Conference: Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants to be held July 25-26, 2013 in Providence, RI Following the American Society of Plant Biology Meeting

智力优势：继美国植物生物学学会会议之后，一个关于“植物转录后基因调控”的卫星会议将于7月25日和26日在罗德岛州普罗维登斯的罗德岛会议中心举行。ASPB项目委员会批准了本次会议。近年来，转录后水平的基因表达调控已成为研究的焦点。随着许多新研究者的加入，这一领域正在迅速发展。许多新的实验和计算工具正在开发中，以解决全球范围内这种调节的程度及其对植物生长、发育和对各种胁迫的反应的影响。从这些研究中出现了意想不到的基因调控新范式。本次会议将涵盖RNA生物发生、结构和功能等基因表达转录后调控的各个方面。本次会议将汇集来自不同学科（如生物学、计算机科学、统计学）的研究人员，他们正在研究转录后水平基因调控的各个方面，分享该领域最新的令人兴奋的发展，并进一步促进研究。这次会议将促进实验和计算方法的整合，以解决这一领域的大规模问题。这次会议将促进不同学科之间的研究合作。本次会议的目标是：1)汇集来自不同领域的各级研究人员（本科生、硕士/博士研究生、博士后、早期职业和高级研究人员），展示和讨论与转录后调控各方面相关的新发展和前沿工具；2)为该领域的新老研究人员提供一个发展跨学科合作的机会；3)为年轻研究人员提供网络和职业发展机会；4)加强妇女和少数族裔在这一领域的参与。更广泛的影响：本次会议将促进不同学科的研究和不同职业阶段的研究人员之间的互动。所有人都可以参加会议，所有的演讲者将从提交的摘要中选出。在选择演讲者时，组织者将确保早期职业研究者、博士后研究助理、学生、女性和代表性不足群体的成员得到充分代表。美国植物生物学学会拥有多元化的成员，会议的公告将发送给所有ASPB成员。为了进一步扩大与会者的多样性，会议将在专门促进代表性不足的少数群体参与的门户网站上刊登广告。为鼓励本科生参与，部份拨款将用于支援本科生。在提供旅费支助方面，将优先考虑妇女、年轻研究人员和人数不足的少数民族，因为他们可能因经济原因无法参加会议。

Intellectual Merit: A satellite meeting on "Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Plants" will be held on July 25 and 26th at the Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, Rhode Island, following the American Society of Plant Biology meeting. The Program Committee of the ASPB has approved this meeting. Regulation of gene expression at the posttranscriptional level has taken center stage in recent years. This field is growing at a rapid pace with many new researchers. Many novel experimental and computational tools are being developed to address the extent of this regulation globally and its impact on plant growth, development and responses to diverse stresses. New unexpected paradigms of gene regulation are emerging from these studies. All aspects of post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression ranging from RNA biogenesis, structure and function will be covered in this meeting. This meeting will bring together a diverse group of researchers from different disciplines (e.g, biology, computer sciences, statistics) that are investigating various aspects of gene regulation at the post-transcriptional level to share recent exciting developments in this area and further stimulate research. This meeting will promote integration of experimental and computation approaches to address large-scale problems in this area. This meeting will facilitate collaborations among researches in differentdisciplines. The objectives of this meeting are 1) to bring researchers at all levels (undergraduates, MS/PhD students, postdocs, early career and senior researchers) from diverse fields to present and discuss new developments and cutting-edge tools related to all aspects of post-transcriptional regulation, 2) to provide an opportunity to new and established researchers in this field to develop collaborations across disciplines, 3) to facilitate networking and career-building opportunities for younger researchers, and 4) to enhance participation of women and underrepresented minorities in this field.Broader Impacts: This meeting will facilitate interactions among researches in different disciplines and among researchers at different career stages. Participation in the meeting is open to everyone and all the speakers will be selected from the submitted abstracts. In choosing the speakers, the organizers will ensure that early career investigators, postdoctoral research associates, students, women and members of underrepresented groups are well represented. The American Society of Plant Biology has a diverse membership and the announcement of the meeting will be sent to all ASPB members. To further broaden the diversity of the participants, the meeting will be advertised on web portals that are devoted to promoting the participation of underrepresented minorities. To encourage participation of undergraduates, part of the funding will be dedicated to support to undergraduates. In providing travel support, priority will be given to women, young researchers and underrepresented minorities, who might not be able to attend for financial reasons.