4th International Conference on Plant Synthetic Biology, Bioengineering, and Biotechnology

植物合成生物学与许多学科交叉，包括植物生物学、合成生物学、计算建模和数学分析，以及工程科学，以实现作物改良和提高高价值化学品的生物生产。该奖项提供注册支持，以促进美国研究人员（包括研究生、博士后研究人员和早期研究人员）参加于2020年10月30日至11月1日举行的第四届植物合成生物学、生物工程和生物技术国际会议。会议将来自不同学术、工业和政府部门的研究人员聚集在一起，进行互动和引人入胜的会议，使学生和早期职业研究人员能够通过有组织的会谈和虚拟讨论向跨学科的领先科学家和工程师社区学习。包括多个领域的会议，如：重新设计光合作用，基因组规模工程，细胞器和合成室，工程生物生产，生物相互作用和合成群落，可持续性和工程形式。通过互动式在线平台，会议将为来自不同领域的生物学家和工程师以及在与植物合成生物学相关的各个领域工作的国际研究人员的科学报告提供一个场所。会议将鼓励学生和实习生参与这一领域，并鼓励妇女和代表性不足的科学家参与植物科学、合成生物学和工程学领域。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。

Nontechnical DescriptionPlant synthetic biology intersects many disciplines, including plant biology, synthetic biology, computational modeling and mathematical analysis, and engineering sciences to enable crop improvement and enhanced bio-production of high value chemicals. The award provides registration support to facilitate participation of US-based researchers, including graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early stage investigators, in the 4th International Conference on Plant Synthetic Biology, Bioengineering, and Biotechnology Conference held virtually October 30-November 1, 2020. The meeting brings together researchers from various academic, industrial, and government sectors in an interactive and engaging meeting and enables students and early career researchers to learn from an interdisciplinary community of leading scientists and engineers through organized talks and virtual discussionsTechnical DescriptionPresented by the Society of Biological Engineering (SBE), the conference includes scientists and engineers from universities, industry and government, and consists of multiple sessions in areas such as: Redesigning Photosynthesis, Genome Scale Engineering, Organelles and Synthetic Compartments, Engineering Bioproduction, Biotic Interactions and Synthetic Communities, Sustainability, and Engineering Form. Through the interactive online platform the conference will provide a venue for scientific presentations from a diverse group of often field-separated biologists and engineers as well as international researchers working in various areas pertinent to plant synthetic biology. The conference will encourage student and trainee engagement in the field, as well as participation of women and underrepresented scientists in the field of plant sciences, synthetic biology, and engineering.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.