Conference: CO2 Assimilation in Plants from Genome to Biome: Innovations in Photosynthesis to Solve Global Challenges REVISED, Newry, Maine, June 8-9, 2019

光合作用是植物中影响粮食和能源安全、生态系统生产力和气候的关键过程。2019年戈登研究会议（GRC）和戈登研究研讨会（GRS）关于植物中二氧化碳同化的总体目标（6月8日至14日，Newry，ME，美国）是通过汇集来自地球仪的顶级研究人员和未来的科学领导者来促进我们对光合作用的理解，讨论植物生物学的新思想和创新方法。GRC的参与者和演讲者是一些最活跃和世界知名的科学家，他们正在探索最高水平的光合作用。GRS，发生在GRC之前，专门设计用于吸引代表该领域未来的初级科学家。由知名领导者指导初级科学家是GRS和GRC的标志。NSF的支持将用于资助学生和其他早期职业科学家参加这些会议，重点是支持科学界代表性不足的群体的个人。将多元化的科学界聚集在一起进行有意义的讨论和建立网络将对光合作用研究的发展产生长期影响，并鼓励在粮食，能源和气候问题的关系中应对全球挑战的创新解决方案。2019年GRC和相关的GRS关于从基因组到生物组的植物CO2同化（6月8日至14日，纽里，ME，美国）将汇集一个由高级和初级科学家组成的国际小组，探索生物圈和大气之间碳交换的动态，重点是了解植物对生物和非生物因素反应的生理机制，并将其与生物和非生物因素联系起来。这些特征在全球范围内对生产力和碳储存的影响。新出现的科学问题将在进化机制的背景下进行探索，这些机制导致了新的植物创新，建模方法从细胞到生态系统水平的规模反应，将CO2同化与其他植物过程联系起来的代谢反馈，以及利用光合作用研究来提高农业生产力。会议将邀请来自10个不同国家的演讲者，并强调植物分子，生理，生态和进化生物学的联系问题。计划开展的活动包括11次有组织的科学会议、6次高度互动的海报会议、一次针对初出茅庐的科学家的职业小组讨论，以及一次关于性别和多样性挑战的“Power Hour”讨论。这些会议将共同促进关于基本植物过程的前沿思想的交流;促进可以在未来几年塑造该领域的国际科学合作;并促进妇女，少数民族和早期职业科学家的专业发展。NSF的资金将用于支持早期职业科学家参加这两项活动，并全面致力于扩大这一领域的参与。该奖项是由生理机制和生物力学计划和综合生态生理学计划在综合有机系统部门共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

Photosynthesis is a critical process in plants that impacts food and energy security, ecosystem productivity, and climate. The overarching goal of the 2019 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Carbon Dioxide Assimilation in Plants (June 8-14, Newry, ME, USA) is to advance our understanding of photosynthesis by bringing together top researchers and future scientific leaders from across the globe to discuss new ideas and innovative approaches in plant biology. GRC participants and speakers are some of the most active and world-renowned scientists who are exploring photosynthesis at the highest levels. The GRS, which occurs just prior to the GRC, is specifically designed to engage junior scientists who represent the future of this field. Mentoring of junior scientists by established leaders is a hallmark of the GRS and GRC. Support from NSF will be used to fund participation at these meetings by students and other early-career scientists, with an emphasis on supporting individuals from underrepresented groups in science. Bringing together a diverse scientific community for meaningful discussions and networking will have long-lasting implications for the development of photosynthesis research and encourage innovative solutions to global challenges at the nexus of food, energy, and climate concerns.The 2019 GRC and associated GRS on CO2 Assimilation in Plants from Genome to Biome (June 8-14, Newry, ME, USA) will bring together an international group of senior and junior scientists to explore the dynamics of carbon exchange between the biosphere and the atmosphere with an emphasis on understanding physiological mechanisms that underlie plant responses to biotic and abiotic factors and to link these traits to productivity and carbon storage at the global scale. Emerging scientific questions will be explored in the context of evolutionary mechanisms that led to novel plant innovations, modeling approaches to scale responses from cellular to ecosystem levels, metabolic feedbacks that link CO2 assimilation to other plant processes, and leveraging photosynthesis research to improve agricultural productivity. The meeting will host speakers from 10 different countries, and highlight questions at the nexus of plant molecular, physiological, ecological, and evolutionary biology. Planned activities include 11 organized scientific sessions, 6 highly interactive poster sessions, a career panel discussion for early-career scientists, and a "Power Hour" discussion of gender and diversity challenges. Together these meetings will facilitate the exchange of cutting-edge ideas on fundamental plant processes; promote international scientific collaborations that can shape the field for years to come; and foster the professional development of women, minority, and early-career scientists. NSF funding will be used to support attendance at both events by early-career scientists, with an overall commitment to broadening participation in this field. 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.