Conference: The 20th Penn State Plant Biology Symposium: Plant Stress-Omics in a Changing Climate to be held at Penn State University, College Park, PA from May 13-16, 2015

第20届宾夕法尼亚州立大学植物生物学研讨会将集中讨论“植物胁迫--气候变化中的动植物”这一重要话题。全体会议的重点是水和盐度、大气(温度、二氧化碳、臭氧)、生物/非生物相互作用和新工具的使用。会议在宾夕法尼亚州立大学举行，大学公园于2015年5月13日至16日举行。将有两张正式海报和两个简短的演讲环节，以展示有才华的初级科学家的研究。这次会议包括了一批令人印象深刻的美国和国际演讲者。组织委员会和发言者名单在扩大参与方面似乎是平衡的。研讨会讨论了植物生物学中的一个重要主题，即植物如何应对日益增加的环境压力。特别值得注意的是，会议前计划举办一次讲习班，提供有关新型质谱学方法的培训。这些方法对于确定代谢组学在不同环境胁迫下的变化是必要的。对于学生和博士后来说，这次会议是一个理想的论坛，让他们找到未来的导师，并让知名科学家建立有意义的合作。

The 20th Penn State plant Biology Symposium will focus on the important topic of "Plant Stress-Omics in a Changing Climate". Plenary sessions are focused on water and salinity, atmosphere (temperature, CO2, ozone), biotic/abiotic interactions and the use of novel tools. The conference is held at Penn State University, University Park takes place May 13-16, 2015. There will be two formal poster and two short talk sessions to feature research from talented junior scientists. The conference includes an impressive cadre of US and international speakers. The organizing committee and speaker list seems balanced in terms of broadening participation.The workshop addresses an important topic in Plant Biology, namely how plants deal with increasing environmental stresses. Particularly noteworthy is a planned workshop preceding the meeting to provide training in novel mass spectrometric methods. These methods are necessary to determine metabolomics changes in response to various environmental stresses. The meeting is an ideal forum for students and postdocs to identify future mentors, and for established scientists to forge meaningful collaborations.