2016 Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton Gordon Research Conference
Abstract
The overall objective of this funding is to partially support the 2016 Gordon Research Conference on Plant and Microbial Cytoskeleton--The Mechanics of Building Cells in Plants and Microbes . (1) Create a strong scientific program focused on mechanics of building a cell in diverse organisms to gain unique evolutionary perspectives on fundamental principles that guide cellular mechanics. (2) Bring together a diverse group of speakers, including junior investigators and thought-leaders, as well as students and post-doctoral researchers. (3) Promote cross-disciplinary fertilization of new ideas by providing researchers an unparalleled opportunity to learn overarching principles governing cellular mechanics and dynamics. Researchers who attend this conference use a variety of approaches, from theoretical and computational modeling to experimental, including genetics, cell biology, physics, and structural biology. The proposed Gordon Conference entitled ÒThe Mechanics of Building Cells in Plants and MicrobesÓ to be held at Proctor Academy, Andover, New Hampshire, August 14-19, 2016 will bring together a diverse array of senior and junior investigators. The program is interdisciplinary in several respects. It crosses organism boundaries, bringing together scientists studying the cytoskeleton in divergent classes of organisms who do not typically encounter one another at conferences and many of whom will be unfamiliar with each other s work prior to the conference. In addition, the program also traverses disciplinary boundaries, featuring speakers employing diverse experimental approaches including advanced microscopy methods, molecular genetic and reverse genetic approaches, in vitro biochemical approaches, and mathematical modeling. Most invited speakers will discuss work using two or more such approaches. The aim is to illustrate to all conference participants how diverse approaches can be integrated with more traditional ones, and how consideration of diverse organisms can reveal new principles and spark new ideas for understanding cytoskeletal regulation and function. The program also includes a roundtable discussion of challenges women face in science and a dedicated session of short talks highlighting accomplishments of early investigators.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610295
Entities
People
- Magdalena Bezanilla
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Gordon Research Conferences
- United States Army