Conference: Plant Cell Biology International 2020; June 1-5, 2020, Kolympari, Crete

迫切需要发展知识库，以便合理设计改良作物品种。为了实现这一目标，研究人员必须了解植物细胞在生长过程中如何整合代谢、细胞骨架组织和囊泡运输，以应对环境挑战。第一次植物细胞生物学国际会议（PCBI）利用了大西洋两岸两个成熟的植物细胞生物学团体，中西部植物细胞动力学（PCD）和欧洲植物内膜研究网络（ENPER）小组之间的相互作用，并提供了一个框架来实现这些目标。这次会议的重点是独特的，其特点是研讨会集中在设计一个图像采集和处理管道，用于细胞系统的多尺度分析和国际合作。2020年会议的主讲人是细胞器动力学和膜运输领域公认的世界专家。所有参与者都将进行交流，有机会展示海报，许多早期职业科学家将有机会进行口头报告。有越来越多的植物细胞生物学家寻求更好地理解细胞器和细胞动力学的潜在机制，并分享类似的技术挑战，以实现他们的研究目标。找到最有效的方法来结合定量成像技术、生化技术和计算工具来获得对植物细胞系统的机制理解是很重要的。要实现这些目标，就需要数据共享、教师、博士后、研究生和本科生在最先进的定量细胞生物学方法方面的发展和培训。首届植物细胞生物学国际会议（PCBI）将1)促进美国和欧洲实验室之间的知识交流和长期合作，2)加强两大洲下一代创新者的文化理解，3)为植物细胞生物学家提供讨论他们最新研究的机会，发展合作，4)促进新工具的开发，将加速细胞动力学的机制分析。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。

There is a strong need to develop the knowledge base that will enable rational design of improved crop species. To attain this goal, researchers must learn how plant cells integrate metabolism, cytoskeletal organization, and vesicle trafficking during growth and in response to environmental challenges. The first Plant Cell Biology International (PCBI) meeting capitalizes on the interaction between two well-established plant cell biology communities across the Atlantic, the Midwest Plant Cell Dynamics (PCD) and the European Network for Plant Endomembrane Research (ENPER) groups and provides a framework to meet these goals. The focus of this meeting is unique, and features workshops centered on designing an image acquisition and processing pipeline for multi-scale analysis of cellular systems and international collaborations. Keynote speakers for the 2020 meeting are recognized world experts in organelle dynamics and endomembrane trafficking. All participants will network, have the opportunity to present posters, and many early career scientists will have opportunities for oral presentations. There is a growing core of plant cell biologists who seek to better understand the underlying mechanisms of organelle and cell dynamics, and share similar technical challenges to meet their research goals. It’s important to find the most effective ways to employ combinations of quantitative imaging techniques, biochemical techniques, and computational tools to gain a mechanistic understanding of plant cellular systems. Meeting these goals will require data sharing and the development and training of faculty, post-doctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students in state-of-the-art quantitative cell biology methods. The first Plant Cell Biology International (PCBI) meeting will 1) advance intellectual exchange and longer term collaborations between US- and Europe-based laboratories, 2) enhance the cultural understanding of next generation of innovators in both continents, 3) provide the opportunity for plant cell biologist to discuss their latest research, develop collaborations, and 4) promote the development of new tools that will accelerate mechanistic analyses of cell dynamics.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.