2016 Plant Cell Dynamics Meeting Nanoscale Imaging to Quantitative Phenomics

揭示细胞器和细胞动力学的基本机制是建立一个全面的植物生长发育模型以及了解植物如何适应环境所必需的。这些知识对于基础植物细胞生物学的根本性进展和促进未来农业应用至关重要。2016年植物细胞动力学会议将于6月21日至24日在密苏里州圣路易斯举行，重点是为植物细胞生物学家提供机会，学习分析细胞动力学和功能的定量方法，包括高分辨率显微镜和计算工具。它还将为学生、博士后科学家和新的研究人员提供一个与植物细胞生物学领域的知名领导者互动的场所，从而对各级学生和受训人员的职业发展产生积极影响。通过鼓励和支持来自代表性不足群体的学员参加，会议将扩大对这一新兴领域的参与，该领域采用定量、预测和理论驱动的生物学技术，并鼓励生物学、物理学、数学和计算机科学之间的多学科方法。会议将包括植物细胞生物学领域专家关于适合定量研究方法的主旨演讲，这些方法探索植物细胞如何整合新陈代谢、细胞骨架组织和细胞整体功能中的囊泡运输。此外，还将有机会由受训者进行口头和海报演示，并参加关于光谱成像、自动植物表型鉴定、定量图像分析和使用与会者提供的样本的超分辨率显微镜的动手研讨会。

Uncovering fundamental mechanisms of organelle and cell dynamics is required for a comprehensive model of plant growth and development as well as for understanding how plants adapt to their environment. Such knowledge is critical for fundamental advances in basic plant cell biology and promoting future applications to agriculture. The 2016 Plant Cell Dynamics conference, to be held June 21-24 in St. Louis, Mo, will focus on providing opportunities for plant cell biologists to learn quantitative approaches for analyzing cellular dynamics and function, including high-resolution microscopy and computational tools. It will also provide a venue for students, postdoctoral scientists and new investigators to interact with established leaders in the field of plant cell biology, thus providing positive impacts on career development for students and trainees at all levels. By encouraging and supporting attendance of trainees from underrepresented groups, the conference will broaden participation in this developing field, which employs techniques of quantitative, predictive and theory-driven biology, and encourages multidisciplinary approaches at the interface of biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science.The conference will include keynote talks from experts in the field of plant cell biology on methodology appropriate for quantitative studies that probe how plant cells integrate metabolism, cytoskeletal organization, and vesicle trafficking in overall cellular function. In addition, there will be opportunities for oral and poster presentations by trainees and participation in hands-on workshops on spectral imaging, automated plant phenotyping, quantitative image analysis, and super resolution microscopy using attendee-provided samples.