Conference: The Biology and Chemistry of Vision, Tucson, AZ, Summer 2003

会议：视觉生物学和化学，亚利桑那州图森，2003 年夏季

• 批准号: 0322230
• 负责人: Wolfgang Baehr
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: Federation of Amer Societies For Exper Biology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2004-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0322230&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Biology; Chemistry; Vision; Tucson

This is the ninth meeting of the series on the Biology & Chemistry of Vision, from the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB), which has met biennially since 1985, with varying topics each time to stress advances in the broad field of vision. Attendance ranges from around 120-160 scientists, with the specific inclusion of at least 10% of junior scientists. The conference is highly interdisciplinary in the approaches discussed, including molecular biology, physiology, biochemistry and genetics. In this particular conference, the stress is on photoreceptor cell components involved in development, visual transduction, dark adaptation, and cell maintenance. The format includes a combination of lectures, periods for extensive informal discussion, and ongoing poster sessions, emphasizing interactions between workers from different fields. The biennial timing allows a good perspective, and this year's focus on photoreceptors and genetics is well matched to the leading edges of visual research, with the welcome addition of evolutionary topics. The potential impact of this conference is high in several subfields of vision, because of the discussions at the talks and at the posters, where there are likely to be interactions and introductions essential to career development of young investigators. Broader impacts also include raising the interest and visibility of young investigators in visual neuroscience, and it seems likely lead to new kinds of collaborative interdisciplinary interactions.

这是美国实验生物学学会联合会（FASEB）关于视觉的生物学和化学系列会议的第九次会议，该协会自1985年以来每两年举行一次会议，每次会议都有不同的主题，以强调在广阔的视觉领域的进步。出席会议的科学家大约在120-160人之间，其中至少有10%的年轻科学家。会议讨论的方法是高度跨学科的，包括分子生物学、生理学、生物化学和遗传学。在这次特别的会议上，重点是参与发育，视觉转导，黑暗适应和细胞维持的感光细胞成分。其形式包括讲座、广泛的非正式讨论和持续的海报会议，强调来自不同领域的工作者之间的互动。两年一次的时间安排提供了一个很好的视角，今年对光感受器和遗传学的关注与视觉研究的前沿很好地匹配，并增加了受欢迎的进化主题。由于在会谈和海报上的讨论，本次会议在几个视觉子领域的潜在影响很高，其中可能会有对年轻研究者的职业发展至关重要的互动和介绍。更广泛的影响还包括提高年轻研究者对视觉神经科学的兴趣和知名度，它似乎可能导致新型的跨学科合作互动。