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

该奖项支持美国生理学学会定于2002年8月24-28日在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行的题为“比较生理学的力量：进化、整合和应用”的会议。这次会议的基本目标是聚集比较生物学家，他们利用各种方法，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了解生理过程和特征。会议将突出自上次大型比较生理学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。这项建议的具体目标是：1)召集一个国际公认的跨学科研究小组，探索由于将各种新工具和技术纳入该学科而发生的快速变化；2)通过旅行奖励计划，促进青年科学家的广泛参与，重点是女性和未被充分代表的少数群体；以及3)新的研究人员和学生有兴趣利用比较方法进行研究，以了解生理过程和特征。

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.