Conference: 2017 Chloroplast Biotechnology GRC: Breaking ground towards plant synthetic biology; January 8-13, 2017; Ventura, California

2017年叶绿体生物技术戈登研究会议和研讨会将把越来越多的科学家聚集在一起，将叶绿体分子生物学的基础研究与农业、工业生物技术和医疗保健中的应用结合起来。讨论的主题是全面的，涉及实现预计的叶绿体生物技术惠益所必需的主要需求和问题。会议将接待研究生、博士后科学家和初级学者，以及该领域的国际领先专家干部。对共享以前未发表的信息的重视使得能够培育创新的方法来解决该领域面临的最重要的挑战。由于转基因的遗传仅限于母本，因此叶绿体工程是由这样的期望推动的，即叶绿体转基因表达排除了转基因小瓶花粉的流动。会议将集中讨论以下主题：(1)工业和制药应用的重组蛋白的表达；(2)通过改造叶绿体基因组来提高光合作用效率和植物生产力；(3)将新的代谢途径和结构改造成叶绿体；(4)将新的农艺性状导入叶绿体以进行基因堆叠和转基因遏制。

The 2017 Chloroplast Biotechnology Gordon Research Conference and Seminar meeting will bring together a growing community of scientists combining fundamental studies on chloroplast molecular biology with applications in agriculture, industrial biotechnology and healthcare. The topics discussed are comprehensive and address the major needs and questions necessary to realize the envisioned benefits of plastid biotechnology. The meeting will host graduate students, postdoctoral scientists and junior academics together with an international cadre of leading experts in the field. The emphasis on sharing previously unpublished information enables the cultivation of innovative approaches to address the most important challenges facing the field.Plastid engineering is driven by the expectation that plastid transgene expression precludes transgene flow vial pollen, because the inheritance of the transgene is limited to maternal parent. The conference will be focused on topics such as: (1) expression of recombinant proteins for industrial and pharmaceutical applications; (2) engineering the plastid genome to improve photosynthetic efficiency and plant productivity; (3) engineering novel metabolic pathways and structures into chloroplasts; (4) engineering novel agronomic traits into chloroplasts for gene stacking and transgene containment.