Conference: 2024 Salt and Water Stress in Plants GRC and GRS: Abiotic Stress Research for Impact

人类社会面临的主要挑战之一是发展一个更可持续的社会。除城市或工业用途外，农业是土地和水的最大消耗者，也是环境退化的主要原因。植物科学的一个基本目标是支持基础研究，以了解、预测和操纵植物以达到有益的目的。这项任务的一个重要组成部分是了解植物在紧张的非生物环境中的生长和表现，非生物环境是全球植物生产力的关键限制因素。实现更可持续农业的目标将需要包括分子生物学家、生理学家、农学家和植物育种者在内的跨学科团队合作。戈登植物盐和水胁迫研究会议的目标是促进这些领域的最新研究共享，以推动我们对植物的基本理解的进步，并通过吸引学术和行业科学家的参与来改善可持续农业。2024年关于植物盐分和水分胁迫的戈登研究会议(GRC)将汇集研究人员在不同组织尺度上研究植物耐受逆境的机制基础，并承认跨越分子、细胞、发育、生态和全球尺度的植物-环境相互作用的综合性质。会议将聚焦于五大主题的尖端科学，包括1)基因组学和胁迫信号，2)整个生物体对胁迫的生理反应，3)盐/水胁迫与气候变化的相互作用，4)胁迫耐受性的适应性进化，以及5)利用基础研究进行应用作物改良的策略。演讲将突出模型系统的力量，解决跨越物种边界的进化问题，并研究使用全球相关作物的基础研究和应用研究之间的联系。GRC的大部分内容将包括20分钟的未发表研究报告和10分钟的讨论时间。尽管该计划的核心已经确立，但近一半的演讲将从提交的摘要中挑选出来，并为更年轻的学员提供机会。该计划包括海报会议和空闲时间，以加强想法交流和网络联系。GRS前期会议是由学员组织的，重点是探索植物多样性、基因组学、综合生理学和与田间相关的研究的多学科研究主题。会议将通过有针对性的旅行奖励给对从事植物研究感兴趣的研究生和博士后研究员来支持更广泛的参与。该奖项由植物基因组研究计划和综合组织系统分部的生理机制和生物力学计划共同资助。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。

One of the central challenges to human society is the development of a more sustainable society. Agriculture is the largest consumer of land and water and a major cause of environmental degradation, above and beyond urban or industrial use. A fundamental goal of plant science is to support fundamental research to understand, predict, and manipulate plants for beneficial purposes. A crucial component of this mission is understanding plant growth and performance under stressful abiotic environments, a key limiter of plant productivity worldwide. Achieving the goal of more sustainable agriculture will require interdisciplinary teams including molecular biologists, physiologists, agronomists, and plant breeders working in collaboration. The goal of the Gordon Research Conference on Salt and Water Stress in Plants is to foster sharing of the latest research in these areas to drive progress in our basic understanding of plants, and improve sustainable agriculture by engaging both academic and industry scientists. The 2024 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Salt and Water Stress in Plants will bring together researchers studying the mechanistic basis of stress tolerance in plants at different scales of organization and acknowledges the integrative nature of plant-environmental interactions that span molecular, cellular, developmental, ecological and global scales. The meeting will focus on cutting edge science centered on five major themes including 1) genomics and stress signaling, 2) whole organism physiological responses to stress, 3), interactions of salt/water stress with climate change, 4) the adaptive evolution of stress tolerance, and 5) strategies to leverage fundamental research for applied crop improvement. Presentations will highlight the power of model systems, tackle evolutionary questions spanning species boundaries, and examine the nexus between basic and applied research using globally relevant crops. The bulk of the GRC will comprise 20-minute presentations of unpublished research and 10-minute discussion periods. Although the core of the program is established, nearly half of the talks will be selected from submitted abstracts and provide opportunities for younger trainees. The program includes poster sessions and free time to enhance idea exchange and networking. The GRS pre-meeting is organized by trainees and focused on multi-disciplinary research topics that explore plant diversity, genomics, integrative physiology and field-relevant research. The conference will support broader participation through targeted travel awards to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows interested in pursuing plant research.This award is co-funded by the Plant Genome Research Program and the Physiological Mechanisms and Biomechanics Program in the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems.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.