Conference: 4th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics will be held on October 9-11, 2006, in Montpellier, France

标题：第四届国际水稻功能基因组学研讨会论文集。杰克逊，普渡大学水稻每天养活几乎一半的世界人口，是作物和比较基因组学的典范。 由美国国家科学基金会领导的美国是2004年完成的水稻基因组测序的领导者。 水稻界目前正积极参与确定水稻基因组中近50 000个基因的功能，并将其用于作物保护和生产。 第四届水稻功能基因组学年会将于2006年10月9日至11日在法国蒙彼利埃举行。 此前的会议已在中国、美国和菲律宾举行。 这次会议有助于分享水稻比较和功能基因组学、生物化学、水稻遗传和育种以及保护水稻免受生物和非生物胁迫的遗传方法方面的现有数据和方法。 组织委员会由来自17个国家的25名水稻科学家组成。 这笔赠款将支付9名与会者的费用，目标是发展中国家和年轻研究人员以及代表性不足的群体。

Title: 4th Internation Symposium on Rice Functional GenomicsPI: Scott A. Jackson, Purdue UniversityRice feeds almost half the worlds population on a daily basis and is a model for crop and comparative genomics. The USA, led by the National Science Foundation, was a leader in the sequencing of the rice genome, completed in 2004. The rice community is now actively engaged in determining the function of the nearly 50,000 genes in the rice genome and deploying them for crop protection and production. The Fourth Annual Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics will be held October 9-11, 2006 in Montpellier, France. Previous meetings have been held in China, the USA and the Philippines. This meeting facilitates the sharing of current data and methods in comparative and functional genomics of rice, biochemistry, rice genetics and breeding and genetic approaches to rice protection from biotic and abiotic stresses. The organization committee consists of 25 rice scientists from 17 countries. This grant will defray costs for nine attendees by targeting developing countries and young researchers and those from under-represented groups.