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

第21届拟南芥研究国际会议将于2010年6月6日至10日在日本横滨的太平洋横滨会议中心举行。该奖项将支持来自少数群体服务机构的青年研究人员和科学家出席会议。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核心参考和概念框架获得了普遍支持。一年一度的拟南芥研究国际会议（ICAR）汇集了来自这个紧密联系的国际科学界的约1，000名参与者，交流科学成果并报告该领域的进展。会议将涵盖广泛的重要和当前的主题，包括作物基因组学，发展，表观基因组学和RNA调控，细胞生物学，系统生物学和代谢，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/生物反应，细胞间信号肽，和研究工具/资源。除了平台会谈会议将包括16-24从提交的摘要，其中很大一部分将是研究生，博士后研究人员或教师在他们的职业生涯的早期阶段选择的发言者。还将举办社区组织的讲习班，让更多的发言者介绍他们的研究。这将确保介绍最新成果，并为年轻科学家提供重要的职业发展机会。更广泛的影响ICAR的一个特别优势在于它能够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。会议计划和摘要将在会议网站上公开，并永久存档。ICAR在包容年轻科学家以及妇女和少数民族方面也有着悠久而成功的历史。本次会议的支持将为一些代表性不足的美国少数民族和/或教师提供全额资金，并为额外的年轻国内教师，博士后学者或研究生提供部分差旅费资金。计划举行一次特别午餐会，以感谢美国赞助的少数民族资金的接受者，并建立一个非正式的网络场所以及一个“新兴科学家午餐会”。在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给出。这将促进学生和博士后的培训，并为职业发展提供重要机会。会议方案和摘要将在会议网站上公开提供，并在TAIR（http：//www.arabidopsis.org/news/abstracts.jsp）永久存档。

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).