2016 Plant Cell Dynamics Meeting Nanoscale Imaging to Quantitative Phenomics

揭示细胞器和细胞动力学的基本机制是需要一个全面的模型，植物生长和发育，以及了解植物如何适应他们的环境。这些知识对于基础植物细胞生物学的根本性进展和促进未来的农业应用至关重要。2016年植物细胞动力学会议将于6月21日至24日在密苏里州圣路易斯举行，将重点为植物细胞生物学家提供学习分析细胞动力学和功能的定量方法的机会，包括高分辨率显微镜和计算工具。它还将为学生，博士后科学家和新的研究人员提供一个场所，与植物细胞生物学领域的知名领导者进行互动，从而为各级学生和学员的职业发展带来积极影响。通过鼓励和支持来自代表性不足群体的受训人员出席会议，会议将扩大对这一发展中领域的参与，该领域采用定量，预测和理论驱动的生物学技术，并鼓励生物学，物理学，数学，会议将包括植物细胞生物学领域专家的主题演讲，内容涉及适合于定量研究，探索植物细胞如何整合代谢，细胞骨架组织和囊泡运输的整体细胞功能。此外，还将有机会由学员进行口头和海报介绍，并参加光谱成像，自动植物表型分析，定量图像分析和使用与会者提供的样品的超分辨率显微镜的实践研讨会。

Uncovering fundamental mechanisms of organelle and cell dynamics is required for a comprehensive model of plant growth and development as well as for understanding how plants adapt to their environment. Such knowledge is critical for fundamental advances in basic plant cell biology and promoting future applications to agriculture. The 2016 Plant Cell Dynamics conference, to be held June 21-24 in St. Louis, Mo, will focus on providing opportunities for plant cell biologists to learn quantitative approaches for analyzing cellular dynamics and function, including high-resolution microscopy and computational tools. It will also provide a venue for students, postdoctoral scientists and new investigators to interact with established leaders in the field of plant cell biology, thus providing positive impacts on career development for students and trainees at all levels. By encouraging and supporting attendance of trainees from underrepresented groups, the conference will broaden participation in this developing field, which employs techniques of quantitative, predictive and theory-driven biology, and encourages multidisciplinary approaches at the interface of biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science.The conference will include keynote talks from experts in the field of plant cell biology on methodology appropriate for quantitative studies that probe how plant cells integrate metabolism, cytoskeletal organization, and vesicle trafficking in overall cellular function. In addition, there will be opportunities for oral and poster presentations by trainees and participation in hands-on workshops on spectral imaging, automated plant phenotyping, quantitative image analysis, and super resolution microscopy using attendee-provided samples.