U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Symbioses Between Plant and Microorganizms for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioremediation

0003729萨多夫斯基该奖项支持美国科学家参与美国- 2001年8月8日至12日在明尼苏达州圣保罗举行的关于植物和微生物共生促进可持续农业和生物补救的日本研讨会。 共同组织者是明尼苏达大学的Michael Sadowsky教授和日本大坂大学的Yoshikatsu Murooka教授。 生物固氮仍然是美国和国外科学家的首要研究领域。 固氮由于其对农业的巨大重要性及其生态意义和可持续性而受到重视。 研讨会将讨论的共生固氮问题尤其如此。 植物生长和生产力受到氮素有效性的限制。 旨在提高共生固氮效率和将固氮扩大到其他主要粮食作物，包括水稻、小麦和玉米的研究工作，将对粮食生产和人口增长产生重大影响。 近年来，我们对生物固氮的基本认识取得了重大进展，远远超出了潜在的作物改良。 将要讨论的主题领域将包括有关共生固氮过程中植物宿主和细菌对应物的信息。 详细讨论的领域有酶学、分子遗传学、植物细胞生物学、整株植物生理学、分子微生物生态学、植物遗传学和基因组学。 研讨会将包括以下主题：1）植物-微生物相互作用中两种共生伙伴的基因组学; 2）植物-微生物相互作用中的分子通讯; 3）共生体在可持续农业和生物修复中的应用。 研讨会的组织者作出了特别努力，让年轻的研究人员和研究生既作为与会者又作为观察员参加。 与日本专家在这一领域的想法和数据交流将使美国参与者能够推进自己的工作，并为未来的合作项目奠定基础。 将在万维网上传播关于讨论会的资料。

0003729SadowskyThis award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan seminar on symbioses between plant and microorganisms for sustainable agriculture and bioremediation, to be held in St. Paul, Minnesota from August 8-12, 2001. The co-organizers are professors Michael Sadowsky of the University of Minnesota and Professor Yoshikatsu Murooka of Osaka University in Japan. Biological nitrogen fixation continues to remain a top priority research area among scientists in the U.S. and abroad. Nitrogen fixation has been targeted for emphasis due to its enormous importance for agriculture, and its ecological significance an sustainability. This is especially true of symbiotic nitrogen fixation, the area to be covered by the seminar. Plant growth and productivity is limited by nitrogen availability. Research efforts directed towards improving the efficiency of symbiotic nitrogen fixation and to extend nitrogen fixation to other major food crops, including rice, wheat, and corn, will have a major impact on food production and population growth. In recent years significant advances have been made in our basic understanding of biological nitrogen fixation, extending far beyond potential crop improvement. The topic areas to be discussed will include information concerning both the plant host and their bacterial counterparts in the symbiotic nitrogen fixing-process. Areas to be discussed in detail are enzymology, molecular genetics, plant cell biology, whole plant physiology, molecular microbial ecology, plant genetics, and genomics. The Seminar will consist of the following topics: 1) genomics of both symbiotic partners in plant-microbe interactions; 2) molecular communications in plant-microbe interactions; and 3) applications of symbioses for sustainable agriculture and bioremediation. Seminar organizers have made a special effort to involve younger researchers and graduate students as both participants and observers. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese experts in this field will enable U.S. participants to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative projects. Dissemination of information on the seminar will be available on the World Wide Web.