Conference on The Power of Comparative Physiology, to be held August 24-28, 2002 in San Diego, California

该奖项将支持美国生理学会于2002年8月24日至28日在加州圣地亚哥召开的题为“比较生理学的力量：进化、整合与应用”的会议。本次会议的基本目标是将比较生物学家聚集在一起，他们利用多种方法，包括分子、细胞、器官和有机体生理学/生物化学、功能形态学、生物力学和生物物理学、生态学和进化生物学来理解生理过程和特征。会议将重点介绍自上次比较生理学大型会议以来取得的成就，更重要的是，将提供一个展示新方向和新方法的论坛。本提案的具体目标是：1)召集一个国际公认的跨学科研究小组，探讨由于将各种新工具和技术纳入该学科而导致的比较生理学的快速变化；2)通过旅行奖励计划，促进年轻科学家的广泛参与，重点是女性和代表性不足的少数民族；3)使新的研究人员和学生对使用比较方法来理解生理过程和特征的研究感兴趣。

This award supports an American Physiological Society conference entitled "The Power Of Comparative Physiology: Evolution, Integration And Application," scheduled for August 24-28, 2002 in San Diego, California. The fundamental goal of this conference is to bring together comparative biologists who utilize a diversity of approaches including molecular, cellular, organ, and organismal physiology/biochemistry, functional morphology, biomechanics and biophysics, ecology and evolutionary biology to understand physiological processes and traits. The meeting will highlight the accomplishments that have occurred since the last large meeting on comparative physiology, and more importantly, will provide a forum to showcase new directions and approaches.The specific aims of this proposal are to: 1) Convene an internationally recognized interdisciplinary group of investigators to explore the rapid changes that comparative physiology has undergone as a result of the incorporation of a variety of new tools and technologies into the discipline; 2) Promote widespread participation of young scientists with an emphasis on women and under-represented minorities, through a travel award program; and 3) Interest new investigators and students in pursuing research using comparative approaches to understand physiological processes and traits.