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

部分1.非技术摘要：该项目将促进生物学家之间的互动和信息交流，使用不同的科学方法来解决植物如何生长和发育，以及研究植物如何应对干旱胁迫。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阿西洛马会议场举行。这是两个通常参加单独会议的科学团体的一次新颖会议。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，这些结构对作物的经济价值至关重要。植物的发育受到许多环境因素的调节，包括水分的有效性。干旱是一种严重的环境压力，造成主要作物损失。植物调整其发育以应对干旱胁迫等环境因素，以提高其生存和繁殖的机会。了解植物发育对干旱的反应机制，可以帮助生产出更好地适应水分限制下保持生产力的作物。该项目涉及在一个僻静的地点举行一次相对较小的会议，营造一种有利于讨论新想法和新概念的亲密气氛，并发展专业网络。此外，将有充足的时间专门用于早期职业，妇女和代表性不足的少数民族科学家的介绍。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。部分2.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介绍了尖端研究，旨在从根本上了解内在和外部信号如何调节植物生长和发育，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压力的广泛领域，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。还将介绍基础研究成功转化为提高作物性能的实例。会议将促进来自公共和私营部门的各个职业层次（研究生，博士后研究员，开始和建立调查人员）的多样化科学家的教育。演讲包括特邀演讲者、海报展示和从提交的摘要中选出的演讲。将广泛宣传这次会议，并大力鼓励代表人数不足的少数群体和女科学家参加会议。会议成果将通过提供给与会者或应要求提供的摘要书籍以及在领先的植物科学期刊上发表的会议重点书面摘要进行传播。

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.