2005 CO2 Assimilation in Plants: Genome to Biome Gordon Conference,European GRC site Centre Paul Langevin in Aussois, France on September 11-16, 2005

本提案请求对将于2005年9月11日至16日在法国奥索伊斯的欧洲GRC遗址中心举行的戈登研究会议(GRC)提供补充支持，该会议的题目是：植物中的二氧化碳同化：基因组到生物组(以前是绿色植物中的二氧化碳固定和代谢)。自1976年以来，这一国际GRC每三年举行一次，并在美国和欧洲的地点之间交替举行。智力上的优点：这一GRC的特定重点、亲密性、强调广泛的前瞻性思维、非正式的讨论以及它的地位，是这一领域的相关会议所不能复制的。2002年的会议获得了所有GRC中最高的评价之一，选举产生的国际组织委员会，由George Bowes博士(佛罗里达大学)和Susanne von Caemmerer博士(澳大利亚国立大学)担任联合主席，Michael Salucci博士(美国农业部亚利桑那州ARS)和Anne Borland博士(英国纽卡斯尔大学)担任副主席，制定了一个及时的、激发智力的计划，以效仿那次会议的成功。与本GRC和该领域先进科学的最新趋势相一致，它的设计是综合性的，并鼓励与会者超越他们特定的研究兴趣进行思考。它还将向参与者介绍他们可能使用的最新技术，并允许具有开发和使用这些技术专业知识的同事访问。该计划包括9个正式会议和4个投稿海报会议(见全球资源中心网站http://www.grc.org/programs/2005/co2.htm，和2005年2月4日的《科学》杂志)。因此，在光合作用二氧化碳同化的总主题下，本方案从关于光合作用和全球气候变化的会议开始(会议1)；接着是二氧化碳进入光合作用生物体及其如何调节的会议(会议2、3)；主要二氧化碳固定酶的调节进展(会议4)；固定碳的利用以及C4和CAM植物的基因调节，包括单细胞C4系统及其进化和农业意义(会议5、6)；会议强调职业生涯早期的植物生物学家的工作和最新发现(会议7)；适用于光合作用研究的新技术(会议8)；以及关于信号基因组学的专题宴会后总结报告(会议9)。为了适合GRC，所有演讲者必须展示他们最新的、未发表的发现，并大胆提出新概念和未回答的问题，以帮助定义科学未来的发展方向。整个会议致力于早期职业生涯的科学家和从最好的摘要和最新文献中挑选出来的热门新闻结果。因此，这一适度资金申请的目标是为与会者，特别是职业生涯早期的植物科学家，包括博士后、研究生和高级本科生，以及初级PI提供会议费用和/或旅费方面的支持。演讲者和讨论领导者是根据他们的研究质量和影响力挑选出来的，并提供了不同的想法、国籍、性别、种族、职业阶段和工作场所。更广泛的影响：初级科学家的参与将为他们提供与该领域知名领导者建立网络的机会，从而对他们产生巨大的专业好处和鼓励。它还加强了本全球资源中心的动态和前沿性质，而第七届会议的成功有赖于此。这本GRC深入研究了实验植物生物学领域令人兴奋的进展，该领域与世界面临的环境和农业问题直接相关，世界正在经历大气中二氧化碳的迅速增加和相关的气候变化。

Project SummaryThis proposal requests supplemental support for the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) entitled CO2 Assimilation in Plants: Genome to Biome(formerly CO2 Fixation and Metabolism in Green Plants) to be held at the European GRC site Centre Paul Langevin in Aussois, France on September 11-16, 2005. This international GRC has occurred on a triennial basis since 1976, and alternates between sites in the US and Europe.Intellectual Merit: The specific focus of this GRC, intimacy, emphasis on extensive, orward thinking, off-the-record discussion, and its stature, are not duplicated by related conferences in this field. The 2002 conference received one of the highest evaluations of all GRCs and the elected, international organizing committee, comprised of Drs. George Bowes (University of Florida) and Susanne von Caemmerer (Australian National University) as Co-Chairs, and Drs.Michael Salvucci (USDA-ARS Arizona) and Anne Borland (University of Newcastle, UK) as Vice-Chairs, has developed a timely and intellectually stimulating program to emulate that meeting's success. Consistent with recent trends in this GRC and in the field's advancing science, it is designed to be integrative and to encourage conferees to think beyond their specific research interests. It will also introduce participants to the latest technologies that they might use, and will give access to colleagues with expertise in developing and using these technologies. The program consists of nine formal sessions and four contributed poster sessions (see the GRC website http://www.grc.org/programs/2005/co2.htm, and the February 4th, 2005 issue of Science). Thus, under the general theme of photosynthetic CO2-assimilation, the program starts with a session on photosynthesis and global climate change: the big picture (Session 1); it continues with CO2 entry into photosynthetic organisms and how it is modulated (Sessions 2, 3);advances in regulation of the primary CO2 fixation enzymes (Session 4); the utilization of fixed carbon, and gene regulation in C4 and CAM plants, including single-cell C4 systems and their evolutionary and agricultural significance (Sessions 5, 6); a session highlighting the work of early-career plant biologists and late-breaking findings (Session 7); new technologies applicable to photosynthesis research (Session 8); and a featured, after-banquet, wrap-up presentation on the genomics of signaling (Session 9). As befits a GRC, all speakers must present their very latest, unpublished findings, and be bold in proposing novel concepts and unanswered questions that help to define where the science is headed in the future. An entire session is devoted to early-career scientists and hot-off-the-press results selected from the best abstracts and recent literature. Thus the goal of this modest funding request is to provide support toward conference fee and/or travel costs for conference participants, especially early-career plant scientists, including postdocs, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and beginning PIs. Speakers and discussion leaders were selected based on their research quality and impact, and to provide a diversity of ideas, nationality, gender, ethnicity, career-stage, and work-place.Broader impacts: The participation of junior scientists will be of immense professional benefit and encouragement to them by providing the opportunity to network with established leaders in the field. It also enhances the dynamic, cutting-edge nature of this GRC and the success of Session 7 depends upon it. This GRC delves into exciting advances in a field of experimental plant biology that directly relates to environmental and agricultural issues faced by a world that is undergoing rapid atmospheric CO2 enrichment and associated changes in the climate.