Conference: Plant Cell Walls Gordon Research Conference and Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminar; August 2009; Smithfied, RI

会议：植物细胞壁戈登研究会议和戈登-凯南研究生研究研讨会；

• 批准号: 0917720
• 负责人: Debra Mohnen
• 金额: $ 1.4万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-15 至 2010-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0917720&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Plant; Cell; Walls; Gordon

The Fifth Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Plant Cell Walls will be held August 2-7,2009, at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. This year, for the first time, the Plant Cell Walls GRC will be immediately preceded, on August 1-2, by a Plant Cell Walls Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminar program (GRS) offering an exceptional opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers entering this growing and increasingly important field. Plant cell walls are a complex cellular compartment essential for plant growth, development and response to biotic and abiotic stresses, and are a resource for renewable bioenergy and natural products. The 2009 Plant Cell Walls GRC will bring together an international mix of researchers from academic, industrial, research center and government labs to summarize and critically evaluate our current level of understanding of the plant cell wall. Specifically, the structure, synthesis and function of the whole plant cell wall, including the polysaccharides, proteins, lignin and waxes, and the enzymes and regulatory proteins that drive wall synthesis and modification will be discussed. Innovative techniques to study how both primary and secondary wall polymers are formed and modified throughout plant growth and the use of mutants and natural variants to understand and identify wall structure-function relationships will be emphasized. The research advances needed to work toward a systems biology level understanding of wall formation and remodeling will be highlighted. The critical biochemical foundations of wall structure and biology will be highlighted to enable use and modification of plant cell walls as a major resource to fill the void left by dwindling supplies of fossil fuels and to meet the associated growing need for alternative energy and industrial bioproducts. Broader Impacts.This conference seeks to gather both leading researchers and younger scientists entering the field in an effort to seed new research goals and ideas. The requested NSF funds will be used to encourage and support the participation of young scientists, minorities and underrepresented scientists at the meeting. In accordance with GRC philosophy, a retreat-like atmosphere is designed for the meeting and its principal product is the summary and dispersal of ideas across the community. For the first time, the GRC will have an accompanying Plant Cell Walls Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminar program (GRS), which will provide an opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with an interest in plant walls to interact, exchange ideas, and share cutting-edge research in the area of plant cell wall structure and function. The GRS will include two science sessions, presented and attended primarily by graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. A small selected panel of established researchers will also participate and contribute to the discussions. The GRS discussion leaders and speakers will be selected from graduate students, post docs and senior researchers to facilitate and drive active discussions. The topics for the GRS include plant cell wall biosynthesis, structure and function, lignocellulosic biofuel production, and natural products derived from plant cell walls.

第五届戈登植物细胞壁研究会议（GRC）将于2009年8月2日至7日在罗得岛史密斯菲尔德的布莱恩特大学举行。今年，第一次，植物细胞壁GRC将立即之前，8月1日至2日，由植物细胞壁戈登-凯南研究生研究研讨会计划（GRS）为研究生和博士后研究人员进入这个不断增长和日益重要的领域提供了一个特殊的机会。植物细胞壁是植物生长、发育和对生物和非生物胁迫反应所必需的复杂细胞区室，并且是可再生生物能源和天然产物的资源。2009年植物细胞壁研讨会将汇集来自学术界、工业界、研究中心和政府实验室的国际研究人员，总结并批判性地评估我们目前对植物细胞壁的理解水平。具体而言，整个植物细胞壁的结构，合成和功能，包括多糖，蛋白质，木质素和蜡，以及驱动壁合成和修饰的酶和调节蛋白将被讨论。创新技术，研究如何形成和修改整个植物生长和使用突变体和自然变异体，以了解和确定壁结构功能关系的主要和次要壁聚合物将被强调。研究进展需要朝着系统生物学水平的理解壁的形成和重塑将突出。壁结构和生物学的关键生化基础将被强调，使植物细胞壁的使用和修改作为一种主要资源，以填补化石燃料供应减少留下的空白，并满足相关的替代能源和工业生物产品的需求不断增长。更广泛的影响。这次会议旨在聚集领先的研究人员和年轻的科学家进入该领域，努力播种新的研究目标和想法。申请的NSF资金将用于鼓励和支持青年科学家、少数民族和代表性不足的科学家参加会议。根据GRC的理念，会议设计了一种类似务虚会的气氛，其主要产品是在社区内总结和传播想法。第一次，GRC将有一个配套的植物细胞壁戈登-凯南研究生研究研讨会计划（GRS），这将为研究生和博士后研究人员提供一个机会，对植物壁感兴趣，互动，交流思想，并分享植物细胞壁结构和功能领域的前沿研究。GRS将包括两个科学会议，主要由研究生和博士后学者提出和参加。一个由知名研究人员组成的小组也将参加讨论并作出贡献。GRS讨论的领导者和演讲者将从研究生，博士后和高级研究人员中选出，以促进和推动积极的讨论。GRS的主题包括植物细胞壁的生物合成，结构和功能，木质纤维素生物燃料生产，以及来自植物细胞壁的天然产物。