2022 Meeting of the Phytochemical Society of North America

北美植物化学学会（PSNA）将于2022年7月24日至28日在弗吉尼亚州布莱克斯堡弗吉尼亚理工大学的酒店和会议中心举行第61届会议，这一年度活动的目标是推进植物独特化学及其对人类健康、可持续农业和环境保护的影响的研究。会议还通过积极参与下一代科学家的跨学科和多样化社区，为学生和早期职业研究人员提供专业发展机会，包括口头报告和参与主题研讨会，努力确保该领域的未来。美国国家科学基金会的资金将专门支持扩大博士后研究员、研究生和主要来自本科院校的学生的参与，这些学生是植物化学领域中代表性不足的群体的成员。PSNA会议围绕一个全体会议主题和九个专题讨论会主题组织，这些主题强调植物化学领域最近取得重大进展的领域以及新兴和新颖的领域。这些主题反映了该学会在植物生物化学、化学和从分子到细胞和有机体尺度的天然产物研究方面的悠久传统。会议上展示的研究具有一系列长期的实际应用，对人类健康、可持续农业和环境保护具有重大意义，越来越多地出现在跨科学和工程学科的交叉领域。会议还强调了技术和数据分析方面的关键进展，这些进展为这一具有历史挑战性的领域打开了新的大门。会议将讨论的许多相关问题和新的研究方向与NSF MCB计划和交叉学科直接相关。PSNA还致力于通过促进和支持学生和早期职业科学家，以多样性和包容性为重点，促进植物化学领域的未来。2022年会议的领导班子由女科学家担任会议主席和共同主席，在职业阶段、性别、种族、学科等方面具有广泛的多样性，体现了之前努力的成功和社会的包容性文化。会议将有两个主要的奖项，即Arthur Neish青年研究者奖和PSNA-Plant Journal早期职业奖，这两个奖项将在会议颁奖宴会上颁发给崭露头角的明星。此外，弗兰克和玛丽·洛乌斯学生旅行奖和PSNA展示奖将支持和促进本科生、研究生、博士后研究人员以及在植物化学领域代表性不足的群体成员的参与。获奖者将有机会以口头和海报的形式展示他们的工作，并与科学同事和领域的领导者交流思想，并在颁奖典礼上得到认可。美国国家科学基金会提供的资金将专门用于支付在科学领域代表性不足的群体成员的注册、旅行和住宿费用，包括博士后学者、研究生和初级本科院校的学生。因此，这笔资金将大大加强扩大多样性和包容性的努力，在2022年PSNA会议的两个主要目标范围内实现这一目标，即分享和交流植物化学研究的新进展，并通过发展多元化和跨学科的早期职业科学家社区来确保该领域的未来。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。

The Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA) will hold its 61st meeting on July 24-28, 2022 at The Inn and Conference Center at Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA. The goal of this annual event is to advance research on the unique chemistry of plants and its implications for human health, sustainable agriculture, and environmental conservation. The meeting also strives to ensure the future of the field by actively engaging an interdisciplinary and diverse community of next-generation scientists and providing professional development opportunities for students and early-career researchers, including oral presentations and participation in thematic workshops. NSF funding will specifically support efforts to expand the participation of postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and students from primarily undergraduate institutions who are members of groups underrepresented in the phytochemistry field. The PSNA conference is organized around a plenary topic and nine symposia themes that emphasize areas of substantial recent progress as well as emerging and novel areas in the field of phytochemistry. These themes reflect the society’s long tradition in the study of plant biochemistry, chemistry, and natural products from the molecular to the cellular and organismal scale. The research that is showcased at the conference has a range of long-term practical applications with significant implications for human health, sustainable agriculture, and environmental conservation, increasingly occurring at the intersection of disciplines across the sciences and into engineering. The conference also highlights critical advances in technology and data analytics that are opening new doors for this historically-challenging field. Many of the pertinent questions and novel research directions that will be addressed at the meeting have direct relevance for the NSF MCB program and intersecting disciplines. The PSNA is also dedicated to fostering the future of the phytochemistry field by promoting and supporting students and early-career scientists, with a focus on diversity and inclusion. The success of prior efforts and the inclusive culture of the society is reflected in the leadership team for the 2022 conference, which comprises a wide range of diversity with regard to career stage, gender, race, and discipline, including female scientists serving as conference chair and co-chair. The meeting will feature two major recognitions, the Arthur Neish Young Investigator Award and the PSNA-Plant Journal Early Career Award, which will be presented to up-and-coming stars at the conference awards banquet. In addition, the Frank and Mary Loewus Student Travel Award and PSNA Presentation Awards will support and promote participation of undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers, as well as members of groups underrepresented in the phytochemistry field. Recipients will have opportunities to present their work in oral and poster presentations and exchange ideas with scientific colleagues and leaders in the field and will also be recognized during the awards ceremony. The funds provided by the NSF will specifically defray the costs of registration, travel, and accommodations for attendees who are members of groups underrepresented in science, including postdoctoral scholars, graduate students and students of primarily-undergraduate institutions. This funding will thus significantly enhance efforts to expand diversity and inclusion, doing so within the context of the two main goals of the 2022 PSNA meeting, to share and communicate novel developments in the phytochemical research and to ensure the future of the field by growing a diverse and interdisciplinary community of early-career scientists.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.