CONFERENCE: 57th Annual Maize Genetics Conference to be held March 12-15, 2015, at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois

第57届玉米遗传学大会(MGC)将于2015年3月12-15日在伊利诺伊州圣查尔斯市的野鸡跑动度假村举行。这次会议不仅是一次激动人心的科学会议，而且为研究生和博士后科学家提供了与玉米界内外杰出科学家互动的绝佳机会。会议积极强调和支持培养学生和博士后的沟通和人际交往能力。这次会议的独特之处在于，它试图资助所有学生与会者的住宿和餐饮费用。计划作出详细努力，扩大妇女和科学界代表性不足群体成员的参与。NSF提供的资金将扩大参与范围，并帮助支付来自美国科学界的学生参加的费用。玉米遗传学会议聚集了来自工业界和学术界的科学家，讨论包括玉米遗传学在内的许多领域的最新研究进展。2015年大会将有四位全体演讲者：陈雪梅博士(加州大学河滨分校)、德克·因策博士(比利时根特大学)、肖恩·凯普勒博士(威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校)和保拉·麦克斯汀博士(密苏里大学)。核心计划将包括从提交的摘要中挑选出的演讲者进行约35次18分钟的演讲，以及两次海报会议。此外，还将举行全体会议，授予第二届芭芭拉·麦克林托克植物遗传学和基因组研究奖，以表彰当代最杰出的植物遗传学家之一。针对定向核酸内切酶技术的迅速发展，还将举行一次关于利用CRISPR/Cas-9技术进行玉米基因组编辑的特别会议。

The 57th Maize Genetics Conference (MGC) will be held at the Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL on March 12-15, 2015. This conference is not only an exciting scientific meeting but provides outstanding opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists to interact with outstanding scientists within and outside the maize community. The meeting actively emphasizes and supports the training of students and postdocs in developing their communication and interpersonal skills. The conference is unique in that it attempts to support the hotel and meal costs of all student attendees. Detailed efforts are planned to broaden the participation of women and members of groups under-represented in the sciences. The funding provided by NSF will broaden participation and help defray the costs of participation of students from the U.S. scientific community.The Maize Genetics Conference assembles scientists from industry and academia to discuss the latest research developments on many areas encompassing maize genetics. The 2015 conference will feature four plenary speakers: Drs. Xuemei Chen (University of California-Riverside), Dirk Inze (Ghent University, Belgium), Shawn Kaeppler (University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Paula McSteen (University of Missouri). The core program will include approximately 35 18-minute talks by speakers selected from submitted abstracts, and two poster sessions. In addition, there will be a plenary session to award the 2nd Barbara McClintock Prize for Plant Genetics and Genome Studies to recognize one of the most outstanding plant geneticists of the present era. In response to rapid developments in targeted endonuclease technologies, there will also be a special session on genome editing in maize using CRISPR/Cas-9 technologies.