Meeting: Keystone Symposia meeting on Plant Sensing, Response and Adaptation to the Environment January 11-16, 2009 Big Sky Resort, CO

植物对环境的感知、反应和适应会议将于1月11日至16日在蒙大拿州大天空度假村举行。这次会议汇集了生态学家，遗传学家和生物化学家，他们都对整合系统方法感兴趣，同时对细胞和生物体的许多不同复杂相互作用的分子组分进行实验研究。 为了了解在广泛的环境条件下驱动适当生长反应的机制，植物生理学正在追求一种复杂的水平，需要该领域进入这种系统型方法。 这次会议的一个主要目标是激发新一代的多学科学生研究表型可塑性的基础，即，相同基因组的植物如何产生不同的特征。 在未来，这些研究可能会解释如何更有效地创造乙醇燃料，并将对理解全球变暖和气候变化对植物生命的后果至关重要。 这次会议将通过促进联网和启动合作来加强基础设施。 我们预计以下教育的好处：熟悉学员和调查人员新的领域与国家的最先进的;关键的科学反馈;和职业发展的学员和新的调查人员，包括机会都看到成功的科学家介绍尖端科学和网络与未来的导师和其他人谁可能有助于他们的科学和专业发展。 特邀演讲者是顶尖的科学家，他们将展示未发表的结果。 Keystone Symposia提供了一个国际公认的平台和资源，以确保本次会议的成功。

The Plant Sensing, Response and Adaptation to the Environment meeting will be held Jan. 11-16 at Big Sky Resort in Big Sky, Montana. This meeting brings together ecologists, geneticists and biochemists all interested in integrating systems approaches, the simultaneous experimental investigation of the many different complex interacting molecular components of cells and organisms. To understand the mechanisms that drive the appropriate growth responses under a wide range of environmental conditions, plant physiology is pursuing a level of sophistication that requires the field to move into such systems-type approaches. A major goal of this meeting is to excite a new generation of multidisciplinary students to study the basis of phenotypic plasticity, i.e., how plants with the same genome give rise to different characteristics. In the future, such studies may explain how to more efficiently create ethanol-based fuels and will be crucial for understanding the consequences of global warming and climate change on plant life. This meeting will enhance infrastructure by fostering networking and initiation of collaborations. We anticipate the following educational benefits: acquaint trainees and investigators new to the 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. Invited speakers are top-notch scientists who will present unpublished results. Keystone Symposia provides an internationally recognized platform as well as resources to ensure the success of this meeting.