Support for Young US Researchers to Attend the 18th Meeting of the International Plant Growth Substances Association

摘要2004年9月19日至24日在澳大利亚堪培拉召开的植物生长与发育国际学术会议将邀请年轻的研究生和博士后参加。本次会议是由国际植物生长物质协会（IPGSA）主办的第18次系列会议。这些会议每三年举行一次，最近两次在东京（1998年）和捷克共和国布尔诺（2001年）举行。植物激素几乎调节着植物生长发育的所有方面，从种子萌发开始，经过亲本植物的生长，到花的发育和种子的形成，延续植物的生命周期。这次重要的国际会议将向年轻的美国研究人员介绍这一令人兴奋的研究领域。会议包括全体会议和专题讨论会，以及研究人员展示他们最新工作的海报会议。该计划将令人兴奋，并将刺激美国植物生长调节剂的研究。这些分子长期以来一直被认为对美国农业很重要，我们对其作用的细胞和分子基础的理解对农业的长期可持续性至关重要。

ABSTRACTSupport is requested to allow young graduate students and post doctoral fellows to attend an international conference on plant growth and development to be held in Canberra, Australia from September 19-24, 2004. This conference is the 18th in a series of conferences sponsored by the International Plant Growth Substance Association (IPGSA). These meetings are held every three years and the last two were convened in Makuhari Messe, Tokyo (1998) and Brno, Czech Republic (2001). Plant hormones regulate almost all aspects of growth and development, beginning with seed germination through the growth of parent plant to the development of the flower and the formation of seeds that perpetuate the plant's life cycle. This important international meeting will introduce younger US investigators to this exciting area of research. The conference includes plenary sessions and symposia as well as poster sessions where investigators display their most recent work. The program promises to be exciting and will stimulate research on plant growth regulators in the USA. These molecules have long been established as important for U.S. agriculture, and our understanding of the cellular and molecular basis of their action is essential for the long-term sustainability of agriculture.