Meeting: 6th Pan American Plant Membrane Biology Workshop, Vancouver, Canada, June 24-28, 2018

会议：第六届泛美植物膜生物学研讨会，加拿大温哥华，2018 年 6 月 24-28 日

• 批准号: 1827353
• 负责人: Mechthild Tegeder
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-05-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1827353&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Meeting; 6th; Pan; American; Plant

Plants provide this planet with the air we breathe and the food we eat. We consume plants either directly, or by eating animals that have been fed with plants. Therefore, life on earth would simply not be possible without plants. The calories, amino acids, vitamins and mineral ions our bodies require are taken up by plants from the environment or they are made within plant cells after uptake of some of the building blocks. Plants use these nutrients for growth and the production of edible organs such as tubers and seeds. However, abiotic stresses, including soil mineral limitation, drought and high temperature, and biotic stresses such as pathogen and insect pest attacks provide a threat to plant food production. But how can plants achieve mineral ion uptake, even under stress, and how are they able to use the nutrients and produce the tissues and organs needed for the human food supply? Plants have evolved specific membrane proteins that can sense and transfer environmental signals, as well as recognize and transport mineral ions from the outside environment into the cell. Novel scientific approaches have revolutionized our understanding of the structure and function of plant membranes, and this workshop will address important breakthroughs in membrane biology with respect to signaling, nutrient transport and plant growth. We expect that the scientific interactions will promote discussions on how to meet the challenge of feeding the global community of tomorrow and will facilitate advances essential for food security.The 6th Pan American Membrane Biology Workshop will be held in Vancouver, BC, Canada from June 24-28th, 2018. It will focus on topics covering important breakthroughs in plant membrane biology and their importance for plant growth and adaption to environmental stresses. Given the importance of membrane biology and its potential to continue to make groundbreaking discoveries, there is pressing scientific demand for opportunities to communicate and interact. This meeting will be both stimulating and timely, and specific objectives are (1) to organize and support knowledge exchange and discussions on the latest scientific advances in membrane biology research, including in areas related to plant membrane structure, transport, protein trafficking, and signal transduction, (2) to promote interactions between scientists and trainees to share new discoveries in the field of membrane biology as it relates to plant growth, development and nutrition, and to enhance training and new collaborations that will move the field forward and (3) to directly involve newly independent scientists and trainees, with emphasis on diversity and gender. The workshop agenda will include discussions for trainee mentorship, publication strategies and emerging areas of plant membrane biology in a supportive setting to promote trainee and established researcher interactions. The broader impacts of this meeting are manifold. It will promote participation of groups underrepresented in science and support diversity in the plant biology community by connecting the trainees with senior scientist role models. It will further provide access to cutting edge science and advance knowledge in membrane biology essential for plant production. This workshop award is supported by the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems and the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

植物为这个星球提供我们呼吸的空气和我们吃的食物。 我们要么直接食用植物，要么食用用植物喂养的动物。因此，地球上的生命如果没有植物是不可能的。我们身体所需的卡路里、氨基酸、维生素和矿物质离子是由植物从环境中摄取的，或者是在植物细胞中摄取一些构建模块后产生的。植物利用这些营养物质来生长和产生可食用器官，例如块茎和种子。然而，非生物胁迫，包括土壤矿物质限制、干旱和高温，以及生物胁迫，如病原体和虫害袭击，对植物粮食生产构成威胁。但是，即使在压力下，植物如何实现矿物质离子的吸收，以及它们如何能够利用营养物质并产生人类食物供应所需的组织和器官？植物已经进化出特异性的膜蛋白，可以感知和传递环境信号，以及识别和运输来自外部环境的矿物离子进入细胞。新的科学方法彻底改变了我们对植物膜结构和功能的理解，本次研讨会将讨论膜生物学在信号传导，营养物质运输和植物生长方面的重要突破。我们期待科学互动将促进关于如何应对未来全球社会粮食供应挑战的讨论，并将促进粮食安全所必需的进步。第六届泛美膜生物学研讨会将于2018年6月24日至28日在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华举行。它将侧重于植物膜生物学的重要突破及其对植物生长和适应环境胁迫的重要性。鉴于膜生物学的重要性及其继续取得突破性发现的潜力，科学界迫切需要交流和互动的机会。本次会议将是刺激和及时的，具体目标是（1）组织和支持知识交流和讨论膜生物学研究的最新科学进展，包括在与植物膜结构，运输，蛋白质运输和信号转导有关的领域，（2）促进科学家和学员之间的互动，分享膜生物学领域的新发现，因为它与植物生长、发育和营养有关，加强培训和新的合作，推动该领域的发展;（3）直接吸收新的独立科学家和受训人员参加，重点是多样性和性别。研讨会的议程将包括讨论实习生的指导，出版战略和植物膜生物学的新兴领域，以促进实习生和既定的研究人员的互动。这次会议的广泛影响是多方面的。它将促进在科学界代表性不足的群体的参与，并通过将受训人员与高级科学家榜样联系起来，支持植物生物学界的多样性。它将进一步提供对植物生产至关重要的膜生物学的前沿科学和先进知识。 该研讨会奖项由整合有机系统部和分子与细胞生物科学部支持。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。