2016 Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction GRC: Natural and Synthetic Photoreceptor Systems: From Microbes to Man, Galveston, TX, January 23-29, 2016

植物、动物和微生物都有感知光的能力，光对这些生物的生命周期和生理有着深远的影响。了解光是如何被感知的，以及光的感知如何协调生物过程-从哺乳动物的视觉到植物生长再到细菌的致病性-需要整合不同的方法和掌握。2016年感光受体信号转导戈登研究会议及其密切相关的戈登研究研讨会将为来自不同学科的光生物学家提供一个平台，展示最新进展，参与热烈的辩论，并分享新的应用。 会议和研讨会的一个重要目标是为年轻科学家、研究生、博士后研究人员和新教职员工提供一个展示他们工作的场所，并了解他人最新的工作，同时更好地融入光生物学研究的社区。光敏受体&信号转导戈登研究会议是独一无二的，围绕感光受体的主题，以系统导向的方式连接一个非常多样化的研究小组。以这种方式将主题和方法结合在一起是很有帮助的，例如，在开发旨在以前所未有的时空分辨率控制神经脉冲传输和恢复视力的光学技术方面。本次GRC/GRS会议的科学讨论，研究报告和观众之间的非正式互动将促进对自然发生的感光系统的作用和功能机制的理解，并导致工程光系统的进一步发展，用于临床和生物技术应用。这种GRC/GRS配对将对研究生，博士后研究员和初级教师产生巨大的培训影响。这两次会议的与会者将融入一个令人兴奋的科学界，灌输一种归属感和责任感，将该领域带入未来。在GRC之前的简短GRS将有助于实现这一结果。青年科学家被选为领导三个会议，包括简短的谈话。所有与会者将参加海报会议和非正式讨论。一个会议将围绕5-8导师主导的开放式讨论，其中GRS参与者以结构化但非正式的方式与既定的调查人员会面，考虑学术界和工业界的职业发展，性别平等，研究资金和未来的研究方向。通过积极参与接下来的GRC，年轻科学家将更充分地融入学者社区，并在与该领域领导者的科学讨论中实践他们不断增长的技能和信心。

Plants, animals and microbes all have the ability to sense light, and light has profound effects on the lifecycle and physiology of these organisms. Understanding how light is perceived and how perception of light can orchestrate biological processes - from mammalian vision to plant growth to bacterial pathogenicity- requires integration of diverse methodologies and masteries. The 2016 Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction Gordon Research Conference and its closely associated Gordon Research Seminar will provide a platform for photobiologists from diverse disciplines to showcase recent advances, participate in lively debate, and share new applications. An important goal of both the conference and the seminar is to provide a venue for young scientists, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and new faculty members to present their work and learn about the most current work of others, while becoming better integrated into the community of photobiology research.The Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction Gordon Research Conference is unique, connecting a very diverse group of researchers in a systems-oriented way around the topic of Photosensory Receptors. Uniting topics and approaches this way has been instrumental, for example, in developing optically-based technologies aimed at controlling the transmission of nerve impulses and the restoration of vision at unprecedented spatial-temporal resolution. The scientific discussions, research presentations and informal interactions among the audiences of this GRC/GRS meeting will advance understanding of mechanism of action and function of naturally occurring photoreceptor systems and lead to further development of engineered photosystems for clinical and biotechnological applications. This GRC/GRS pairing will have an enormous training impact for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and beginning faculty. The participants from both meetings will be integrated in an exciting scientific community, instilling a sense of belonging and of responsibility to carry the field into the future. This outcome will be facilitated by the short GRS that precedes the GRC. Junior scientists have been chosen to lead three sessions comprising short talks. All attendees will participate in a poster session and informal discussions. One session will center around 5-8 mentor-led open table discussions, where GRS participants meet established investigators in a structured but informal way, to consider career development in academia and industry, gender equality, research funding and future research directions. By actively participating in the GRC that follows, junior scientists will integrate more fully into the community of scholars and practice their growing skills and confidence in scientific discussion with leaders of the field.