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将于2006年8月5日至9日在佛蒙特州萨克斯顿河举行的名为“植物发育机制”的FASEB夏季研究会议。在过去的二十年里，该会议每隔一年举行一次，是唯一一次专门讨论植物发展主题的定期会议，因此是交流该领域信息和想法的重要论坛。本次会议的独特科学重点和规模较小(约100名与会者)将有助于提炼工厂开发领域最近工作中出现的新主题和新原则，并促进具有共同兴趣的与会者之间的新熟人和合作。参与者将包括首席研究员、博士后和博士后学生。会议计划包括八个会议，每个会议都致力于一个具有广泛意义的主题。被邀请的发言者也是根据他们正在进行的研究的高质量和兴趣价值来选择的。此外，发言者的选择是为了在男性和女性发言者之间、美国和国际科学家之间以及初级、中级和高级调查人员之间取得平衡。通过在计划中包括每日海报会议和与会者的10-12次简短演讲(根据他们提交的摘要选择)，会议将为所有与会者提供向国际观众展示他们的工作的机会。会议时间表还将为与会者之间的非正式讨论留出充足的时间。这次独特的会议将为与会者提供一个植物生物学基础和快速发展领域的最新概述，并有望为未来的研究提供新的方向。早期职业调查人员、博士生和博士后参加这次会议将有助于推进这些人的职业生涯。

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.