Conference: 11th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Madison, Wisconsin, June 24-28, 2000

第11届拟南芥研究国际会议将于2000年6月24日至28日在威斯康辛州麦迪逊市举行。拟南芥（Arabidopsis thaliana）多年来一直是遗传学研究的主题。然而，在过去的十年中，使用拟南芥作为模型系统的研究实验室数量急剧增加，目前拟南芥正在被用于研究植物生物学的各个方面。拟南芥研究的快速进展，包括基因组序列的接近完成，强调了每年举行一次会议的有效性。这些会议为拟南芥界提供了互动和交流信息的重要机会。会议将通过平台和海报展示提供正式和非正式交流最新信息的机会。会议将以CAMBIA（国际农业分子生物学应用中心）执行主任Richard Jefferson发表的关于植物生物学全球影响的晚间主题演讲作为开场。接下来是nsf资助的植物基因组小组的简短更新。其中许多组织正在开展影响拟南芥社区的项目。在17次平台会议中，每一次会议将由两名受邀演讲者进行演讲，然后从提交的海报摘要中选出两场简短的演讲。为了邀请包括研究生和博士后在内的初级研究人员来做这些演讲，已经做出了一致的努力。海报将在三次正式会议期间提供，由于海报会议将与演讲厅相邻，因此参与者很容易在海报和讲座之间来回走动。

The 11th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research will be held in Madison, Wisconsin June 24 through June 28, 2000. Arabidopsis thaliana has been the subject of genetic study for many years. However, during the last decade, the number of research laboratories using Arabidopsis as a model system has increased tremendously, and Arabidopsis is currently being used to study all aspects of plant biology. The rapid rate of progress in Arabidopsis research, including the near completion of the genomic sequence, underscores the usefulness of holding a meeting every year. These conferences provide an important opportunity for the Arabidopsis community to interact and exchange information. The meeting will provide opportunities for both formal and informal exchanges of recent information through platform and poster presentations. The meeting will open with an evening keynote address on the global impact of plant biology to be delivered by Richard Jefferson, the Executive Director of CAMBIA (Center for the Application of Molecular Biology to International Agriculture). This will be followed by short updates from each of the NSF-funded Plant Genome groups. Many of these groups are carrying out projects that impact the Arabidopsis community. Each of the 17 platform sessions will consist of talks from two invited speakers followed by two short talks that have been chosen from the submitted poster abstracts. A concerted effort has been made to invite junior investigators, including graduate students and postdocs, to give these talks. Posters will be available for viewing during three formal sessions, and because the poster session will be adjacent to the lecture hall, it will be easy for participants to go back and forth between posters and lectures.