Conference: 7th Pan American Plant Membrane Biology Workshop, Merida, Mexico, June 18-21 2023

该奖项将支持学员参加第七届泛美植物膜生物学研讨会的旅行奖励，该研讨会将于2023年6月18日至21日在墨西哥尤卡坦州梅里达的珊瑚礁酒店举行。本次会议将由本科生和研究生以及博士后研究员以及高级研究人员参加，讨论目前对结构，功能，以及植物细胞和细胞器的复杂膜的动力学，包括光合作用发生的表面。 讲座将介绍的主题，如金属和糖和化学信号如何跨膜，膜结构如何从细胞的一个部分移动到另一个部分，光合作用中膜的结构和功能，以及植物膜如何应对高温和干旱等压力。 除了正式的会谈，参与将通过两个扩展海报会议促进研究人员之间的互动。 NSF的支持将用于支付旅行和注册费用，以便让参与者从他们的职业生涯的早期阶段参加，特别是在这个领域代表性不足的团体的成员。植物细胞膜是理解光合作用，水运输和压力反应的核心。 该领域的最新进展，包括新的技术能力，将在第七届泛美植物膜生物学研讨会上得到强调。 会议将汇集经验丰富的研究人员与学生和早期职业科学家在正式会谈和讨论会，以鼓励非正式讨论和分享最新的研究成果，包括会议膜组织，跨膜运输，膜在生物和非生物胁迫反应中的作用，整个细胞液泡中的膜运输，以及研究植物膜的新技术，包括cryoEM/nanodisks，光遗传学、生物信息学和脂质分析技术。该奖项由生物科学理事会分子和细胞生物科学部的细胞动力学和功能组资助。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。

This award will support travel awards for trainees to the 7th Pan-American Plant Membrane Biology Workshop, to be held June 18th-21st, 2023 at the Hotel Reef in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.This meeting will be attended by undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, as well as by senior researchers to discuss current understanding of all aspects of the structure, function, and dynamics of the complicated membranes of plant cells and organelles, including the surfaces at which photosynthesis takes place. Talks will be presented on topics such as how metals and sugars and chemical signals cross membranes, how membrane structures move from one part of the cell to another, the structure and function of membranes in photosynthesis, and how plant membranes respond to stress such as heat and drought. In addition to formal talks, engagement will be facilitated by two extended poster sessions to stimulate interactions between researchers. NSF support will be used to defray travel and registration costs in order to allow attendance of participants from early stages of their careers, especially for members of groups underrepresented in this field.Membranes in plant cells are central to understanding photosynthesis, water transport, and stress responses. Recent advances in the field, including new technological capabilities, will be highlighted at the 7th Pan-American Plant Membrane Biology Workshop. The meeting will bring together seasoned investigators with students and early-career scientists in both formal talks and discussion sessions to encourage informal discussion and sharing of latest research results, including sessions on membrane organization, transport across membranes, the role of membranes in biotic and abiotic stress responses, membrane trafficking throughout the cell vacuole, and new techniques for studying plant membranes including cryoEM/nanodiscs, optogenetics, bioinformatics, and lipid analysis techniques.This award is funded by the Cellular Dynamics and Function Cluster of the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences in the Directorate for Biological Sciences.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.