Comparative and Integrative Vision Research, SICB Conference, Toronto, Canada January 2003

本次比较与综合视觉研究研讨会是综合与比较生物学学会(SICB)年会的一部分。它涉及视觉方面的最新进展，计划整合了包括发育、分子生物学、光学和感觉生态学以及进化在内的多学科工作。会议强调新的和更成熟的调查人员之间的跨学科互动。加拿大多伦多会议的国际性加强了对社会新人的介绍。资金帮助与会者参加会议的旅行奖励。通过会议上的讨论和在《综合与比较生物学》杂志上发表的文章，影响超越了感觉神经科学，扩展到感觉生态学和进化生物学领域。强调研究生和本科生的参与对科学教育和培训有进一步的影响。

This Symposium on Comparative & Integrative Vision Research is part of the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB). It addresses recent advances in vision, with a plan that integrates multidisciplinary work including development, molecular biology, optics and sensory ecology, and evolution. The meeting emphasizes interdisciplinary interactions among newer and more established investigators. Introduction of new people to the society is enhanced by the international aspect of the meeting in Toronto, Canada. Funding assists with travel awards for participants to attend the meeting. The impact extends beyond sensory neuroscience to the fields of sensory ecology and evolutionary biology, by discussions at the meeting and publication in the journal Integrative & Comparative Biology. There is a further impact on scientific education and training by the emphasis on graduate and undergraduate participation.