Symposium on "Metabolic Networking in Plants" to be held April 22-25, 1999; at Iowa State University in Ames, IA

Wurtele 1999年4月22-25日在爱荷华州州立大学举行的“植物代谢网络”专题讨论会将集中讨论植物代谢途径之间的相互联系。次主题是在代谢分析中使用功能基因组学;环境对代谢途径之间相互联系的影响;发展对代谢途径之间相互联系的影响;代谢途径的调节;以及建模和整合的新方法。会议的气氛将是非正式的，其形式允许在会议期间和闭会期间进行广泛的讨论。这些专题讨论会的一个重要目的是促进通常不会在一次专题讨论会上聚集在一起的个人之间的互动和新的合作。在此过程中，我们将包括从世界著名科学家到非常有前途的学生和博士后研究员的参与者。随着第一个全植物序列的临近，我们需要利用丰富的信息来理解基因组功能，以定义复杂的代谢网络。我们需要大规模地对一系列基因进行功能分配，确定不同代谢途径之间的相互关系，并破译环境和发育线索对它们调节的相互作用。为了实现我们的研究范式的这些转变，有必要促进跨学科的研究工作，对代谢途径进行全球分析。我们还需要培训年轻科学家，使他们能够利用全球分析工具来研究植物代谢。我们认为研讨会是一种教育学生和博士后的方式，并促进建立科学家之间有意义的合作和跨学科的互动。

WurteleThe symposium "Metabolic Networking in Plants" to be held April 22-25, 1999 at Iowa State University, will focus on the interconnections between metabolic pathways of plants. Subthemes are the use of functional genomics in metabolic analyses; impact of environment on interconnections between metabolic pathways; impact of development on interconnections between metabolic pathways; the regulation of metabolic pathways; and novel approaches to modeling and integration. The atmosphere will be informal and the format allows for extensive discussion both during and between sessions. An important purpose of these symposia is to promote interactions and new collaborations between individuals who might not normally come together at a single symposium. In doing this, we will include a spectra of attendees ranging from world famous scientists to highly promising students and post-doctoral fellows.As we approach the time of the first total-plant-sequence, we need to use the wealth of information for understanding genome function in defining intricate metabolic networks. We need to undertake the task of functional assignments to batteries of genes on a large scale, identify interrelations among different metabolic pathways and decipher the interplay in their modulation by environmental and developmental cues. To achieve these shifts in our research paradigm, it is necessary to foster interdisciplinary research efforts for global analysis of metabolic pathways. We also need to train young scientists to approach plant metabolism with global analytical tools. We see the symposium as a way to educate students and post-doctoral associates and to promote meaningful collaborations and interdisciplinary interactions among established scientists.