Progress 06/15/06 to 06/14/07
Outputs
Plant Molecular Biology Gordon Research Conference, July 16-21, 2006, Holderness School, New Hampshire. There were 97 attendees, a bit lower than normal, but there was a competing meeting being held in Lyon, France the same week. 42% of the attendees were female; 20% of the attendees were graduate students and 20% were postdocs. The meeting was very successful. Evaluation forms were filled out by 91 of the attendees. In a score range of 1-5, where 1 is the best, the rankings for the Science/Ideas and Discussion at Session and Posters were 1.5, Management score 1.3, Atmosphere score 1.2. Overall Conference Suitability scored 1.4 Conference fee for ALL student and postdoctoral attendees was fully or partially supported, as were conference fees and partial travel expenses for all invited speakers, and partial support was provided to those chosen for short talks. In addition, expenses were partially covered for several international attendees. In all, 76 of the 97
attendees received some financial support. The USDA funds were used for 16 attendees; specifically the conference fees for 5 students and 8 postdocs were fully supported, while partial conference fee support was provided to 3 early career investigators. Much of the work discussed had very recently been published or was to be published in the following months: Examples include: -Hay, A. and Tsiantis, M. (2006) The genetic basis for differences in leaf form between Arabidopsis thaliana and its wild relative Cardamine hirsuta. Nature Genetics 38 (8), 942-947. -Navarro, L., Dunoyer,P. Arnold, B., Dharmasiri, N., Estelle, M., Voinnet, O. and Jones, J.D.G. (2006) A Plant miRNA Contributes to Antibacterial Resistance by Repressing Auxin Signaling. Science. 312, 436-439. -Schwachtje J; Minchin PEH; Jahnke S; van Dongen J; Schittko U; Baldwin IT (2006) SNF1-related kinases allow plants to tolerate herbivory by allocating carbon to roots. PNAS 103, 12935-12940. -Tan, X., Calderon-Villalobos,
L.I.A., Sharon, M., Zheng, C., Robinson, C.V., Estelle, M. and Zheng, N. (2007) Mechanism of auxin perception by the TIR1 ubiquitin ligase. Nature 446, 640-644. -Li, C.F., Pontes, O., El-Shami, M., Henderson, I.R., Bernatavichute, Y.V., Chan, S.W.L., Lagrange, T., Pikaard, C.S. and Jacobsen, S.E. (2006) An ARGONAUTE4-containing nuclear processing center colocalized with Cajal bodies in Arabidopsis thaliana. Cell, 126, 93-106. And some from the selected short talks, for example: -Katiyar-Agarwal, S, Morgan, R, Dahlbeck, D, Borsani, O, Villegas Jr, A, Zhu, J-K, Staskawicz, B and Jin, H (2006) A pathogen-inducible endogenous siRNAs in plant immunity. PNAS 103:18002-18007. -Braun,D.R., Ma,Y., Inada, N., Muszynski, M.G. Baker, R.F. (2006) tie-dyed1 Regulates Carbohydrate Accumulation in Maize Leaves. Plant Physiol. 142: 1511-1522. In the interest of promoting the presentation of unpublished and frontier-breaking research, Gordon Research Conferences does not permit publication of meeting
proceedings. I want to personally thank you for your support of this Conference. If you wish any further details, please feel free to contact me. Thank you. Sheila McCormick, Chair & Project Director
Impacts
The Gordon Conference format provides an excellent training opportunity for younger scientists since the small size and traditional informality of the GRC format provides a unique opportunity for researchers at all career stages to interact closely with the more senior researchers in our field, share information, and develop long-lasting ties that often reach across disciplines. Young scientists, including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and young faculty, are invited to present their latest work during several poster sessions at the conference.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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