10th Japan-US Seminar: Genome-Enabled Integration of Research in Plant-Pathogen Systems January 24-28, 2010, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

该项目是召开第十届美日植物-病原体相互作用研讨会。该研讨会由来自日本和美国的学者组织，将于2010年1月24日至28日在俄勒冈州科瓦利斯举行。这个重复的研讨会的总体目的是促进美国和日本研究人员在微生物病原体与植物宿主相互作用分析的特定前沿领域的合作活动。第十届研讨会的主题是植物-病原体系统基因组整合研究。基因组学的出现，即对生物体内所有基因的全面了解，以及基因组知识所促进的技术，对植物与病原体相互作用的研究产生了巨大的影响。寄生和随后的宿主反应的各个方面，它们之间的相互关系以及正在开发的探索它们的技术和系统级方法将是本次研讨会的重点。这些信息的发展和交流对于我们了解和维护自然植物种群的能力，以及有效地生产各种植物产品的能力至关重要，这些产品是现在和未来所需的食物、纤维和燃料。拟议活动的更广泛影响是多方面的。自成立以来，这一系列研讨会成功地促进了美国和日本研究人员之间的批判性科学讨论，思想和材料的交流以及富有成效的研究合作的形成。在第十届研讨会上，特别强调培训和促进包括来自日本和美国的研究生和博士后在内的各种年轻学者的合作发展。会议的另一项成果将是通过将会议记录作为一本书出版，向更广泛的研究界传播讲习班的活动。

The project is to convene the 10th US-Japan Seminar on Plant-Pathogen Interactions. The workshop is being organized by scholars from both Japan and the US and is to be held in Corvallis, Oregon, January 24-28, 2010. The general purpose of this recurring workshop is to promote collaborative activities between US and Japanese researchers in specific, cutting-edge areas of the analysis of the interaction of microbial pathogens with plant hosts. The theme for the 10th workshop is Genome-Enabled Integration of Research in Plant-Pathogen Systems. The advent of genomics, that is, a comprehensive knowledge of all the genes within an organism, and the technologies that genome knowledge is facilitating, are having tremendous impact on the study of plant-pathogen interactions. Aspects of parasitism and the ensuing host response, their interrelation and the technologies and systems-level approaches being developed to explore them will be highlights of this workshop. The development and exchange of such information is critical to our abilities to understand and maintain natural plant populations and to effectively produce the variety of plant products needed for such things as food, fiber and fuel for the present and future. The broader impacts of the proposed activity are multifaceted. Since its inception, this series of workshops has successfully fostered critical scientific discussion, the exchange of ideas and materials and the formation of productive research collaborations between US and Japanese investigators. In this, the 10th Seminar, a particular emphasis is given to training and promoting the development of collaborations involving a diverse group of young scholars including graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from both Japan and the US. An additional outcome of the meeting will be the dissemination of the activities of the workshop to the broader research community through publication of the Proceedings as a book.