XII International Symposium (Ethylene 2020) on the Plant Hormone Ethylene

乙烯是一种简单的气体激素，对植物的生长和发育有着深远的影响。它是生长的主要调节剂，包括调节果实成熟、叶子变黄、叶子和花瓣脱落以及对各种胁迫和病原体的反应。许多这些反应不利地影响作物产量和水果和蔬菜的采后贮藏。正因为如此，许多研究都集中在了解乙烯反应的机制。本次会议的目标是汇集知名科学家和早期职业科学家，包括研究生和博士后研究人员，讨论乙烯发挥作用的机制。本次会议将讨论的研究与美国的农业、经济和粮食安全高度相关。会议计划涵盖了从生物化学到生物体的一系列尺度的乙烯信号传导和生物合成。这包括关键乙烯信号传导途径组分的结构-功能信息，这些关键组分在细胞内的空间和时间变化，以及控制响应的输出网络，包括对其他激素系统的影响。在这次会议上提出的信息将包括在模式生物拟南芥中进行的实验，以及非模式作物植物，基底谱系植物和微生物。本次会议将为研究人员提供一个重要的机会，交流乙烯影响植物的机制的最新研究。该奖项反映了NSF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。

Ethylene is a simple gaseous hormone that has profound effects on the growth and development of plants. It is a central regulator of growth including the regulation of fruit ripening, yellowing of leaves, shedding of leaves and petals, and responses to various stresses and pathogens. Many of these responses adversely affect crop yield and postharvest storage of fruits and vegetables. Because of this, much research has focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying ethylene responses. The goal of this meeting is to bring together established scientists and early career scientists including graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, to discuss the mechanisms by which ethylene functions. The research that will be discussed at this meeting is highly relevant to the agriculture, economy, and food security of the United States. The conference program covers ethylene signaling and biosynthesis across a range of scales from biochemical to organismal. This includes information on the structure-function of key ethylene signaling pathway components, spatial and temporal changes of these key components within the cell, and the output networks that control responses including impacts on other hormone systems. Information presented at this meeting will include experiments performed in the model organism Arabidopsis, as well as non-model crop plants, basal lineage plants, and microbes. This conference will provide an important opportunity for researchers to exchange the most recent research on the mechanisms by which ethylene affects plants.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.