International Conference on Plant Lipid-Mediated Signaling:Building Connections, to be held in Raleigh North Carolina, October 26-29, 2005

这次会议将聚焦于植物产生和使用脂质介导的信号的机制。这次会议的主要目标是促进对植物脂质介导的信号网络的进一步了解，并将它们整合到植物信号网络中，讨论和评估目前和未来研究脂质信号的方法，并为年轻的研究人员、学生和博士后提供培训和联网机会。将在信号通路、上下游信号事件和研究人员之间建立“联系”。为此，将向学生或博士后颁发旅行奖励。自1989年以来，就没有关于植物脂类介导的信号传递的会议。这次会议是及时的，将对实地产生积极和持久的影响。正在组织一个支持这次会议的联盟，预计国家科学基金会将通过资助学生的旅行来提供基石。

This conference will focus on mechanisms by which plants generate and use lipid-mediated signals. Major goals of this conference are to advance further understanding of the plant lipid-mediated signaling networks and to integrate them into the nexus of plant signaling, to discuss and assess current and future methods for studying lipid signaling and to provide training and networking opportunities for young investigators, students and postdocs. "Connections will be built" between signaling pathways, upstream and downstream signaling events and researchers. To this end, travel awards will be made to students or postdocs. There has not been a conference on plant lipid-mediated signaling since 1989. This conference is timely and will have a positive and lasting impact on the field. A consortium of support for the conference is being organized and it is anticipated that the National Science Foundation will provide the cornerstone by funding travel for students.