2010 Plant-Herbivore Interaction Gordon Research Conference; Galveston, TX

戈登研究会议在过去赞助了10个非常成功的植物-食草动物相互作用研讨会。这将是第11届，将有25名科学家目前在这一领域进行开创性的研究。 这些会议是综合性的，主题范围从分子遗传学和生物化学到社区和生态系统生态学和进化。发言者同意解决他们的主题的前沿和项目到未来，与我们的科学可能采取的方向产生讨论的目标。 会议将以题为《植物食草动物相互作用的观点》的概述开始。接下来，要解决的主要专题领域将是复杂群落中的食草动物，食草动物对植物化学反应的演变，植物防御化学-行动去甲基化，植物和昆虫防御的演变：芥子油苷，相互作用模型：从生态学到基因，扩展的表型和进化，整合地下相互作用，以及入侵物种的新观点。像所有的戈登会议一样，早上和晚上都有正式会议，下午早些时候可以自由进行即兴实地考察，讨论和研讨会。安排正式会议是为了最大限度地进行讨论;选择讨论领导人是为了促进合议讨论。每天下午晚些时候在轻松愉快的气氛中举行的海报会议也将促进讨论。所有与会者都将被鼓励提交海报，历史表明，几乎所有人都会这样做。本次会议的轻松和亲密的气氛不断产生优秀的，刺激的互动，持久的网络，合作和友谊。 与历届会议一样，这次会议将通过为未来几年该领域的研究制定方向而产生更广泛的影响。此外，大约40%的资金将用于支持研究生和博士后的参与。 25位发言者中有8位是女性，9位来自美国以外。作为这次会议的结果，将开发新的合作，采用新的方法，测试新的理论，年轻/新兴的科学家将与该领域的顶级研究人员互动。

The Gordon Research Conferences has sponsored 10 highly successful Plant-Herbivore Interaction workshops in the past. This will be the 11th and will feature 25 scientists currently conducting pioneering research in this area. The sessions are synthetic and range in topics from molecular genetics and biochemistry to community and ecosystem ecology and evolution. Speakers have agreed to address their subject's frontier and to project into the future, with the goal of generating discussion about the directions our science may take. The meeting will open with an overview entitled Perspectives in Plant Herbivore Interactions. Following, major topical areas to be addressed will be Herbivores in Complex Communities, Evolution of Herbivore Responses to Plant Chemistry, Plant Defensive Chemistry - Action & Detoxification, Evolution of Plant and Insect Defense: Glucosinolates, Interaction Models: From Ecology to Genes, Extended Phenotypes and Evolution, Integrating Below Ground Interactions, and New Perspectives on Invasive Species. Like all Gordon Conferences, there are formal sessions in the morning and evening, leaving early afternoons free for impromptu field trips, discussions, and workshops. The formal sessions have been scheduled to maximize discussion; discussion leaders have been chosen to stimulate collegial discussion. Daily poster sessions in the late afternoon in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere, will also foster discussion. All attendees will be encouraged to submit posters, and history suggests that nearly all will do so. The relaxed and intimate atmosphere of this conference consistently generates excellent, stimulating interactions, and lasting networks, collaborations and friendships. This conference, like its predecessors will have its broader impacts by setting the course for research in this field for years to come. In addition, approximately 40% of funds will go to the support of graduate student and post-doctoral participation. Eight of the 25 speakers are female, nine are from outside the U.S. Half of the discussion leaders are female. As a result of this conference, new collaborations will be developed, new methodologies employed, new theories tested, and young/emerging scientists will interact with the top researchers in the field.