Conference: 2023 Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism, and Function

该奖项为2023年1月29日至2月3日在得克萨斯州加尔维斯顿举行的戈登研究会议和植物类脂：结构、代谢和功能研讨会的与会者提供注册费和旅费。脂质对植物的生长、发育以及对环境变化和挑战的反应是必不可少的。由于这一点以及它们的高能量价值，脂类也是造福人类的重要可再生资源。脂肪是食物、饲料、生物燃料和生物制品的重要来源。世界各地的植物生物学家正在共同努力，以应对人类对食物和可再生燃料日益增长的需求。为了实现这一目标，在分子和细胞层面上取得的进展，以及在理解复原力和环境适应机制方面的进展，必须与高价值产品生产相结合。戈登植物脂肪研究会议和研讨会将世界一流的植物脂肪科学家聚集在美国，在这一关键需求上取得进展。预计所有与会者将更好地了解基础和应用植物脂肪科学方面的长期挑战，以及与会者的不同研究计划如何共同适应造福人类的潜在科学解决方案组合。此外，早期职业科学家将为他们未来的职业生涯带来更明确的方向，预计将在科学家倡导和植物脂肪领域的多样性方面取得新的合作和改进。2023年戈登研究会议和植物脂肪研讨会的目标是将有远见的领导者和职业早期科学家聚集在一起，讨论与植物脂肪相关的生物力学、新陈代谢和能量学方面的最新技术进步和研究，以及如何利用这些基本发现为人类造福。会议发言人将被邀请为一期关于植物脂肪的特别期刊投稿，并将产生一份书面报告，强调植物脂肪研究的现状，并确定差距和新出现的机会。会议的其他目标是通过以下方式扩大参与：(1)增加学生、博士后研究员和来自代表性不足群体的成员的参与，以提高植物脂肪研究界的应变能力；以及(2)创造一个充满活力的、包容的环境，让来自行业、政府和学术界的所有种族、民族和性别的职业生涯早期、中期和晚期的科学家感到受欢迎，分享他们最新的、未发表的研究成果，以造福该领域。所有研讨会参与者都是职业生涯早期的科学家，三分之一的大会特邀演讲者也是如此，所有人都将从会议的科学讨论和联网机会中受益。还包括以职业指导和多样性宣传为重点的具体活动。该奖项由Bio-IOS-生理学机制和生物力学项目以及Bio-MCB-细胞动力学和功能集群共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award supports registration and travel expenses for participants in the Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism, and Function, held in Galveston, Texas, on January 29 - February 3, 2023. Lipids are essential for plant growth, development, and responses to environmental change and challenges. Because of this and their high energy value, lipids also serve as important renewable resources for human benefit. Lipids are a critical source of food, feed, biofuel, and bioproducts. Plant biologists worldwide are working together to respond to humanity’s growing need for food and renewable fuels. To accomplish this, advances made at the molecular and cellular scales and advances in understanding mechanisms of resilience and environmental adaptation must be integrated with high-value product production. The Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Plant Lipids brings world-class plant lipid scientists together in the United States to make progress on this critical need. It is expected that all meeting participants will gain a greater understanding of the long-term challenges in both basic and applied plant lipid sciences and how participants’ diverse research programs collectively fit within a portfolio of potential scientific solutions that benefit humanity. In addition, early-career scientists will leave with a clearer direction for their future careers, and new collaborations and improvement in scientist advocacy and diversity in the plant lipid field are expected outcomes.It is the goal of the 2023 Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Plant Lipids to bring together visionary leaders and early-career scientists to discuss the latest technological advances and research in biomechanics, metabolism, and energetics associated with plant lipids, and how these basic discoveries can be leveraged into new opportunities for human benefit. Conference speakers will be invited to contribute to a special journal issue on plant lipids, and a written report that highlights the current state of plant lipid research and identifies gaps and emerging opportunities will result from the award. Additional objectives of the meetings are to broaden participation by (1) increasing participation by students, post-doctoral fellows, and members from underrepresented groups, in order to improve the resilience of the plant lipid research community; and (2) creating a dynamic, inclusive environment in which early-, mid-, and late-career scientists from industry, government, and academia of all ethnicities, nationalities, and genders feel welcomed to share their newest, unpublished research for the benefit of the field. All Seminar participants are early-career scientists, as are one-third of the Conference’s invited speakers, and all will benefit from the meetings’ scientific discussions and networking opportunities. Specific activities focused on career mentoring and diversity advocacy are also included. This award is co-funded by the BIO-IOS-Physiological Mechanisms and Biomechanics program and the BIO-MCB-Cellular Dynamics and Function cluster.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.