2010 Plant-Herbivore Interaction Gordon Research Conference; Galveston, TX

戈登研究会议在过去赞助了10个非常成功的植物-草食动物相互作用研讨会。这将是第11次，将有25名目前在该领域进行开创性研究的科学家参加。会议是综合的，涵盖了从分子遗传学和生物化学到群落和生态系统生态学和进化的主题。演讲者们同意讨论他们主题的前沿，并展望未来，目的是引发关于我们的科学可能走向的讨论。会议将以题为“植物-草食动物相互作用的观点”的概述开场。接下来，主要讨论的主题将是复杂群落中的食草动物，食草动物对植物化学反应的进化，植物防御化学-作用和解毒，植物和昆虫防御的进化：硫代葡萄糖苷，相互作用模型：从生态学到基因，扩展表型和进化，整合地下相互作用，以及入侵物种的新视角。像所有的戈登会议一样，上午和晚上有正式的会议，下午早些时候可以自由地进行即兴的实地考察、讨论和研讨会。正式会议的安排是为了尽量扩大讨论；选择讨论领导是为了激发学院讨论。每天下午晚些时候的海报会议在一个轻松愉快的气氛，也将促进讨论。所有与会者都被鼓励提交海报，历史表明几乎所有人都会这样做。这次会议的轻松和亲密的气氛不断产生优秀的，刺激的互动，持久的网络，合作和友谊。这次会议，像它的前任一样，将通过为未来几年这一领域的研究确定方向而产生更广泛的影响。此外，大约40%的资金将用于支持研究生和博士后的参与。25位演讲者中有8位是女性，9位来自美国以外。这次会议的结果是，新的合作将得到发展，新的方法将被采用，新的理论将被检验，年轻/新兴的科学家将与该领域的顶尖研究人员进行互动。

The Gordon Research Conferences has sponsored 10 highly successful Plant-Herbivore Interaction workshops in the past. This will be the 11th and will feature 25 scientists currently conducting pioneering research in this area. The sessions are synthetic and range in topics from molecular genetics and biochemistry to community and ecosystem ecology and evolution. Speakers have agreed to address their subject's frontier and to project into the future, with the goal of generating discussion about the directions our science may take. The meeting will open with an overview entitled Perspectives in Plant Herbivore Interactions. Following, major topical areas to be addressed will be Herbivores in Complex Communities, Evolution of Herbivore Responses to Plant Chemistry, Plant Defensive Chemistry - Action & Detoxification, Evolution of Plant and Insect Defense: Glucosinolates, Interaction Models: From Ecology to Genes, Extended Phenotypes and Evolution, Integrating Below Ground Interactions, and New Perspectives on Invasive Species. Like all Gordon Conferences, there are 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; discussion leaders have been chosen to stimulate collegial discussion. Daily poster sessions in the late afternoon in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere, will also foster discussion. All attendees will be encouraged to submit posters, and history suggests that nearly all will do so. The relaxed and intimate atmosphere of this conference consistently generates excellent, stimulating interactions, and lasting networks, collaborations and friendships. This conference, like its predecessors will have its broader impacts by setting the course for research in this field for years to come. In addition, approximately 40% of funds will go to the support of graduate student and post-doctoral participation. Eight of the 25 speakers are female, nine are from outside the U.S. Half of the discussion leaders are female. As a result of this conference, new collaborations will be developed, new methodologies employed, new theories tested, and young/emerging scientists will interact with the top researchers in the field.