a more mechanistic bias than the previous conference, but the overall progress through the plant life cycle, from gametogenesis to flowering, has been retained. There is a new session on epigenetics, an area of considerable biotechnological as well as fundamental interest, and increased the emphasis on cell-cell interactions, hormonal and environmental regulation of development. The invited speakers include both young and established investigators from within and outside the U.S.. Additional speakers will be drawn from attendees on the basis of submitted abstracts. By bringing together investigators who study these various systems, we hope to facilitate an exchange of ideas and information, and we hope that some understanding of the underlying mechanisms of plant development wil l begin to emerge.