Conference: 2005 Photosynthesis Biochemical Aspects of Photosynthesis, Gordon Research Conference to be held July 3-8, 2005 in Smithfield, RI.

智力优势：光合作用是一个基本的生物过程，对地球上生命的进化和维持至关重要。该项目将支持将于2005年7月3日至7月8日在密西西比州史密斯菲尔德的布莱恩特大学举行的戈登研究会议(GRC)，主题是“光合作用的生化方面”。戈登研究会议是光合作用领域的关键会议，有来自世界各地的研究人员参加。2005年会议的一个主要目标是召集一个多样化的、跨学科的科学家小组，他们使用尖端技术来解决该领域的关键问题。重点放在生物学上，包括基因组方法、生物发生和组装、调节和胁迫效应。著名的研究人员、新的研究人员以及来自其他领域的科学家已被邀请就他们最新的、未发表的发现发表演讲。完整的计划代表了科学家和影响的国际社区：会议将通过鼓励主要来自本科生机构的教职员工、博士生和博士后研究员参与，将研究和教育结合起来。这次会议的信息交流异常热烈。几乎每个参与者，从最初级的到最资深的，都会把自己的工作带到竞技场上进行一对一的讨论。在这些互动中，产生了新的合作和新方法和新方向的想法。

Intellectual merit: Photosynthesis is a fundamental biological process that is essential to the evolution and maintenance of life on Earth. This project will support a Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on the "Biochemical Aspects of Photosynthesis" to be held at Bryant University, Smithfield, RI from July 3 to July 8, 2005. The Gordon Research Conferences are the key conferences in the field of photosynthesis and are attended by researchers from around the world. A principal objective of the 2005 meeting is to assemble a diverse, inter-disciplinary group of scientists who use cutting-edge technologies to attack critical problems in the field. There is an emphasis on biology including genomic approaches, biogenesis and assembly, regulation, and stress effects. Leading established researchers, new investigators as well as scientists from other fields have been invited to present lectures on their most recent, unpublished discoveries. The complete program represents an international community of scientists (www.grc.org/programs/2005/photosyn.htm).Broader impacts: The meeting will integrate research and education by encouraging the participation of faculty from primarily undergraduate institutions, Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows. The exchange of information at this meeting is unusually strong. Virtually every participant, from the most junior to the most senior, brings his or her work into the arena for one-on-one discussion. Out of these interactions new collaborations and ideas for new approaches and directions arise.