Conference: 3rd International Congress on Plant Metabolomics to be held June 2004 in Ames, Iowa

会议：第三届国际植物代谢组学大会将于 2004 年 6 月在爱荷华州艾姆斯举行

• 批准号: 0425267
• 负责人: Basil Nikolau
• 金额: $ 2.72万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-06-15 至 2005-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0425267&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; 3rd; International; Congress; Plant

Partial support is requested for the 3rd International Congress on Plant Metabolomics to be held from June 3 to 6, 2004 at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. The meeting will include presentations by 9 invited speakers who are leaders in different aspects of plant metabolomics. Up to twelve additional speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts for short oral presentations. The meeting also includes poster sessions and time for informal discussions. The conference incorporates programmatic and educational features to encourage meaningful participation by scientists and students representing diversity in experimental system, career level, ethnicity and gender.Intellectual Merit: Since the sequencing of the first plant genome (Arabidopsis), it has become possible to envision the functionality of the entire complement of genes that encompasses a plant. This challenge has manifested a systems-based approach to visualize the expression of the entire genome. Specifically, technologies for globally measuring gene expression at the mRNA (transcriptomics) and protein (proteomics) levels have been developed. Metabolomics is the technology for globally measuring gene expression at the metabolite level, which probably represents the ultimate expression of the functionality of a genome that can be chemically defined. Metabolomics is an emerging field. The International Congress on Plant Metabolomics was initiated just 2 years ago and is the medium that brings together the leading practitioners in this new emerging area of plant functional genomics. Previous meetings have been held in Europe, and this, 3rd meeting in this series will be the first to be held in the US. The Congress will for the first time in this country provide a landmark opportunity for plant biologists, chemists and bioinformaticists to meet, discuss and interact in the context of a major international meeting on plant metabolomics. The Symposium will be one of an ongoing series of symposia sponsored by the Plant Sciences Institute at Iowa State University. The program will address the current and potential applications of metabolomics in gene discovery and directed genome modifications.Broader Impacts: This symposium is designed to initiate and foster interactions among practitioners of metabolomics and researchers studying plant biology. The speakers have been chosen to present investigations on a variety of related topics, including the development of new analytical technologies, statistical analysis of metabolomics data, and the role of metabolomics in solving biological problems via a systems approach. Approximately one third of the invited speakers are women; up to twelve additional short talks will be selected from submitted abstracts to increase diversity in career level and to enhance participation of underrepresented groups. An important purpose of these symposia is to promote interactions and new collaborations among researchers who might not normally come together at a single symposium. In addition to the attendance of graduate students and post-doctoral researchers, special efforts will be made to encourage participation by NSF-REUs, other undergraduate students, and interested high school teachers. Long-standing relationships of ISU with historically black institutions and undergraduate research experience programs will foster attendance of underrepresented students.

请求为将于2004年6月3日至6日在爱荷华州艾姆斯的爱荷华州州立大学举行的第三届国际植物代谢组学大会提供部分支助。会议将包括9位特邀演讲者的演讲，他们是植物代谢组学不同方面的领导者。将从提交的摘要中选出最多12名发言者作简短的口头介绍。会议还包括海报会议和非正式讨论时间。本次会议结合了计划性和教育性的特点，鼓励科学家和学生代表实验系统，职业水平，种族和性别的多样性有意义的参与。智力优势：自从第一个植物基因组（拟南芥）测序以来，已经有可能设想包含植物的整个基因组的功能。这一挑战体现了一种基于系统的方法来可视化整个基因组的表达。具体而言，已经开发了在mRNA（转录组学）和蛋白质（蛋白质组学）水平上全面测量基因表达的技术。代谢组学是在代谢物水平上全面测量基因表达的技术，这可能代表了可以化学定义的基因组功能的最终表达。代谢组学是一个新兴领域。国际植物代谢组学大会于2年前发起，是将植物功能基因组学这一新兴领域的主要从业者聚集在一起的媒介。以前的会议都是在欧洲举行的，这次是该系列的第三次会议，将是第一次在美国举行。大会将首次在这个国家为植物生物学家，化学家和生物信息学家提供一个具有里程碑意义的机会，在植物代谢组学的重大国际会议上会面，讨论和互动。这次研讨会将是由爱荷华州州立大学植物科学研究所主办的一系列研讨会之一。该计划将解决代谢组学在基因发现和定向基因组modifies.Broader影响的当前和潜在的应用：本次研讨会旨在启动和促进代谢组学从业者和研究人员之间的互动植物生物学。演讲者被选中对各种相关主题进行调查，包括新分析技术的开发，代谢组学数据的统计分析，以及代谢组学在通过系统方法解决生物学问题中的作用。应邀发言者中约有三分之一是妇女;将从提交的摘要中再选出最多12个简短的演讲，以增加职业层次的多样性，并加强代表性不足的群体的参与。这些研讨会的一个重要目的是促进研究人员之间的互动和新的合作，他们通常不会在一次研讨会上走到一起。除了研究生和博士后研究人员的出席，将作出特别努力，以鼓励NSF-REU，其他本科生和感兴趣的高中教师的参与。ISU与历史上的黑人机构和本科生研究经验计划的长期关系将促进代表性不足的学生的出勤率。