Conference: Annual Maize Genetics Meeting

玉米，也叫玉米，是世界上最重要的谷物，美国是世界上最大的玉米生产国。年度玉米遗传学会议为科学交流与这种重要作物有关的知识提供了一个重要机会，这种作物是人类持续营养和健康、粮食安全等方面所必需的。这次会议还为受训者提供了与玉米界内外的杰出科学家接触和建立网络的机会，并发展他们的科学交流和人际交往能力。第66 -68届玉米遗传学年会将于2024-2026年3月在北卡罗来纳州罗利（2024年）、密苏里州圣路易斯（2025年）和德国科隆（2026年）举行。这笔会议拨款将通过为出席会议提供资金，支持扩大对探索玉米遗传学研究可能性感兴趣的历史边缘化群体的参与。这些参与者还将在会前、会中和会后接受广泛的指导，接受专业发展培训，并有机会与受邀演讲者共进晚餐，直接与该领域的领导者交流。这些经历对于有抱负的学生和博士后学员的职业生涯是至关重要的催化剂。玉米遗传学会议汇集了相关领域和物种的学术和行业玉米遗传学家和研究人员，进行重要的年度知识交流。会议形式包括以下内容：1)四位专题全体演讲嘉宾，2)促进玉米研究社区多样性的演讲嘉宾，3)麦克林托克植物遗传学和基因组研究奖获得者的演讲，4)从提交的摘要中选出约30个简短演讲，5)从提交的摘要中选出约25个闪电演讲，6)颁奖典礼，7)每日海报和网络会议，8)社区会议，以及正式和非正式的社交机会。玉米遗传学会议没有重叠或同时举行的会议，因此所有会议的出勤率都很高，可以进行跨学科的思想交流，学员和小组领导在海报和网络会议上的出勤率和参与度也很高。来自美国国家科学基金会的资金将用于通过旅行（MaGNET）奖、主要本科院校（PUI）奖、学科广度（DB）奖以及对第一次会议与会者的支持来扩大会议培训的参与。获奖者将与一组导师配对，其中包括一名早期职业科学家、一名学术PI，以及一名行业或政府科学家，他们将在会议之前、期间和之后与获奖者进行正式和非正式的接触。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。

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.