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

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日在罗德岛州史密斯菲尔德的布莱恩特大学举行。今年，植物细胞壁GRC将首次在8月1日至2日之前举行植物细胞壁戈登-凯南研究生研究研讨会（GRS），为研究生和博士后研究人员进入这个日益增长和日益重要的领域提供了一个难得的机会。植物细胞壁是植物生长发育和应对生物和非生物胁迫所必需的复杂细胞隔室，是可再生生物能源和天然产物的资源。2009年植物细胞壁GRC将汇集来自学术、工业、研究中心和政府实验室的国际研究人员，总结和批判性地评估我们目前对植物细胞壁的理解水平。具体来说，将讨论整个植物细胞壁的结构、合成和功能，包括多糖、蛋白质、木质素和蜡质，以及驱动细胞壁合成和修饰的酶和调节蛋白。将强调研究原生和次生壁聚合物在植物生长过程中如何形成和修饰的创新技术，以及利用突变体和自然变体来理解和识别壁结构-功能关系。研究进展需要朝着系统生物学水平的壁的形成和重塑的理解将被强调。将强调细胞壁结构和生物学的关键生化基础，使植物细胞壁的使用和改造成为一种主要资源，以填补化石燃料供应减少留下的空白，并满足对替代能源和工业生物产品的相关日益增长的需求。更广泛的影响。这次会议旨在聚集顶尖的研究人员和进入该领域的年轻科学家，努力为新的研究目标和想法播下种子。申请的NSF资金将用于鼓励和支持年轻科学家、少数民族和未被充分代表的科学家参加会议。根据GRC的理念，为会议设计了一个类似休整的氛围，其主要产品是在整个社区中总结和传播思想。GRC将首次举办植物细胞壁戈登-凯南研究生研究研讨会（GRS），这将为对植物细胞壁感兴趣的研究生和博士后研究人员提供一个互动、交流思想和分享植物细胞壁结构和功能领域前沿研究的机会。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小组也将参与讨论并作出贡献。从研究生、博士后和高级研究人员中选出GRS讨论的领导者和演讲者，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的生产以及植物细胞壁的天然产物。

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.