MEETING: 15th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. Kyoto, Japan, - Summer, 2012

该项目旨在为最多15名美国研究生提供部分资金支持，让他们在将于2012年7月29日至8月2日在日本京都国际会议中心举行的第15届国际分子植物-微生物相互作用大会(第15届IC-MPMI)上发表他们的工作。在过去的30年里，这一系列会议一直是宣布和展示关于调节植物和微生物相互作用的分子事件的最引人注目的科学发现的主要论坛。会议内容包括病原菌和共生菌，包括卵菌、真菌、细菌、病毒和线虫病原体；固氮和菌根共生；甚至一些不寻常的协会，如寄生植物-植物相互作用。获奖者将由一个由项目首席研究员和IS-MPMI董事会美国成员组成的特设委员会根据摘要中反映的科学质量、关于出席本次大会将如何影响申请者的研究和/或职业的声明以及申请者的简历来选择。将考虑种族和性别多样性以及残疾，以实现广泛和平衡的获奖者组合。过去的这一系列会议促进了科学信息的密集交流和在广泛的研究主题和地理位置上的合作，并为研究生提供了展示他们的工作和与顶尖科学家建立网络的机会。因此，这一系列会议在积累植物-微生物相互作用领域的基础知识和培训下一代科学家方面发挥了重要作用。

This project is to provide partial financial support for up to 15 United States graduate students to present their work at the 15th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (15th IC-MPMI), which will be held at Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan, on July 29-August 2, 2012. For the past 30 years, this meeting series has been the premier forum for announcing and presenting the most compelling scientific discoveries about the molecular events that mediate the interaction of plants and microbes. The meeting content includes both pathogenic and symbiotic associations and covers oomycete, fungal, bacterial, viral, and nematode pathogens; nitrogen-fixing and mycorrhizal symbioses; and even some unusual associations, such as parasitic plant-plant interactions. Awardees will be chosen by an ad hoc committee consisting of the Principal Investigator of the project and the United States members of the Board of Directors of the IS-MPMI based on the quality of the science reflected in the abstract, a statement regarding how attending this congress will impact the applicant's research and/or career, and the applicant's curriculum vitae. Ethnic and gender diversity and disabilities will be considered to achieve a broad and balanced awardee portfolio. Past meetings of this series have fostered intensive exchange of scientific information and collaborations across a broad range of research topics and geographic locations, and have provided opportunities for graduate students to present their work and to network with leading scientists. As such, this meeting series has played a major role in the buildup of fundamental knowledge in the area of plant-microbe interactions and in the training of the next generation of scientists.