UC Davis-Nature Conference: Harnessing the Plant Microbiome

近年来，植物微生物组研究的进展吸引了全球不同的研究人员。NSF的资金将用于支持学生和早期职业研究人员参加将于2021年10月22日至24日举行的UC Davis-Nature会议：利用植物微生物组。 会议将涵盖广泛的主题，包括跨王国相互作用，分子信号和通信，植物微生物生态学，微生物组分析以及生物技术和农业管理。受邀演讲者将包括领先的国际专家，为与会者提供一个难得的机会，了解这一快速发展的研究领域的前沿进展和概念。此外，与行业代表，一些受邀演讲者和期刊编辑建立联系的机会为学生，博士后研究员和早期职业研究人员提供了额外的好处。预计这次会议将对农业生物技术产生重大影响，从而对应对社会挑战的能力产生重大影响，例如在人口增长，经济发展和气候变化的压力导致对作物生产力需求增加的时代，粮食安全和环境可持续性。 新的方法创新使人们在理解植物微生物组的复杂性及其跨王国相互作用方面取得了重大进展，并为农业生态系统的可持续发展奠定了基础。利用植物微生物组实现这些目标，对于加快解决人类面临的挑战，如粮食安全，食品安全和环境可持续性，具有巨大的希望。加州大学戴维斯分校和自然会议（https：//conferences.nature.com/）合作举办了“利用植物微生物组”虚拟会议，旨在促进跨学科的讨论和合作以及公私伙伴关系在这个令人兴奋的研究领域的当前和新兴主题。会议记录，包括最终的计划议程和演讲摘要，将通过会议网站公开，并将与自然会议媒体联系，以达到全球范围。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。

In recent years, advances in plant microbiome research have engaged a diverse global community of researchers. NSF funds will be used to support the participation of students and early career investigators in the UC Davis-Nature Conference: Harnessing the Plant Microbiome, to be held virtually on October 22-24, 2021. The conference will cover a wide range of topics, including cross-kingdom interactions, molecular signals and communication, plant microbial ecology, microbiome analytics, and biotechnology and agricultural management. Invited speakers will include leading international experts, providing an exceptional opportunity for conference participants to hear about advances and concepts at the cutting edge of this rapidly growing field of research. In addition, opportunities to network with industry representatives, some invited speakers, and journal editors provide added benefits for students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career researchers. It is expected that this conference will have a significant impact on agricultural biotechnology, and consequently on the ability to meet societal challenges such as food security and environmental sustainability in an era of increased need for crop productivity due to the pressures of population growth, economic development, and climate change. New methodological innovations have enabled major advances in understanding the complexity of plant microbiomes and their cross-kingdom interactions and establishing a basis for sustainable development of agroecosystems. Harnessing the plant microbiome towards these goals holds great promise to expedite solutions to the challenges facing humanity, such as food security, food safety, and environmental sustainability. UC Davis and Nature Conferences (https://conferences.nature.com/) have partnered to host the “Harnessing the Plant Microbiome” virtual conference which aims to foster interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations and public-private partnerships on the current and emerging themes in this exciting research area. Conference proceedings that include the final program agenda and presentation abstracts will be made publicly available through the conference website and will be associated with the Nature Conferences media outlet for a global reach.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.