Meeting: Workshop on Plant Development and Drought Stress, to be held November 5-8, 2017 at Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, CA.

第1部分。非技术摘要：该项目将促进使用不同科学方法研究植物生长和发育的生物学家与研究植物如何应对干旱胁迫的生物学家之间的互动和信息交换。这些互动将在第二届植物发育和干旱胁迫研讨会上进行，该研讨会将于2017年11月5日至8日在加利福尼亚州太平洋格罗夫的Asilomar会议场地举行。这是两个通常参加单独会议的科学界的一次新颖会议。植物发育生物学是研究植物如何生长和产生不同的结构，如根、叶、花和种子，这些对作物的经济价值至关重要。植物的发育受多种环境因素的调控，包括水分有效性。干旱是造成重大作物损失的严重环境压力。植物根据干旱胁迫等环境因素调整自身发育，以提高生存和繁殖的机会。了解植物发育受干旱调控的机制可以帮助作物更好地适应在水分限制下保持生产力。这个项目包括在一个僻静的地方举行一个相对较小的会议，创造一个有利于讨论新想法和新兴概念的亲密氛围，以及发展专业网络。此外，将有充足的时间用于来自早期职业、女性和未被充分代表的少数族裔科学家的演讲。会议摘要将提交给一份著名的植物科学杂志，以便向更广泛的科学界传播。第2部分。技术摘要：这是一个重要而新颖的科学会议，通过讲座，海报会议和密集的科学讨论来探索植物发育生物学和干旱胁迫反应的交叉点。来自学术界、工业界和政府机构的领先研究人员展示了最前沿的研究成果，旨在从根本上了解内在和外部信号如何调节植物的生长和发育，植物如何应对干旱胁迫，最终深入了解水分状况如何影响发育。本次会议将涵盖植物发育和胁迫的广泛领域，包括根和芽、形态学、生理学、激素生物学、表观遗传学和生物力学。还将介绍将基础研究成功转化为提高作物性能的例子。会议将促进来自公共和私营部门的不同职业水平的科学家的教育（研究生，博士后研究员，初级和成熟的研究人员）。演讲包括邀请演讲者、海报演讲和从提交的摘要中选择的演讲。会议将广泛宣传，并大力鼓励代表性不足的少数民族和女性科学家的参与。会议结果将通过向与会者提供或应要求提供的摘要书籍，以及通过在主要植物科学期刊上发表的会议要点的书面摘要来传播。

Part 1. Non-technical abstract:This project will promote interactions and information exchange among biologists using different scientific approaches to resolve how plants grow and develop and those studying how plants respond to drought stress. These interactions will take place at the second Workshop on Plant Development and Drought Stress, to be held November 5-8, 2017 at Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, CA. This is a novel meeting of two scientific communities that normally attend separate conferences. Plant developmental biology is the study of how plants grow and produce different structures, such as roots, leaves, flowers and seeds that are critical to the economic value of crops. Plant development is regulated by many environmental factors, including moisture availability. Drought is a serious environmental stress that causes major crop loss. Plants adjust their development in response to environmental factors such as drought stress to improve their chances of survival and reproduction. Understanding the mechanisms by which plant development is regulated in response to drought could help produce crops better adapted to maintain productivity under moisture limitation. This project involves a relatively small meeting in a secluded location, producing an intimate atmosphere conducive to discussion of new ideas and emerging concepts, as well as developing professional networks. In addition, ample time will be devoted to presentations from early career, women and underrepresented minority scientists. A meeting summary will be submitted to a prominent scientific plant journal for dissemination to the wider scientific community. Part 2. Technical abstract:This is an important and novel scientific conference where the intersections of plant developmental biology and drought stress responses are explored through talks, poster sessions, and intensive scientific discussion. Leading researchers from academia, industry and government agencies present cutting edge research directed towards a fundamental understanding of how intrinsic and external signals regulate plant growth and development, how plants respond to drought stress, ultimately leading to a deeper understanding of how moisture status impacts development. This meeting will cover broad areas of plant development and stress, including roots and shoots, morphology, physiology, hormone biology, epigenetics and biomechanics. Examples of successful translation of fundamental research into improved crop performance will also be featured. The conference will promote education of diverse scientists at all career levels (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, beginning and established investigators) from both the public and private sectors. Presentations include invited speakers, poster presentations and talks chosen from submitted abstracts. The conference will be advertised widely and participation by underrepresented minority and female scientists will be strongly encouraged. Conference results will be disseminated via abstract books provided to meeting participants or by request, and through a written summary of meeting highlights published in a leading plant scientific journal.