Support for 8th Gordon Research Conference: Plant-Herbivore Interactions, Ventura, California, February 25 - March 1, 2001

0092439。杰克·舒尔茨。这笔赠款为将于2001年2月25日至3月1日在加利福尼亚州文图拉举行的2001年戈登植物食草动物相互作用研究会议提供部分支持。这次会议是为了具有前瞻性而组织的，并强调了与植物与其草食动物之间的相互作用有关的新的和新兴的方法和主题。事实上，与所有发言者达成了一项协议，将演讲限制在科学前沿的问题上。会议将有24位演讲者参加。为了最大限度地增加新奇报道的可能性，23名受邀者在过去6年中没有在会议上发言。其中9人来自美国以外，4人为女性。此外，演讲者的年龄跨度很大。会议将由马克斯普兰克化学生态研究所创始主任Ian T.Baldwin主持。会议将讨论不同的主题，包括草食动物诱导的防御、草食动物与病原体的交流、群落和多营养相互作用、植物-草食动物界面的机制、大范围的相互作用和进化问题。“种植抗草食性转基因植物的后果”将成为一次特别会议的主题。在会议中间组织了一次海报会议，以方便广大科学界，特别是学生的参与。正式会议安排在上午和晚上，以便下午作为非正式会议和讨论的时间。这次会议可能会为21世纪未来几年植物-食草动物相互作用的研究定下基调。

0092439. Jack Schultz. This grant provides partial support for the 2001 Gordon Research Conference on Plant Herbivore Interactions, to be held in Ventura, California from 25 February to 1 March 2001. The conference was organized to be forward-looking, and stresses new and emerging approaches and topics related to the interactions between plants and their herbivores. Indeed, an agreement has been reached with all of the speakers, limiting presentations to issues at the frontiers of science. The conference will feature 24 speakers. To maximize the likelihood of including novel coverage, 23 of the invitees have not spoken at the conference in the last 6 years. Nine are from outside the US and four are female. Moreover, a broad cross section of ages is represented in the suite of speakers. The lead presentation will be by the founding director of the Max Plank Institute for Chemical Ecology, Ian T. Baldwin.Diverse topics will be considered at the conference, including herbivore-induced defenses, herbivore-pathogen communication, community and multi-trophic interactions, mechanisms at the plant-herbivore interface, interactions at large scales, and evolutionary issues. The "consequences of deploying transgenic herbivore-resistant plants" will be the topic of a special session. A poster session in the middle of the conference is organized to facilitate participation by the scientific community at large, and especially students. Formal sessions are scheduled in the mornings and evenings, allowing the afternoons as a time for informal meetings and discussions. The conference likely will set the tone for the study of plant-herbivore interactions during the coming years of the 21st century.