Meeting: C4 + CAM Plant Biology 2013, August 6-9, Champaign, IL

会议：2013 年 C4 CAM 植物生物学会议，8 月 6 日至 9 日，伊利诺伊州尚佩恩

• 批准号: 1332101
• 负责人: Andrew Leakey
• 金额: $ 1.28万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-05-01 至 2014-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1332101&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Meeting; C4; CAM; Plant; Biology

This award supports the C4 and CAM (crassulacean acid metabolism) Plant Biology 2013 symposium, to be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, August 6-9, 2013. The symposium aims to bring together a diverse group of scientists to discuss the evolution, ecology, functional biology, genomics, and biotechnological engineering of C4 and CAM plants. These two groups of plants possess evolutionary modifications to their photosynthetic machinery that improve their performance in hot and dry conditions. Maize and pineapple are classic examples of C4 and CAM plants, respectively. The symposium aims to facilitate discuss on how lessons learned from these groups of plants can be harnessed to improve crop production in an era of global climate change. The interdisciplinary nature of the symposium means that the expected attendeed typically do not collectively attend any one scientific society meeting. As a result, the symposium will be a unique opportunity for knowledge transfer, initiation of new collaborations, and recruitment and exposure of early career scientists. The symposium is expected to attract 125 participants from around the world, including from developing regions where C4 and CAM plants dominate agricultural and/or natural ecosystems. The resources derived from this award will be used to (1) record video and audio footage of conference presentations for dissemination via the symposium web page to a broader audience; and (2) to promote participation of under-represented groups including under-represented racial groups, under-represented geographic regions, early-career scientists, and female scientists. Overall, the symposium will provide a face-to-face and on-line gathering point for plant biologists who together can advance efforts to deal with major societal problems of food security, fuel supply and ecological sustainability.

该奖项支持2013年8月6日至9日在伊利诺伊州伊利诺伊大学伊利诺伊大学伊利诺伊大学伊利诺伊大学伊利诺伊大学伊利诺伊大学举行的2013年植物生物学2013植物生物学研讨会。该研讨会旨在将多元化的科学家组融合在一起，讨论进化，生态学，功能性生物学，基因组学和工程学，C4学和工程，C4学和工程。这两组植物对其光合机制具有进化的修饰，可在炎热和干燥的条件下提高其性能。玉米和菠萝分别是C4和CAM植物的经典例子。该研讨会旨在促进讨论如何在全球气候变化时代从这些植物中学到的经验教训以改善作物产量。研讨会的跨学科性质意味着，预期的活动通常不会集体参加任何一个科学社会会议。结果，研讨会将是知识转移，新合作的启动以及早期职业科学家的招聘和接触的独特机会。预计该研讨会将吸引来自世界各地的125名参与者，其中包括来自C4和CAM植物主导农业和/或自然生态系统的发展地区。从该奖项中得出的资源将用于（1）通过研讨会网页传播会议演示的视频和音频录像，以向更广泛的受众传播； （2）促进代表性不足的群体的参与，包括代表性不足的种族群体，代表性不足的地理区域，早期职业科学家和女科学家。总体而言，研讨会将为植物生物学家提供面对面和在线的聚会点，他们共同可以促进解决粮食安全，燃料供应和生态可持续性的重大社会问题的努力。