2010 Plant Molecular Biology Gordon Research Conference held at Holderness School in Plymouth, New Hampshire July 18-23, 2010.

该项目将于2010年7月18日至23日在新罕布什尔州的Holderness学校举行一次科学刺激的戈登植物分子生物学研究会议。这次会议将汇集一系列植物科学家，他们正在研究各种植物物种的基本植物细胞过程。会议将重点关注植物研究领域，这些领域对促进农业发展和对植物发育和生化机制的基本理解至关重要。例如，将有关于分子植物育种，功能基因组学，基因组学和自然变异，表观遗传学，蛋白质组学和代谢组学，植物激素和植物/微生物相互作用的会议。本次会议将汇集各学科的领袖和青年科学家交流思想，并让与会者了解植物生物学各个领域的最新发展和思想。该项目的更广泛影响是促进植物生物学的进步，特别是使博士生和博士后有足够的时间与该领域的研究领导者进行互动。促进进步的目标将通过将植物科学家聚集在一起集体讨论和探索他们狭窄专业领域之外的领域来推进，这将导致发现不同领域之间的联系，进而促进合作和进一步的科学进步。这次会议的特色是几位处于职业生涯早期的演讲者，也为更多的年轻科学家提供了与在学术、政府和工业实验室工作的知名科学家互动的机会。为了鼓励年轻科学家的参与，将从提交的摘要中选择额外的演讲者，所有参与者都有机会展示他们的研究。

The project is to hold a scientifically stimulating Gordon Research Conference on Plant Molecular Biology at the Holderness School in New Hampshire from July 18-23, 2010. This conference will bring together a range of plant scientists who are investigating basic plant cellular processes in a variety of plant species. The conference will focus on areas of plant research that are key to advancing both agriculture and a basic understanding of plant developmental and biochemical mechanisms. For example, there will be sessions on molecular plant breeding, functional genomics, genomics and natural variation, epigenetics, proteomes and metabolomes, plant hormones, and plant/microbe interactions. This conference will bring together leaders as well as young scientists in a range of disciplines to exchange ideas, and to permit the participants to learn of the latest developments and ideas in diverse areas of plant biology. The broader impacts of this project are to foster progress in plant biology, and particularly, to enable PhD students and postdocs plenty of time for interactions with research leaders in the field. The goal of fostering progress will be advanced by bringing together plant scientists to collectively discuss and explore areas outside of their narrow field of expertise, which should result in the discovery of connections among diverse fields, and in turn to collaborations and further scientific progress. This conference features several speakers at an early stage of their career, as well as opportunities for many more young scientists to interact with established scientists working in academic, government, and industrial laboratories. To encourage participation by junior scientists, additional speakers will be chosen from submitted abstracts, and all participants will have opportunities to present their research.