Conference: FASEB Science Research Conference on Mobile DNA: 25 Years of Discussion and Research, June 23-29, 2019, Palm Springs, CA

该奖项将支持研究生和博士后研究人员参加FASEB移动DNA科学研究会议：将于2019年6月23日至29日在加利福尼亚州棕榈泉举行的25年讨论和研究。本次会议旨在汇集来自世界各地的科学家，介绍和讨论关于不同主题的新研究，这些研究有望揭示对移动元件功能的见解，也称为转座元件。以前的会议主要关注哺乳动物的活动元素，而这次会议将包括来自生命之树许多分支的生物体的介绍。会议形式将包括该领域领导人的主题演讲，以及演讲和海报的结合，以促进正式和非正式环境中的科学交流。早期职业参与者将受益于作为演讲者和海报展示者的参与。纪念芭芭拉·麦克林托克的特别会议将承认妇女对这一领域的贡献。会议的科学重点将集中在强调多种生物功能中移动元素重要性的主题上。会议将重点讨论：转座元件的比较基因组学，移动DNA的防御和调控，表观遗传和基因调控的移动DNA调节，动员机制，移动DNA和环境，以及移动DNA的群体基因组学。会议将为研究生和博士后参与者提供一个极好的场所，包括那些来自代表性不足群体的人，与来自美国和国外的研究人员分享他们的研究，并从该领域的专家那里获得他们的工作反馈。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

This award will support attendance by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at the FASEB Science Research Conference on Mobile DNA: 25 Years of Discussion and Research to be held June 23-29, 2019 in Palm Springs, CA. This meeting is designed to bring together scientists from around the world to present and discuss new research on diverse topics that promise to reveal insights into the function of mobile elements, also known as transposable elements. Compared to previous meetings, which had a focus on mammalian mobile elements, this meeting will include presentations on organisms from many branches of the Tree of Life. The meeting format will feature keynote lectures from leaders in the field, as well as a combination of talks and posters to promote scientific exchange in both formal and informal settings. Early-career participants will benefit from engagement as speakers and poster presenters. A special session in memory of Barbara McClintock will recognize the contribution of women to this field. The scientific focus of the meeting will be on topics that were chosen to highlight the importance of mobile elements in multiple biological functions. Sessions will highlight: comparative genomics of transposable elements, mobile DNA defense and regulation, mobile DNA modulation of epigenetic and gene regulation, mechanisms of mobilization, mobile DNA and the environment, and population genomics of mobile DNA. The meeting will provide an excellent venue for graduate student and postdoctoral participants, including those from underrepresented groups, to share their research with researchers from the U.S. and abroad and to receive feedback on their work from experts in the field.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.