Conference: Annual Maize Genetics Meeting

会议：年度玉米遗传学会议

• 批准号: 2329928
• 负责人: Candice Hirsch
• 金额: $ 9万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2329928&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Annual; Maize; Genetics; Meeting

Corn, also called maize, is the world’s most important grain, and the United States is the largest producer of corn worldwide. The Annual Maize Genetics Meeting provides an important opportunity for scientific exchange of knowledge relevant to this important crop that is needed for sustained human nutrition and health, food security, and more. The meeting also provides trainees with opportunities to engage and network with outstanding scientists within and outside of the maize community and develop their scientific communication and interpersonal skills. The 66th-68th Annual Maize Genetics Meetings will be held in March of 2024-2026 in Raleigh, NC (2024), St. Louis, MO (2025), and Cologne, Germany (2026). This conference grant will support broadening the participation of historically marginalized groups with an interest in exploring research possibilities in maize genetics by providing funding to attend the meeting. These participants will also receive extensive mentoring before, during, and after the meeting, professional development training, and opportunities to engage directly with leaders in the field through organized meals with invited speakers. These experiences are vital catalysts for the careers of aspiring student and postdoc trainees.The Maize Genetics Meeting brings together academic and industry maize geneticist and researchers in related fields and species for an important annual exchange of knowledge. The conference format contains a combination of 1) four featured plenary speakers, 2) the Fostering Diversity in the Maize Research Community speaker, 3) a presentation by the McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies awardee, 4) approximately 30 short talks selected from submitted abstracts, 5) approximately 25 lightning talks selected from submitted abstracts, 6) award presentations, 7) daily poster and networking sessions, 8) a community session, and 9) formal and informal networking opportunities. There are no overlapping or concurrent sessions at the Maize Genetics Meeting resulting in high attendance in all sessions with interdisciplinary exchange of ideas as well as high attendance and participation of trainees and group leaders in the poster and networking session. Funding from NSF will be used to broaden participation of training at the meeting through the Maize Genetics Network Enhancement through Travel (MaGNET) Award, the Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI) Award, the Disciplinary Breadth (DB) Awards, as well as through support for first time meeting attendees. Awardees are paired with a team of mentors that included an early career scientist, an academic PI, and an industry or government scientist that engage with the awardees formally and informally before, during, and after the meeting.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.

玉米也称为玉米，是世界上最重要的谷物，美国是全球最大的玉米生产国。年度玉米遗传学会议为与这种重要农作物相关的知识进行科学交流提供了重要的机会，这是持续的人类营养和健康，粮食安全等。该会议还为受训者提供了与玉米社区内外杰出科学家的互动和联系的机会，并发展了他们的科学沟通和人际交往能力。第66-68届年度玉米遗传会议将于2024 - 2026年3月在北卡罗来纳州罗利（2024），密苏里州圣路易斯（2025）和德国科隆（2026）举行。这次会议赠款将支持扩大历史边缘化群体的参与，并通过提供参加会议的资金来探索玉米遗传学的研究可能性。这些参与者还将在会议之前，期间和之后，专业发展培训以及通过有组织的演讲者有组织的餐食直接与现场领导者互动的机会。这些经验是有抱负的学生和博士后学员的职业的重要催化剂。玉米遗传学会议汇集了学术和工业玉米遗传学家以及相关领域和物种的研究人员，以实现重要的年度知识交流。会议格式包含1）四个特色全体演讲者的组合，2）玉米研究社区演讲者的促进多样性，3）麦克林托克植物遗传学和基因组研究奖的介绍，4）大约30个从提交的摘要中选择的30个简短的谈话，5）摘要，5）每天提出的摘要和8），6），6），8），6），6），6），7），7），7），7），7），7），7），7），7） 9）正式和非正式的网络机会。在玉米遗传学会议上，没有重叠或并发会议，在所有会议上都在跨学科的思想交流以及出席人数以及受训者和小组领导者参加海报和网络会议的所有会议上。 NSF的资金将用于扩大通过玉米遗传网络通过旅行（磁铁）奖，主要是本科机构（PUI）奖项，纪律广度（DB）奖项以及首次与初次会晤的支持者的支持。奖项与包括早期职业科学家，学术PI的导师团队以及一个行业或政府科学家配对，他们在会议之前，期间和之后与获奖者互动。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过评估基金会的知识和更广泛的影响来评估NSF的法定任务，并被认为是诚实的支持。