The 36th Annual Interdisciplinary Plant Group Symposium: Plant Signaling in Biotic and Abiotic Stress, May 29-31, 2019, Columbia, Missouri

地球的气候正在发生变化，我们赖以生存的农作物和动物的生长条件也随之发生变化。这些变化影响到我们生活的许多方面，并威胁到我们的粮食供应，需要理解和行动。天气条件的变化，如热浪或寒潮、干旱或洪水，可以直接影响作物的生长，并改变作物与它们遇到的病原体之间的平衡，可能导致疾病的大规模爆发。此外，其中一些变化可能同时发生，例如在长时间干旱和热浪的结合期间，对我们的农业和经济造成毁灭性的影响。如何为这些变化做准备以及如何尝试减轻其影响直接取决于对植物与不同生物和非生物胁迫及其组合相互作用的基本机制的理解。为了应对这些挑战，以及加强对植物在不同生物和非生物胁迫下相互作用的基本信号机制的理解，一年一度的跨学科植物组（IPG）研讨会新增了一个主题：“生物和非生物胁迫下的植物信号传导”。会议题为“生物和非生物胁迫中的植物信号”，将提供一个论坛，来自不同背景的教师，学生和博士后研究员可以与植物生物学界的杰出学者进行互动，他们都在研究控制植物对生物和非生物胁迫反应的信号转导机制，以及它们的整合。其目的是提供一个促进跨学科互动、网络和思想交流的平台。会议的预期成果是：(a)加强对不同应力如何在分子水平上整合的理解；(b)增强了对这些信息如何从一个或多个局部细胞传递到整个植物的理解（系统信号传导）；(c)发现关键的信号中枢，可以通过操纵来增强植物对环境的耐受性。计划中的研讨会包括共同努力扩大本科生的参与，并包括妇女、少数民族和青年科学家作为演讲者发挥重要作用。该奖项由生理机制和生物力学项目以及综合生物系统部门的综合生态生理学项目共同资助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Earth's climate is changing, and with it the growth conditions of the crops and animals we depend upon change too. These changes affect many aspects of our lives and threaten our food supply, necessitating both understanding and action. Changes in weather conditions such as heat or cold waves, drought, or flooding can directly impact the growth of crops, as well as alter the balance between crop plants and the pathogens they encounter, potentially resulting in large-scale outbreaks of diseases. In addition, some of these changes can occur simultaneously, for example during a combination of a prolonged drought period and a heat wave, resulting in devastating impacts on our agriculture and economy. How to prepare for such changes and how to attempt to mitigate their impact directly depends on the understanding of basic mechanisms underlying the interaction of plants with different biotic and abiotic stresses, as well as their combination. To address these challenges, as well as to enhance the understanding of basic signaling mechanisms underlying the interaction of plants with different biotic and abiotic stresses, a new addition is organized to the Annual Interdisciplinary Plant Group (IPG) Symposium entitled: "Plant Signaling in Biotic and Abiotic Stress".The conference entitled: "Plant Signaling in Biotic and Abiotic Stress" will provide a forum in which faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows, from diverse backgrounds, can interact with prominent scholars in the plant biology community who are all studying signal transduction mechanisms that control plant responses to biotic and abiotic stresses, as well as their integration. The intent is to provide a platform that promotes cross-disciplinary interactions, networking, and an exchange of ideas. The expected outcomes of the meeting are: (a) enhanced understanding of how different stresses integrate at the molecular level; (b) enhanced understanding of how this information is communicated from one or more local cells to the entire plant (systemic signaling); and (c) uncovering of key signaling hubs that could be manipulated for enhancing the tolerance of plants to their environment. The planned symposium includes a concerted effort to broaden the participation of undergraduate students, and includes women, minority and young scientists in a significant role as speakers. This award was co-funded by the Physiological Mechanisms and Biomechanics Program and the Integrative Ecological Physiology Program in the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.