Keystone Symposia Meetings on "Plant Hormones and Signaling" and "Plant Innate Immunity", February 10-15, 2008, Keystone, CO

PI/PD姓名：安德鲁·D·罗伯逊提案编号：0744679提案标题：Keystone研讨会？植物激素和信号？和？植物先天免疫？这个项目支持两个同时举行的关于植物激素和信号以及植物先天免疫的Keystone研讨会。这些会议将涵盖研究、连接植物激素信号和植物病害研究。关于前者，几十年的分子和生理研究表明，植物依赖于一系列不同的小分子激素来调节其生物学的各个方面。在疾病的情况下，植物像动物一样，在感知到保守的微生物分子后，激活被称为先天免疫的防御。植物激素信号和植物先天免疫在生物学上是紧密相连的领域，但很少有会议能为这些领域的跨学科讨论提供场所。很少有植物学家对荷尔蒙信号和先天免疫都有很好的了解；这两个领域都将受益于另一个领域所使用的方法和智力方法。此外，通过将一个领域的经验和智慧带到另一个领域，预计会有重大的交叉受精。这些会议将通过促进联网和启动协作来加强基础设施。将有教育方面的好处：熟悉实习生和研究人员对最新技术的了解；批判性的科学反馈；以及为实习生和新调查人员的职业发展，包括有机会看到成功的科学家介绍尖端科学，并与未来的导师和其他可能有助于他们的科学和专业发展的人建立网络。这些联合会议的两个项目是由这些领域公认的领导者设计的，演讲者是顶尖的科学家，他们将展示未发表的成果。所有这一切确保了在这些领域内和跨这些领域的知识和理解的显著进步。Keystone研讨会提供了一个国际公认的平台和资源，以确保这些配对会议的成功。

PI/PD Name: Andrew D. RobertsonProposal Number: 0744679Proposal Title: Keystone Symposia Meetings on ?Plant Hormones and Signaling? and ?Plant Innate Immunity?This project supports a pair of concurrent Keystone Symposia meetings on Plant Hormones and Signaling and Plant Innate Immunity. These meetings will cover research bridging plant hormone signaling and plant disease research. With regard to the former, decades of molecular and physiological studies have demonstrated that plants rely on a diverse set of small molecule hormones to regulate every aspect of their biology. And in the case of disease, plants?like animals?activate defense, called innate immunity, upon perception of conserved microbial molecules. Plant hormonal signaling and plant innate immunity are intimately linked areas in terms of biology and yet few meetings provide venues for interdisciplinary discussion across these fields. Few plant scientists have a good grasp of both hormonal signaling and innate immunity; each field will benefit from exposure to methods and intellectual approaches used in the other. Moreover, significant cross-fertilization is anticipated by bringing the experience and intellect from one field to bear on the other. These meetings will enhance infrastructure by fostering networking and initiation of collaborations. There will be educational benefits: acquaint trainees and investigators new to field with the state-of-the-art; critical scientific feedback; and career development for trainees and new investigators, including opportunities both to see successful scientists presenting cutting-edge science and to network with prospective mentors and others who might contribute to their scientific and professional development. The two programs for these joint meetings were designed by well-recognized leaders in these fields, and the speakers are top-notch scientists who will present unpublished results. All of this ensures significant advancement of knowledge and understanding within and across these fields. Keystone Symposia provides an internationally recognized platform as well as resources to ensure the success of these paired meetings.