Society for Developmental Biology 65th Annual Meeting, June 17-21, 2006 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

第65届发育生物学学会年会将于2006年6月17日至21日在密歇根州安娜堡的密歇根大学举行。在过去的67年里，该学会组织了世界范围内的主要发育生物学会议，只有两次在第二次世界大战期间缺席。在过去的十几年里，会议的规模增加了两倍多（从1993年的不到300个增加到2005年的不到1000个），摘要提交也做得很好（从不到200个增加到近800个）。所提议的活动的智力价值是什么？与会者将展示他们的最新数据，其中许多尚未发表，为该领域的知识进步做出贡献。由于它已经成为一个成功的传统，在平台和海报形式的科学会议包括不同的生物，包括植物，无脊椎动物和脊椎动物的工作。全体会议：基因组学和基因网络，发展的进化，发展中的模式形成。同期会议：发育和衰老，发育中的新遗传机制，动植物干细胞，细胞-细胞信号传导，寻路和超越模式生物。将从提交的摘要中选择大约24名额外的演讲者在同期会议上进行简短的演讲，以便包括最新的结果，并为初级研究人员提供一个向大量听众发表演讲的机会，因为他们将被优先考虑。本次会议将首次召开博士后专题讨论会。它由博士后管理，邀请的演讲者将是博士后。在6月前举行的2006年深发展区域会议上，将从提交的摘要和博士后演讲获奖者中选出简短的演讲。这次会议的另一个“第一”是将于6月16日和17日举行的新教员新兵训练营。专业发展和教育委员会的成员组织了这次新的活动，包括模式生物的实践实验，课程设计，指导和实验室管理。新入职的SDB成员（工作时间不超过5年）都可以申请参加这个夏令营。生命科学中的酷职业选择和拨款写作研讨会完成了教育课程，这是学会对培训未来发育生物学家的严肃承诺。建议的活动有何更广泛的影响？除了传播该领域的新科学发现外，与会者还将有充分的机会在教育会议和新教师训练营期间讨论与职业、赠款和资金以及发育生物学教学的各个方面有关的问题。新的、专门的博士后研讨会将为这些几乎独立的年轻研究人员提供一个机会来组织他们自己的会议，包括审查摘要和选择最合适的简短演讲——这是对同行评议过程的一瞥。预计出席人数约为800人，其中大多数人将在每天的专门海报会议上展示他们的新数据。这些围绕海报的社交时间将提供一个论坛，让初级和高级研究人员聚集在一起，让他们就科学、教育和科学在当今社会中的作用交换意见。校园内的聚餐将为参与者扩大讨论和交流的机会。旅游奖将提供给未被充分代表的少数民族、学生、博士后、主要本科院校的教职员工以及拉丁美洲的教职员工和学生参加会议。

PROJECT SUMMARYFunds are requested for partial support of the 65th Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, to be held June 17-21, 2006, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. The Society has organized the major worldwide meeting in developmental biology for the past 67 years, missing only two during World War II. The meeting size has more than tripled over the last dozen years (from less than 300 in 1993 to just under 1,000 in 2005) and abstract submissions have done just as well (from less than 200 to almost 800).1. What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?Participants will be presenting their latest data, many yet to be published, contributing to advancement of knowledge in the field. As it has become a successful tradition, the scientific sessions in platform and poster formats encompass work on diverse organisms including plants, invertebrates and vertebrates. All the invited speakers listed in the preliminary program have accepted the invitation to tell us about some of their most exciting findings in the following areas:- Plenary Sessions: Genomics and Gene Networks, Evolution of Development, Pattern Formation in Development.- Concurrent Sessions: Development and Senescence, Novel Genetic Mechanisms in Development, Stem Cells in Animals and Plants, Cell-cell Signaling, Pathfinding and Beyond Model Organisms.About 24 additional speakers will be chosen from submitted abstracts for short talks in the concurrent sessions, allowing the inclusion of the latest results and providing an opportunity for junior investigators to address a large audience, as priority will be given to them. A Postdoctoral Symposium will take place for the first time at this meeting. It is run by postdoctoral fellows, and the invited speakers will be postdocs. Short talks will be selected from submitted abstracts and winners of postdoctoral presentations at the 2006 SDB regional meetings held before June.Another "first" at this meeting is a Boot Camp for New Faculty to be held on June 16, and 17. Members of the Professional Development and Education Committee organized this new event which will include sessions on Hands-on lab with model organisms, Course design, Mentoring and Lab management. SDB members who are new faculty (up to 5-years in the job) are invited to apply for a seat in this camp. Cool Career Choices in Life Sciences and Grant Writing Workshop complete the educational sessions, a serious commitment of the Society to training of future developmental biologists.2. What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?Besides dissemination of new scientific findings in the field, meeting participants will have ampleopportunity to discuss issues related to careers, grants and funding, and the various aspects of teaching developmental biology during the education sessions and the boot camp for new faculty. The new, dedicated postdoctoral symposium will offer a chance for these almost-independent young investigators to organize their own sessions, including review of abstracts and selection of the most appropriate ones for short talks - a glimpse into the peer review process.Attendance is expected to be about 800 people and most of them will present their new datain the dedicated poster sessions each day. These social hours around the posters will provide a forum to bring together junior and senior investigators and to allow them to exchange ideas on science, education and the role of science in today's society. The common meals taken on campus will extend the discussion and networking opportunities for the participants. Travel awards will be available to bring underrepresented minorities, students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions, and Latin American faculty and students to attend the meeting.