Conference on Neural Control of Behavior: Los Angeles, CA: March 14 -17, 2002

这次为期三天的会议将为行为神经控制领域的创新研究提供一个深入对话的论坛。前两天将专门举行一个向科学界开放的专题讨论会。会议分为四个部分：不同时间域的神经分泌；行为的遗传解剖；神经元可塑性和再生过程中局部蛋白的合成《学习与记忆：新方向》。演讲者将讨论广泛的物种（从无脊椎动物到哺乳动物）和实验方法（从分子和细胞到行为水平的分析）。会议的第三天将专门举行一个只有发言人参加的讲习班，在那里他们将探讨如何利用研讨会期间讨论的信息将各自的研究领域推向新的方向。这次会议的目的是：把研究人员聚集在一起，他们提出类似的问题，但使用不同的物种和不同的实验方法；促进使用简单的系统来解决复杂的生物问题；促进年轻科学家——尤其是女性科学家——与该领域的知名研究人员和领导者之间的互动。演讲者使用现代的尖端技术来解决行为神经控制领域的问题。通过将这些研究人员聚集在一起，并为他们提供一个讨论他们工作的论坛，可以有效地传播这样的信息：这些现代技术在各种动物系统中得到了巨大的成功。本次会议将为神经科学领域的进步提供一个重要的跨学科交流机制。

This three-day conference will provide a forum for in-depth dialogue on innovative research in the area of Neural Control of Behavior. The first two days will be devoted to a symposium that will be open to the scientific community. There will be four sessions: Neurosecretion Over Different Time Domains; Genetic Dissection of Behavior; Local Protein Synthesis During Neuronal Plasticity and Regeneration; and Learning and Memory: New Directions. The speakers will discuss a wide spectrum of species (use of invertebrates to mammals) and experimental approaches (from molecular and cellular to behavioral levels of analyses). The third day of the meeting will be devoted to a workshop among only the speakers, where they will explore ways in which information discussed during the symposium can be used to take their respective research areas in new directions. This conference aims to: Bring together researchers who are asking similar questions, but are using different species and different experimental approaches; Promote the use of simple systems for addressing complex biological problems; Promote interaction between junior scientists - women in particular - and established investigators and leaders in the field. The speakers use modern, cutting-edge technologies for addressing problems in the area of Neural Control of Behavior. By bringing together these researchers, and giving them a forum for discussing their work, the message can be effectively spread that these modern techniques are being used with great success in a wide variety of animal systems. This conference will provide an important interdisciplinary communications-mechanism for advancements in the neuroscience community.