2016 Multiscale Plant Vascular Biology: Identifying Interdisciplinary Opportunities for a New Era of Plant Vascular Biology, June 26-July 1, 2016, Sunday River, Newry, Maine.

植物输送水分的能力强烈地影响着它们生长的地点以及它们生长和生存的好坏。水分运输是至关重要的，因为植物必须用从土壤输送到木质部（木材）中的水分来代替光合作用过程中从叶子中蒸发的水分。从光合作用中获得的碳通过另一种运输组织——韧皮部的水运输分布在整个植物体内。这项提案将支持早期职业科学家（研究生和博士后研究人员）参加戈登研究会议的第一次会议，该会议汇集了从细胞到生态系统范围内研究水运控制的研究人员。海报展示、讨论和主题演讲将介绍他们最新的研究成果，以促进跨学科方法来研究植物水运。这次会议将提供一个机会，加强脱节的研究界之间的联系，并促进新的研究机会，以整合他们不同的方法。会议将强调在了解极端干旱期间树木死亡率方面的研究机会和挑战，以及在面临水资源减少的情况下促进农艺和自然植物生长和生存的性状。随着土壤湿度和环境条件的变化，植物的碳获取和生存依赖于维持木质部和韧皮部的功能。干旱造成的死亡日益频繁，这突出表明有必要了解运输的限制。世界各地的研究人员正在从分子尺度向景观水文尺度扩展我们对植物水运限制的认识，但缺乏跨学科的交流与合作。特别是与运输相关的详细细胞代谢的研究尚未与全植物生理学和水力功能与环境条件、死亡率和气候变化关系的生理生态学研究明确联系起来。此外，直到最近，细胞和有机体水平的研究还没有与生态系统和水文研究以及大尺度模型的发展紧密联系起来。为了连接这些孤立的研究团体，本次会议将汇集来自水运研究全领域的领导者和早期职业科学家，综合各个研究领域的进展，催化新的跨学科努力，并建立一个永久性的机制，促进水运界的对话。演讲者将介绍未发表的原创研究，强调通过跨学科合作可以取得的成果。通过招募和支持多元化的研究生和博士后，将促进这些年轻科学家的富有成效的参与，加强未来在这些领域的研究。

The ability of plants to transport water strongly influences where they occur and how well they grow and survive. Water transport is critical because plants must replace water that evaporates from leaves during photosynthesis with water transported from the soil to the leaves in xylem (wood). Carbon gained from photosynthesis is distributed throughout the plant body by water transport in another type of transport tissue, the phloem. This proposal will support the participation of early career scientists (graduate students and postdoctoral researchers) at the first meeting of a Gordon Research Conference drawing together researchers who study the controls on water transport at scales ranging from the cell to the ecosystem. Poster presentations, discussions and keynote speakers presenting their most recent research will be used to promote interdisciplinary approaches to investigating plant water transport. This meeting will provide an opportunity to strengthen ties among disjunct research communities and facilitate new research opportunities to integrate their disparate approaches. The conference will highlight research opportunities and challenges in understanding tree mortality during extreme droughts, as well as traits that enhance agronomic and natural plant growth and survival in the face of decreasing water availability. Plant carbon gain and survival depend on sustaining xylem and phloem function as soil moisture and environmental conditions fluctuate. The increasing frequency of drought-induced mortality highlights the need to understand transport limitations. Researchers worldwide are expanding our knowledge of plant water transport limitations from molecular to landscape hydrological scales but interdisciplinary communication and collaboration has been lacking. In particular the research on detailed cellular metabolism related to transport has not been clearly linked to whole plant physiology and physiological ecology research on the relationship of hydraulic function to environmental conditions, mortality and climate change. Moreover, cellular and organismal level research has not been strongly connected to ecosystem and hydrological studies and the development of large-scale models until very recently. To connect these isolated research communities, this conference will bring together leaders and early career scientists from across the full spectrum of water transport research to synthesize advances across research areas, catalyze new interdisciplinary efforts, and establish a permanent mechanism of stimulating dialogue within the water transport community. Speakers will present original unpublished research emphasizing the gains that can be made through interdisciplinary collaboration. By recruiting and supporting a diverse group of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, productive participation of these young scientists will be facilitated, enhancing future research in these fields for the future.