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

这一奖项将支持学员参加2023年6月18日至21日在墨西哥尤卡坦梅里达的酒店珊瑚礁举行的第七届泛美植物膜生物学研讨会的旅行奖励。本科生、研究生和博士后研究员以及高级研究人员将参加这次会议，讨论当前对植物细胞和细胞器复杂膜的结构、功能和动力学的所有方面的理解，包括光合作用发生的表面。讲座的主题包括金属、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，膜在光合作用中的结构和功能，以及植物膜如何对高温和干旱等胁迫做出反应。除了正式的讨论外，还将通过两个延长的海报会议来促进参与，以促进研究人员之间的互动。NSF的支持将用于支付旅费和注册费，以便允许职业生涯早期的参与者出席，特别是对该领域代表性不足的群体的成员。植物细胞中的膜是理解光合作用、水分运输和胁迫反应的核心。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重点介绍。会议将邀请经验丰富的研究人员与学生和初出茅庐的科学家一起参加正式讲座和讨论会，以鼓励非正式讨论和分享最新研究成果，包括膜组织、跨膜运输、膜在生物和非生物胁迫反应中的作用、跨细胞液泡的膜运输以及研究植物膜的新技术，包括低温EM/纳米盘、光遗传学、生物信息学、这个奖项是由生物科学局分子和细胞生物科学部的细胞动力学和功能集群资助的。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力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.