Conference: Fourth International Workshop in Plasmodesmatal Biology, to be held August 19-24, 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa.

这笔拨款为参加2001年8月19日至24日在南非开普敦举行的第四届Plasmodesma 2001国际研讨会的美国与会者提供部分旅费支持。研讨会将汇集来自世界各地的初级和高级科学家，讨论胞间连丝科学的许多方面，包括基础和应用。这些主题包括：间连丝结构和发育、病毒运动、溶质运输、共塑结构域和调控、大分子运输和基因沉默。胞间连丝的研究目前非常活跃，在许多方面进展迅速。在这个多学科领域，一个小组使用的主题和技术对另一个小组来说可能是完全陌生的，会议所注意到的思想的相互交融尤其重要。根据提交的摘要，将邀请总共约30位发言者。其他人将被鼓励展示海报和简短的演讲。该奖项的资金将用于支持美国科学家的旅行和日常开支，大多数是初级级别的科学家（研究生，博士后研究员和助理教授）。

This grant provides partial travel support for US participants to Plasmodesma 2001, the fourth international workshop on plasmodesmatal biology, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, August 19-24, 2001. The workshop will bring together junior and senior scientists from around the world to discuss many aspects of plasmodesmata science, basic and applied. These topics include: plasmodesmata structure anddevelopment, virus movement, solute transport, symplastic domains and regulation, macromolecular trafficking, and gene silencing.Plasmodesmata research is very active at present and is moving quickly on many fronts. The cross-fertilization of ideas that conferences are noted for is especially important in this multidisciplinary field, where the subject matter and techniques used by one group may be quite foreign to another. A total ofapproximately thirty speakers will be invited on the basis of submitted abstracts.Others will be encouraged to present posters and short talks. The funds from this award will be used to support the travel and per diem expenses of US scientists, most of junior rank (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and assistant professors).