FASEB Conference on Mechanisms in Plant Development; August 5-9, 2006; Saxtons River, VT

该奖项支持年轻科学家参加FASEB夏季研究会议，题为“植物发育机制”，该会议将于2006年8月5日至9日在佛蒙特州萨克斯顿河举行。该会议在过去的二十年中每隔一年举行一次，是唯一一个专门讨论植物发育主题的定期会议，因此是交流该领域信息和思想的重要论坛。本次会议的独特的科学焦点和它的小规模（约100人参加）将促进从植物发展领域的最新工作中出现的新主题和原则的提炼，以及培养有共同兴趣的参与者之间的新认识和合作。参与者将包括首席研究员、博士后和博士生。会议计划包括八个会议，每个会议专门讨论一个具有广泛意义的主题。受邀演讲者的选择也是基于他们正在进行的研究的高质量和兴趣价值。此外，演讲者的选择是为了在男性和女性演讲者之间、美国和国际科学家之间、初级、中级和高级研究人员之间创造平衡。通过在计划中包括每日海报会议和会议参与者（根据他们提交的摘要选择）的10-12个简短演讲，会议将为所有参与者提供向国际观众展示他们的工作的机会。会议日程安排还将为与会者之间的非正式讨论提供充足的时间。这次独特的会议将为与会者提供植物生物学基础和快速发展领域的当前概况，并有望为未来的研究产生新的方向。参加本次会议的早期职业研究者、博士生和博士后将有助于促进这些人的职业发展。

This award supports the participation of young scientists in a FASEB Summer Research Conference entitled "Mechanisms in Plant Development" to be held August 5-9th, 2006 in Saxtons River, VT. This conference, held every other year for the past twenty years, is the only regularly held meeting devoted specifically to the topic of plant development and as such serves as an important forum for exchange of information and ideas in this field. The unique scientific focus of this conference and its small size (~100 participants) will facilitate the distillation of new themes and principles emerging from recent work in the plant development field, as well as fostering new acquaintances and collaborations between participants with shared interests. Participants will include principal investigators, postdocs, and Ph.D. students. The conference program includes eight sessions, each devoted to a topic of broad significance. Invited speakers were chosen based also on the high quality and interest value of their ongoing research. In addition, speaker choices were made to create a balance between male and female speakers, between U.S. and international scientists, and between junior, intermediate and senior investigators. By including in the program daily poster sessions and 10-12 short talks by meeting participants (chosen based on their submitted abstracts), the meeting will provide opportunities for all participants to present their work to an international audience. The meeting schedule will also allow ample time for informal discussions among participants. This unique conference will provide participants with a current overview of a fundamental and rapidly moving area of plant biology, and is expected to generate new directions for future research. Participation in this meeting by early career investigators, Ph.D. students and postdocs will help advance the careers of these individuals.