Conference: 21st International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Yokohama, Japan, June 6-10, 2010

第21届国际拟南芥研究会议将于2010年6月6日至10日在日本横滨太平洋会议中心举行。该奖项将支持来自少数群体服务机构的年轻研究人员和科学家参加会议。拟南芥被广泛认为是遗传学和基因组学实验的优秀植物，并作为许多植物生物学的中心参考和概念框架得到了普遍支持。一年一度的拟南芥研究国际会议汇聚了来自这一密切联系的国际科学界的约1000名与会者，交流科学成果并报告该领域的进展情况。会议将涵盖广泛的重要和当前主题，包括作物基因组学、发育、表观基因组学和RNA调控、细胞生物学、系统生物学和新陈代谢、环境响应、植物激素调控、进化和自然变异、表观遗传机制、再生、非生物/生物响应、细胞间信号转导中的多肽以及研究工具/资源。除了平台演讲，会议还将包括从提交的摘要中选出的16-24名演讲者，其中相当大一部分将是研究生、博士后研究人员或职业生涯早期的教职员工。还将有社区组织的研讨会，允许更多的演讲者介绍他们的研究。这将确保介绍最新的结果，并为青年科学家提供重要的职业发展。更广泛的影响ICAR的一个特别优势在于它有能力加强世界范围内拟南芥研究前沿的信息交流，创造新的网络和合作。会议议程和摘要将在会议网站上公开提供，并永久存档。在吸纳青年科学家以及妇女和少数群体方面，ICAR也有着悠久而成功的历史。对这次会议的支持将为几个代表性不足的美国少数族裔和/或教师提供全额资金，并为更多年轻的国内教师、博士后学者或研究生提供部分旅费。计划举办一次特别的午餐会，以表彰美国资助的少数族裔资助的接受者，并建立一个非正式的交流场所，以及一个“新兴科学家午餐会”。会议和研讨会上的许多口头报告将由研究生、博士后研究人员和初级教师进行。这将促进学生和博士后的培养，并为职业发展提供重要机遇。会议议程和摘要将在会议网站上公开提供，并永久存档于tair(http://www.arabidopsis.org/news/abstracts.jsp).

Intellectual MeritThe 21st International Conference on Arabidopsis Research will be held at the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Center in Yokohama, Japan, June 6-10, 2010. The award will support the meeting attendance of young researchers and scientists from minority-serving institutions. Arabidopsis is widely recognized as an excellent plant for experimentation in genetics and genomics and has gained universal support as a central reference and conceptual framework for much of plant biology. The annual International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) brings together approximately 1,000 participants from this tightly-linked international scientific community to exchange scientific results and report on progress in the field. The conference will cover a broad range of important and current topics including Crop Genomics, Development, Epigenomics and RNA Regulation, Cell Biology, Systems Biology and Metabolism, Environmental Responses, Plant Hormone Regulation, Evolution and Natural Variation, Epigenetic Mechanisms, Regeneration, Abiotic/Biotic Responses, Peptides in Intercellular Signaling, and Research Tools/Resources. In addition to platform talks the conference will include 16-24 speakers chosen from submitted abstracts, a significant proportion of which will be graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, or faculty members at early stages of their careers. There will also be community-organized workshops that allow additional speakers to present their research. This will ensure presentation of the latest results and provide important career development for young scientists. Broader ImpactsA particular strength of the ICAR lies in its ability to enhance the exchange of information at the forefront of Arabidopsis research worldwide, creating new networks and collaborations. The conference program and abstracts will be publicly available on the conference website and permanently archived. The ICAR also has a long and successful history of being inclusive of young scientists as well as women and minorities. Support of this conference will provide full funding for several underrepresented US minorities and/or faculty as well as partial funding of travel expenses for additional young domestic faculty, postdoctoral scholars, or graduate students. A special luncheon to acknowledge recipients of US-sponsored minority funding and to establish an informal networking venue as well as an "Emerging Scientists Luncheon" is planned. Many of the oral presentations at the sessions and workshops will be given by graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and junior faculty. This will promote the training of students and postdocs and provide important opportunities for career development. The conference program and abstracts will be publicly available on the conference website and permanently archived at TAIR (http://www.arabidopsis.org/news/abstracts.jsp).