2007 Plant-Herbivore Interactions Gordon Research Conference, to be held February 18-23, 2007 in Ventura California.

第十届戈登植物-食草动物相互作用研究会议将于2007年2月举行，这标志着非常成功的系列会议的第27个年头。该计划以25名科学家为特色，他们目前正在进行开创性和令人兴奋的研究，他们的方法包括新概念或方法。主要的专题领域包括：1)功能基因组学、生物化学和生理学；2)历史视野中的植物-草食相互作用；3)多物种和间接相互作用；4)海洋系统中的植物-草食相互作用；5)进化视角下的植物-草食相互作用；6)植物-草食相互作用和全球变化；7)大组织和空间尺度上的植物-草食相互作用；8)植物-草食动物相互作用研究的未来。该计划包括长期要求的混合以及新的主题，既有经验的重点，也有理论的重点。所采用的科学方法将跨越从分子遗传学到化学再到社区和生态系统生态学的范围。像所有戈登会议一样，这次会议在上午和晚上都有正式会议，下午早些时候留出时间进行即兴实地考察、讨论和研讨会。正式会议的安排是为了最大限度地进行讨论；项目主席将提前挑选出能够激发合议性讨论的讨论负责人。每天下午晚些时候的海报会议，加上茶点，以促进轻松和欢乐的气氛，将额外激发讨论。所有与会者都将被鼓励提交海报，历史表明，几乎所有人都会这样做。广泛的影响：与以往的会议一样，这次会议将为未来几年这一领域的研究设定方向。它将促进新的合作，开发新的方法和理论，以及青年/新兴科学家和该领域的领先研究人员之间的互动。

The 10th Gordon Research Conference on Plant-Herbivore Interactions, which will be held in February 2007, marks the 27th year of an exceedingly successful conference series. The program features 25 scientists who are currently conducting pioneering and exciting research, and whose approaches include new concepts or methods. Major topical areas to be addressed will be 1) Functional genomics, biochemistry and physiology, 2) Plant-herbivore interactions in historical perspective, 3) Multi-species and indirect interactions, 4) Plant-herbivore interactions in marine systems, 5) Plant-herbivore interactions in evolutionary perspective, 6) Plant-herbivore interactions and global change, 7) Plant-herbivore interactions at large organizational and spatial scales, and 8) The future for plant-herbivore interactions research. The program comprises a mix of perennially requested as well as novel topics, with both empirical and theoretical emphases. Scientific approaches employed will span the range from molecular genetics to chemistry to community and ecosystem ecology.Like all Gordon Conferences, this conference has formal sessions in the morning and evening, leaving early afternoons free for impromptu field trips, discussions, and workshops. The formal sessions have been scheduled to maximize discussion; program chairs will select, in advance, discussion leaders known to stimulate collegial discussion. Daily poster sessions in the late afternoon, with refreshments to promote a relaxed and convivial atmosphere, will additionally stimulate discussion. All attendees will be encouraged to submit posters, and history suggests that nearly all will do so.Broader Impacts: This conference, like its predecessors, will set the course for research in this field for years to come. It will stimulate new collaborations, the development of new methodologies and theories, and interactions among young/emerging scientists and leading researchers in the field.