International Symposium on Plant Photobiology (ISPP 2015)

光是植物的生命;生物能源的最终来源。光是植物生长发育过程中最重要的环境信号之一。该提案旨在为国际植物光生物学研讨会（ISPP 2015）提供财政支持，该研讨会是一个专门的两年一度的会议，重点关注光受体的结构和功能，信号机制，生态意义和光生物学的生物技术应用，将于2015年5月26日至5月31日在德克萨斯州奥斯汀的德克萨斯大学举行。通过在日常研讨会和海报会议期间对参与者进行最新研究发展的教育，在轻松的场地有大量的自由时间进行非正式讨论和指导年轻研究人员，ISPP 2015旨在激发新的方法来定制生物体，感光器和光能转换催化剂，以实现高效的可持续食品，纤维和能源生产应用。ISPP会议代表了全球植物光生物学社区的独特利基。不同光感受器及其信号传导机制的领先专家，新的研究人员和来自相关领域的受邀参与者将对各自领域的现状，其中的挑战和机遇以及他们最近未发表的发现进行批判性分析。虽然本次会议的思想传播将受到鼓励，但预计不会有正式的会议记录出版，以鼓励对未发表的结果，想法和新方向的讨论。该项目的更广泛的影响包括通过邀请主要来自本科院校的教师参与研究，教育和培训的一体化，博士。学生和博士后研究员，重点是女性和/或代表性不足的社区成员。这些会议为早期职业调查人员的口头报告预留了时间，这些调查人员要么被邀请，要么将由一个既定调查人员委员会从海报摘要中选出。根据经济需要和/或海报展示的优点，将为这些参与者以及其他优秀学生和博士后研究员支付会议费用。国际植物光生物学研讨会（ISPP）有着悠久的传统，汇集了一个多样化的国际研究人员网络，通过他们的共同目标联系在一起，以及这些研讨会产生的大量国家和国际合作。

Light is life for plants; the ultimate source of bioenergy. Light acts as one of the most critical environmental signals regulating growth and development throughout the life cycle of plants. This proposal seeks financial support for the International Symposium on Plant Photobiology (ISPP 2015), an ad hoc biennial conference focused on the structure and function of light receptors, signaling mechanisms, ecological significance and biotechnological applications of photobiology, to be held at The University of Texas at Austin, TX from May 26 to May 31, 2015. Through education of participants in state-of-the-art research developments during daily symposia and poster sessions in a relaxed venue with plenty of free time for informal discussion and mentoring of young investigators, ISPP 2015 seeks to inspire new approaches to tailoring organisms, photoreceptors and light-energy converting catalysts for efficient sustainable food, fiber and energy production applications. ISPP conferences represent a unique niche for the plant photobiology communities worldwide. Leading experts on diverse photoreceptors and their signaling mechanisms, new investigators, and invited participants from associated fields will contribute critical analyses of the current state of their fields, the challenges and opportunities therein and their most recent unpublished discoveries. While the dissemination of ideas from this conference will be encouraged, no formal proceedings publication is anticipated in order to encourage discussion of unpublished results, ideas and new directions.The broader impacts of the project include integration of research, education and training by soliciting participation of faculty from primarily undergraduate institutions, Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows with a focus on female and/or a member of an under-represented community. The sessions have reserved slots for oral presentations by early career investigators, who are either invited or will be chosen from the poster abstracts by a committee of established investigators. The conference fee will be covered for these participants and for other meritorious students and postdoctoral fellows based on financial need and/or merit of poster presentation. The International Symposium on Plant Photobiology (ISPP) has a long tradition of bringing together a diverse international network of researchers, linked simply through their shared goals, and a plethora of national and international collaborations that have been spawned by these Symposia.