Gordon Research Conference — Plant Lipids: Structure, Metabolism and Function

Lipids are essential for plant growth, development, and environmental adaptation and serve as important renewable sources of food, feed, biofuel, and industrial feedstocks. Plant lipids are also at the core of our energy economy, as lipids form the photosynthetic membranes and neutral storage lipids represent an energy-dense reservoir of reduced carbon and fuel. These benefits, which are critical to human society, underscore the importance of understanding how lipids are produced and function within plants. It is the goal of the 2023 meeting to bring together visionary leaders, stakeholders, and academic scientists to discuss the latest findings and technological advances in basic lipid research and identify how these discoveries can be leveraged to create new opportunities for human benefit.

Topics: Using Basic Plant Lipid Science to Drive Functional Changes for Human Benefit