Conference: Comparative Physiology 2006: Integrating Diversity, to be held in Virgina Beach on October 8-11, 2006.

该项目为计划于2006年10月8日至11日在弗吉尼亚州弗吉尼亚海滩举行的APS会议“比较生理学2006：整合多样性”提供支持。会议汇集了有兴趣使用生物多样性作为研究生理过程的框架的高级和初级研究人员。比较的方法明确承认，统一的原则可以从不同的环境和进化历史的动物的研究。为了实现这些目标，正在用“非标准”（通常是非哺乳动物）生物体进行尖端研究。因此，奥古斯特·克罗（August Krogh）的著名格言（“克罗原理”）指出，对于生理学中的任何问题，都存在一些有机体，在这些有机体中，该问题的研究成果最多。会议证明了用于研究生理学的方法和应用的广度。会议还将激励、教育和鼓励仍在接受培训的年轻调查人员进入这一调查领域。会议为这些年轻的研究人员提供了一个与更成熟的研究人员互动的论坛。为此，将为受训科学家提供许多旅行奖励，并将举行特别的海报讨论会，让他们能够介绍他们的工作。这一建议的具体目标包括：1）召集一个国际公认的跨学科研究小组参加APS会议，重点是利用多种生物体研究生理过程，并概述未来工作的方向; 2）通过设立旅行奖励计划，促进青年科学家广泛参与这次会议，重点是妇女和代表性不足的少数民族;以及3）有趣的新的调查人员和学生在追求研究机会，重点是使用比较方法，以认识到统一的原则，可以从不同的环境和进化历史的动物研究。

This project provides support for the APS Conference on "Comparative Physiology 2006: Integrating Diversity," scheduled for October 8-11, 2006 in Virginia Beach, VA. The conference brings together senior and junior researchers interested in using the diversity of organisms as a framework for studying physiological processes. The comparative approach explicitly recognizes that unifying principles can be derived from studies of animals from diverse environments and evolutionary histories. In pursuit of these objectives, cutting edge research is being conducted with "non-standard," often nonmammalian, organisms. Thus, the famous dictum of August Krogh (the "Krogh Principle") states that for any problem in physiology, there exists some organism in which the problem is most fruitfully studied. The conference exemplifies the breadth of approaches and applications used to study physiology. The conference will also stimulate, educate and encourage young investigators who are still in training to enter this field of investigation. The conference provides a forum for these young investigators to interact with more established investigators. To this end, many travel awards will be made available for scientists-in-training and special poster-discussion sessions will be held where they can present their work.The specific aims of this proposal include:1) convening an internationally recognized and interdisciplinary group of investigators to an APS Conference focusing on the use of a diversity of organisms to study physiological processes and to outline the directions that future work should take;2) promoting the wide-spread participation of young scientists in this Conference, with an emphasis on women and underrepresented minorities, through the establishment of a travel award program; and3) interesting new investigators and students in pursuing research opportunities focusing on the use of comparative approaches to recognize the unifying principles that can be derived from the study of animals from diverse environments and evolutionary histories.