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

作者声明：Robert A. IBN 98-08650 该申请是FASEB植物分子生物学会议系列中的第六次，该会议自1994年以来一直致力于植物发育。这次会议将于1998年8月15日至20日在佛蒙特州萨克斯顿河举行，会议的主题是“植物发育机制”。植物发育已经成为一个非常受欢迎的领域，过去几年已经有了重大发现，阐明了过去植物生物学家争论的原则和理论。尤其是我们！L-特征的遗传模型，如豌豆和金鱼草，特别是玉米和拟南芥，提供了深入了解植物发育中许多关键过程的分子遗传基础。基因发现工具如插入诱变剂的广泛可用性以及基因组作图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常规程序。该领域现在或很快将能够使用这些复杂的工具直接解决发展的分子机制。 这次会议的科学会议比上一次会议有更多的机械偏见，但从配子发生到开花的植物生命周期的整体进展得到了保留。有一个关于表观遗传学的新会议，这是一个具有相当大的生物技术和根本利益的领域，并更加强调细胞间的相互作用，激素和环境对发育的调节。受邀的演讲者包括来自美国国内外的年轻和成熟的调查人员。将根据提交的摘要从与会者中挑选更多的发言者。通过把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的一些理解将开始出现。

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.