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This book is a collection of stories, reflections and advice
written by proficient scientists. They address the question of what
doing science means to them, and describe attitudes and working
practices that have proved effective and rewarding. The book is
aimed in particular at young people who are attracted by science or
already undertaking undergraduate studies, and who are considering
making science their long-term profession. It will also be helpful
and revealing to early-career scientists who are searching for
their own best route to success. The book serves as a platform for
experienced scientists to describe their original inclination, how
that subjective disposition found its expression in their way of
doing science, whether their expectations were met, and what
achievements they can claim. But it is not restricted to success:
contributors also share details of the limitations and failures
they have encountered. Last but not least they describe how they
see science now, how they think it will be in the near future, and
what advice they would give to the their much younger colleagues.
Readers will appreciate the diversity of the individual paths
shaped by different education, motivation, ambition, inclination,
intuition, feeling, belief and eligibility. At the same time the
stories confirm that science relies on a translation of this
subjective level into an objective level, one that is shared and
accepted by the international scientific community, and whose
results are produced with a commonly accepted and fully rational
scientific method of investigation.
Essential processes in biology such as cell and nuclear division,
development, intracellular transport and physiological response,
rely on the perception of environmental and intracellular signals
and their transduction to subcellular targets. The mechanisms by
which these signals are received by cells and transduced towards
the proper targets by cytoskeletal components constitute one of the
most important and rapidly developing areas in modern plant
biology. In addition, fundamentally important responses of plants
to biotic and abiotic factors also involve signalling to and
through the cytoskeleton, which helps explain the current interest
of biotechnology in this field of fundamental research.
Manipulation of cytoskeletal components, the microtubules and
microfilaments, had, until recently, not been a priority issue for
plant biotechnology. However, given the fundamental role of the
cytoskeleton during plant growth and development, the potential for
biotechnological applications is immense. The NATO Advanced
Research Workshop, "The Plant Cytoskeleton: Genomic and
Bioinformatic Tools for Biotechnology and Agriculture" was held in
Yalta, Ukraine, from September 19 to 23, 2006 - which continued the
tradition of the first two International Symposia "Plant
Cytoskeleton: Molecular Keys for Biotechnology" (Yalta, Ukraine,
1998) and "The Plant Cytoskeleton: functional diversity and
biotechnological implications" (Kiev, Ukraine, 2002).
Essential processes in biology such as cell and nuclear division,
development, intracellular transport and physiological response,
rely on the perception of environmental and intracellular signals
and their transduction to subcellular targets. The mechanisms by
which these signals are received by cells and transduced towards
the proper targets by cytoskeletal components constitute one of the
most important and rapidly developing areas in modern plant
biology. In addition, fundamentally important responses of plants
to biotic and abiotic factors also involve signalling to and
through the cytoskeleton, which helps explain the current interest
of biotechnology in this field of fundamental research.
Manipulation of cytoskeletal components, the microtubules and
microfilaments, had, until recently, not been a priority issue for
plant biotechnology. However, given the fundamental role of the
cytoskeleton during plant growth and development, the potential for
biotechnological applications is immense. The NATO Advanced
Research Workshop, "The Plant Cytoskeleton: Genomic and
Bioinformatic Tools for Biotechnology and Agriculture" was held in
Yalta, Ukraine, from September 19 to 23, 2006 - which continued the
tradition of the first two International Symposia "Plant
Cytoskeleton: Molecular Keys for Biotechnology" (Yalta, Ukraine,
1998) and "The Plant Cytoskeleton: functional diversity and
biotechnological implications" (Kiev, Ukraine, 2002).
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