Conference on Environmental and Physiological Integration of Long-Distance Transport Processes in Plants, Petersham, Massachusetts, October, 2002

该奖项支持将于2002年10月在马萨诸塞州彼得舍姆的哈佛森林举行的植物长距离运输过程的环境和生理整合会议。 本次会议的目标将是审查和综合植物长距离运输领域的新思想和见解，强调通过木质部和韧皮部运输的生物物理学以及探索两者之间相互作用的新兴领域。 在过去，木质部的运输已被视为主要的物理过程，而在韧皮部的运动已被研究主要是参考膜运输和渗透调节。 现在有更多的赞赏活细胞的作用和木质部中的生化过程，以及需要了解碳水化合物运动所涉及的液压组件。 因此，现在时机已经成熟，可以召开一次会议，将这两个趋同的领域聚集在一起，并探讨这两条途径相互影响的方式。 该奖项提供的资金将支持各种科学家群体的参与（旅行和住房），包括女性和研究生涯早期的科学家。 维管运输在理解植物对干旱的反应以及它们控制生长所需的碳分配模式的机制方面起着重要作用。 通过将具有长途运输过程专业知识的个人聚集在一起，我们相信本次会议及其会议记录（将由学术出版社出版）将通过激发新的见解，揭示新的研究机会并为新的合作努力打开大门而具有持久的价值。

This award supports a conference on Environmental and Physiological Integration of Long-Distance Transport Processes in Plants, to be held at the Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA in October 2002. The goal of this conference will be to review and synthesize new ideas and insights in the area of long distance transport in plants, emphasizing both the biophysics of transport through the xylem and phloem and the emerging area exploring interactions between the two. In the past, xylem transport has been viewed largely in terms of physical processes, while movement in the phloem has been studied primarily with reference to membrane transport and osmotic regulation. There is now greater appreciation for the role of living cells and biochemical processes in the xylem, as well as the need to understand the hydraulic components involved in carbohydrate movement. Thus, the time is ripe for a conference that brings together these two converging areas and explores the ways in which these two pathways influence each other. The funds provided by this award will support the participation (travel and housing) of a diverse group of scientists, including women and scientists early in their research careers. Vascular transport plays an important role in understanding both how plants respond to drought and the mechanisms by which they control patterns of carbon allocation required for growth. By bringing together individuals with expertise in long-distance transport processes, we believe that this conference and the resulting proceedings (to be published as a book by Academic Press) will have lasting value by virtue of stimulating new insights, revealing new research opportunities and opening the door for new collaborative efforts.