Symposium: "Integrative Aspects of Epithelial Structure and Function," in Chicago, Illinois, on January 4-7, 2001

研讨会：“上皮结构和功能的综合方面”，2001 年 1 月 4-7 日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行

• 批准号: 0096764
• 负责人: Timothy Bradley
• 金额: $ 0.3万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-12-15 至 2001-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0096764&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Symposium; Integrative; Aspects; Epithelial; Structure

This grant will provide funding in support of a symposium to be presented at the annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Chicago on January 4-7, 2001. The symposium is entitled "Integrative Aspects of Epithelial Structure and Function". The symposium will feature great vertical diversity of experimental approaches, ranging from molecular analyses, through epithelial structure and function, to whole animal performance. Epithelia, which consist of sheets of cells, serve vital functions in multi-cellular organisms. Many epithelia (i.e. skin, gut, and the lining of blood vessels) serve a vital function as barriers. These same barriers simultaneously play a crucial role in transporting important molecules into and out of the body. The speakers will discuss recent findings regarding the functions of epithelia that relate to diseases such as cystic fibrosis, novel mechanisms of hormone function, and cellular protection against environmental stresses. The speaker list has been selected for its diversity. It contains senior and well-established figures in the field, as well as new investigators who have not had numerous opportunities to present their work. It includes tenured faulty as well as non-tenured faculty, graduate students and researchers. The symposium is novel, therefore, both for the breadth with which epithelial structure and function are approached, and for the juxtaposition of senior established scientists and outstanding new researchers, in a comprehensive view of structure, mechanism and control in epithelia.

这笔赠款将用于资助将于2001年1月4日至7日在芝加哥举行的综合与比较生物学学会年会上举行的研讨会。研讨会的题目是“上皮结构和功能的综合方面”。研讨会将以实验方法的巨大垂直多样性为特色，从分子分析到上皮结构和功能，再到整个动物性能。上皮由多层细胞组成，在多细胞生物体中起着至关重要的作用。许多上皮细胞(如皮肤、肠道和血管的内层)起着重要的屏障作用。这些屏障同时在将重要分子运入和运出体内的过程中起着至关重要的作用。演讲者将讨论与囊性纤维化等疾病有关的上皮功能的最新发现，激素功能的新机制，以及针对环境压力的细胞保护。发言者名单因其多样性而被选中。它包括该领域的资深和知名人物，以及新的调查人员，他们没有多少机会介绍他们的工作。它包括终身教职员工和非终身教职员工、研究生和研究人员。因此，这次研讨会是新颖的，既是因为探讨上皮结构和功能的广度，也是因为资深知名科学家和杰出的新研究人员在全面了解上皮的结构、机制和控制方面的并列。