2013 Plant Lipids GRC/GRS January 26-February 1; 2013; Galveston, TX

摘要戈登研究会议和戈登植物脂质研究研讨会：结构、代谢和功能PI：Ruth Welti，堪萨斯州立大学Co-PI：埃德加卡洪，内布拉斯加大学学术价值2013年戈登植物脂质研究会议（GRC）：结构，代谢和功能，将于2013年1月27日至2月1日在得克萨斯州加尔维斯顿的加尔维斯酒店举行，由GRC组织，一个以高质量、前沿会议而闻名的国际组织。 会议的主题是“植物脂质代谢和信号传导的新兴和前沿研究领域”。 演讲将集中在阐明脂质信号和脂质代谢机制，战略，以提高经济上重要的植物产品的生产，和新的脂质成像策略。 植物脂质的GRC汇集了致力于创建和传播新研究工具的专家，发现了脂质介导的发育，生理和应激反应调节的基本范式，并对脂质储存和稳态产生了新的理解。 整个会议期间的正式和非正式互动将激发新的研究方向，并为协作互动提供基础，以推进植物脂质结构，代谢和功能的基础研究。 第一次，会前戈登研究研讨会（GRS），计划于2013年1月26日至27日在同一地点，正在组织研究生和博士后水平的调查员在这些水平。 研讨会期间的活动旨在提供（1）背景知识，以提高对随后会议上提出的科学的理解，（2）分享研究成果并与该领域的同行和专家建立联系的机会，以及（3）同行和专家对正在进行的研究的反馈和支持性建议。 NSF对GRC和GRS的支持将部分支付16名研究生和博士后研究人员的注册费，他们将在一次或两次会议上展示他们的研究。更广泛的影响2013年GRC和GRS关于植物脂质的科学讲座，海报展示，聚会和讨论将刺激新的研究方向，并为推进脂质结构研究的合作互动提供基础，代谢和功能，导致实际应用，如提高植物产量和增加种子油的质量和数量。 GRS将为研究生和博士后学员提供一个集中的机会，以建立网络和学习。全球报告系统将包括一个发人深省的辅导会议，鼓励与会者考虑有效接受和提供辅导的新想法。在全球区域会议受邀发言人和讨论领导人中，妇女所占比例（29%）超过了出席2011年会议的妇女所占比例（26%）。由于参加会议是融入研究界的一个重要方面，研究中心和研究所将聘请一个多元化的国际委员会，其8名成员中有5名妇女，从提交摘要的人中寻找更多的发言者，并积极考虑代表性不足的情况。注册的财政支持将增加在GRC和GRS展示其研究的学生和博士后学员的参与。 作为主持人参与并与其他科学家在GRS和GRC的支持性气氛中互动，为开始研究人员提供了一个很好的机会，以发展强大的同行和资深同事网络，同时增加科学的广度和深度。 年轻研究人员的这个机会应该有助于他们在科学事业中的保留和成功，为社会提供长期利益。

ABSTRACTGordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar on Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism, and FunctionPI: Ruth Welti, Kansas State UniversityCo-PI: Edgar Cahoon, University of NebraskaIntellectual MeritThe 2013 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism, and Function, to be held January 27 to February 1, 2013 at the Hotel Galvez in Galveston, Texas, is being organized by the GRC, an organization internationally known for high-quality, cutting-edge meetings. The program for the meeting is assembled around the theme of "Emerging and advancing research areas in plant lipid metabolism and signaling". Presentations will focus on elucidation of lipid signaling and lipid metabolic mechanisms, strategies to enhance production of economically important plant products, and new lipid imaging strategies. The GRC on Plant Lipids brings together experts working to create and disseminate new research tools, discovering fundamental paradigms for lipid-mediated regulation of development, physiology, and stress responses and developing new understanding of lipid storage and homeostasis. Formal and informal interactions throughout the conference will stimulate new research directions and provide the basis for collaborative interactions to advance fundamental research into plant lipid structure, metabolism, and function. For the first time, a pre-conference Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), planned for January 26-27, 2013 at the same location, is being organized by investigators at the graduate student and postdoctoral levels for investigators at those levels. Activities during the seminar are intended to provide (1) background that will enhance understanding of science presented at the subsequent conference, (2) opportunities to share research and to network with peers and experts in the field, and (3) peer and expert feedback and supportive suggestions about ongoing research. NSF support of the GRC and GRS will partially defray registration fees for 16 graduate student and postdoctoral researchers who will present their research at one or both meetings.Broader ImpactsScientific talks, poster presentations, get-togethers, and discussion at the 2013 GRC and GRS on Plant Lipids will stimulate new research directions and provide underpinnings for collaborative interactions that advance the study of lipid structure, metabolism, and function, leading to practical applications, such as improved plant production and increased seed oil quality and quantity. The GRS will offer a concentrated opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral trainees to network and learn. The GRS will include a thought-provoking session on mentoring that will encourage participants to consider new ideas for effectively receiving and providing mentoring. The proportion of women among the invited speakers and discussion leaders (29%) at the GRC exceeds the proportion of women who attended the 2011 conference (26%). Because conference participation is an important facet of inclusion in the research community, the GRC and GRS will employ a diverse, international committee with 5 women in its 8 members, to seek additional speakers from among those submitting abstracts, with positive consideration of under-represented status. Fiscal support for registration will increase participation of students and postdoctoral trainees who present their research at the GRC and GRS. Participating as a presenter and interacting with other scientists in the supportive atmosphere of the GRS and GRC provides an excellent opportunity for beginning researchers to develop a strong network of peers and senior colleagues, while increasing scientific breadth and depth. This opportunity for young researchers should aid in their retention and success in scientific endeavors, providing long term benefit to society.