Conference: 2023 Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism, and Function

该奖项支持2023年1月29日至2月3日在德克萨斯州加尔维斯顿举行的戈登植物脂质：结构、代谢和功能研究会议和研讨会的参与者的注册和差旅费。脂质是植物生长、发育和对环境变化和挑战的反应所必需的。由于这一点及其高能量价值，脂质也成为人类利益的重要可再生资源。脂质是食品、饲料、生物燃料和生物制品的重要来源。世界各地的植物生物学家正在共同努力，以应对人类对食物和可再生燃料日益增长的需求。为了实现这一目标，在分子和细胞尺度上取得的进展以及在理解恢复力和环境适应机制方面取得的进展必须与高价值产品生产相结合。戈登植物脂研究会议和研讨会将世界一流的植物脂科学家聚集在美国，在这一关键需求上取得进展。预计所有与会者都将对基础和应用植物脂科学的长期挑战有更深入的了解，以及与会者的不同研究项目如何共同适应潜在的科学解决方案，造福人类。此外，早期职业科学家将为他们未来的职业生涯提供更清晰的方向，并且在植物脂质领域的科学家倡导和多样性方面的新合作和改进是预期的结果。2023年戈登植物脂类研究会议和研讨会的目标是将有远见的领导者和早期职业科学家聚集在一起，讨论与植物脂类相关的生物力学、代谢和能量学方面的最新技术进展和研究，以及如何将这些基本发现转化为人类利益的新机会。会议发言人将被邀请发表一篇关于植物脂质的特别期刊，并将发表一份书面报告，强调植物脂研究的现状，并确定差距和新兴机会。会议的其他目标是通过以下方式扩大参与：(1)增加学生，博士后研究员和代表性不足群体成员的参与，以提高植物脂质研究界的弹性；(2)创造一个充满活力、包容的环境，欢迎来自各行各业、政府部门和学术界的各种种族、国籍和性别的职业生涯早期、中期和晚期的科学家分享他们最新的、未发表的研究成果，以造福于该领域。所有研讨会的参与者都是职业生涯早期的科学家，会议邀请的演讲者中有三分之一也是如此，所有人都将从会议的科学讨论和交流机会中受益。还包括以职业指导和多样性宣传为重点的具体活动。该奖项由bio - ios -生理机制和生物力学项目和bio - mcb -细胞动力学和功能集群共同资助。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。

This award supports registration and travel expenses for participants in the Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism, and Function, held in Galveston, Texas, on January 29 - February 3, 2023. Lipids are essential for plant growth, development, and responses to environmental change and challenges. Because of this and their high energy value, lipids also serve as important renewable resources for human benefit. Lipids are a critical source of food, feed, biofuel, and bioproducts. Plant biologists worldwide are working together to respond to humanity’s growing need for food and renewable fuels. To accomplish this, advances made at the molecular and cellular scales and advances in understanding mechanisms of resilience and environmental adaptation must be integrated with high-value product production. The Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Plant Lipids brings world-class plant lipid scientists together in the United States to make progress on this critical need. It is expected that all meeting participants will gain a greater understanding of the long-term challenges in both basic and applied plant lipid sciences and how participants’ diverse research programs collectively fit within a portfolio of potential scientific solutions that benefit humanity. In addition, early-career scientists will leave with a clearer direction for their future careers, and new collaborations and improvement in scientist advocacy and diversity in the plant lipid field are expected outcomes.It is the goal of the 2023 Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Plant Lipids to bring together visionary leaders and early-career scientists to discuss the latest technological advances and research in biomechanics, metabolism, and energetics associated with plant lipids, and how these basic discoveries can be leveraged into new opportunities for human benefit. Conference speakers will be invited to contribute to a special journal issue on plant lipids, and a written report that highlights the current state of plant lipid research and identifies gaps and emerging opportunities will result from the award. Additional objectives of the meetings are to broaden participation by (1) increasing participation by students, post-doctoral fellows, and members from underrepresented groups, in order to improve the resilience of the plant lipid research community; and (2) creating a dynamic, inclusive environment in which early-, mid-, and late-career scientists from industry, government, and academia of all ethnicities, nationalities, and genders feel welcomed to share their newest, unpublished research for the benefit of the field. All Seminar participants are early-career scientists, as are one-third of the Conference’s invited speakers, and all will benefit from the meetings’ scientific discussions and networking opportunities. Specific activities focused on career mentoring and diversity advocacy are also included. This award is co-funded by the BIO-IOS-Physiological Mechanisms and Biomechanics program and the BIO-MCB-Cellular Dynamics and Function cluster.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.