Meeting: C4 + CAM Plant Biology 2013, August 6-9, Champaign, IL

该奖项支持将于2013年8月6-9日在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校举行的C4和CAM（天冬肽酸代谢）植物生物学2013年研讨会。研讨会旨在汇集不同的科学家群体，讨论C4和CAM植物的进化，生态学，功能生物学，基因组学和生物技术工程。这两种植物对其光合作用机制进行了进化修改，从而提高了它们在炎热和干燥条件下的表现。玉米和菠萝分别是C4和CAM植物的典型例子。这次研讨会的目的是促进讨论如何利用从这些植物群中吸取的经验教训，在全球气候变化的时代提高作物产量。研讨会的跨学科性质意味着预期的与会者通常不会集体参加任何一个科学学会会议。因此，这次研讨会将是知识转移、发起新的合作以及招募和接触早期职业科学家的独特机会。该研讨会预计将吸引来自世界各地的125名与会者，其中包括来自C4和CAM植物主导农业和/或自然生态系统的发展中地区的与会者。从该奖项获得的资源将用于(1)录制会议介绍的视频和音频片段，以便通过研讨会网页向更广泛的受众传播；(2)促进代表性不足群体的参与，包括代表性不足的种族群体、代表性不足的地理区域、早期职业科学家和女性科学家。总的来说，研讨会将为植物生物学家提供一个面对面和在线的聚会点，他们可以共同努力解决粮食安全、燃料供应和生态可持续性等重大社会问题。

This award supports the C4 and CAM (crassulacean acid metabolism) Plant Biology 2013 symposium, to be held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, August 6-9, 2013. The symposium aims to bring together a diverse group of scientists to discuss the evolution, ecology, functional biology, genomics, and biotechnological engineering of C4 and CAM plants. These two groups of plants possess evolutionary modifications to their photosynthetic machinery that improve their performance in hot and dry conditions. Maize and pineapple are classic examples of C4 and CAM plants, respectively. The symposium aims to facilitate discuss on how lessons learned from these groups of plants can be harnessed to improve crop production in an era of global climate change. The interdisciplinary nature of the symposium means that the expected attendeed typically do not collectively attend any one scientific society meeting. As a result, the symposium will be a unique opportunity for knowledge transfer, initiation of new collaborations, and recruitment and exposure of early career scientists. The symposium is expected to attract 125 participants from around the world, including from developing regions where C4 and CAM plants dominate agricultural and/or natural ecosystems. The resources derived from this award will be used to (1) record video and audio footage of conference presentations for dissemination via the symposium web page to a broader audience; and (2) to promote participation of under-represented groups including under-represented racial groups, under-represented geographic regions, early-career scientists, and female scientists. Overall, the symposium will provide a face-to-face and on-line gathering point for plant biologists who together can advance efforts to deal with major societal problems of food security, fuel supply and ecological sustainability.