Conference: Barrels Meeting XIX, to be held in Atlanta, GA, October 12 - 13, 2006.

该奖项为“桶会议”提供支持，这是一个一年一度的会议，重点是啮齿动物胡须到桶系统的解剖学、生理学和行为。这次会议为不同实验室和不同科学领域的研究人员之间的互动提供了催化剂。今年，HCBI机构莫尔豪斯学院将担任会议的东道主，同样是HBCI机构的斯佩尔曼学院和克拉克学院也将参加会议。来自代表性不足群体的学生和研究人员将被鼓励参加会议，使他们能够免费参加会议。胡须到桶的途径已成为神经科学中使用最多的模型系统之一。啮齿动物初级躯体感觉皮层中的神经元排列成“桶形”群，对其的研究提供了生理测量和潜在神经元结构之间的直接联系。最近对清醒行为动物的生理记录的研究极大地增加了这种准备的实用性，通过使用现代细胞生物学和遗传学技术研究桶及其皮质下对应物的精确发育，正在回答发育神经生物学和可塑性方面的问题。会议将围绕以下主题安排：搅拌行为中的活动模式、跨物种比较和皮质回路。对于每个主题，将有两到三个受邀的演讲(30分钟)由知名研究人员发表，然后是更多初级研究人员和研究生的4-6个较短(15分钟)的演讲。此外，还将举行招贴会(通常每年提交50-60张海报)。长短演讲和海报演示的组合将为新的研究人员提供充足的机会，向国际上的科学同行观众展示他们的发现。组织者还将邀请“桶社区”以外的个人介绍他们的研究，以使社区接触到新的和令人兴奋的发展。

This award provides support for the "Barrels Meeting", a yearly meeting which focuses on the anatomy, physiology and behavior of the rodent whisker-to-barrel system. The meeting serves as a catalyst for interactions between researchers in different laboratories and different scientific fields. This year, Morehouse College, an HCBI institution, will act as host for the meeting, and Spellman and Clark Colleges, also HBCI institutions, will also participate in the meeting. Students and researchers from underrepresented groups will be encouraged to participate by enabling them to attend the meeting for free of charge The whisker-to-barrel pathway has become one of the most utilized model systems in Neuroscience. Neurons in the rodent primary somatosensory cortex are arranged in "barrelshaped" groups, the study of which provides a direct link between physiological measurements and underlying neuronal structure. Recent studies of physiological recordings from awake behaving animals has greatly increased the utility of this type of preparation, and questions in developmental neurobiology and plasticity are being answered by studying the precise development of the barrels and their subcortical counterparts with modern cell-biological and genetic techniques.The meeting will be arranged around the following themes: Activity patterns during Whisking Behavior, Cross-species Comparisons, and Cortical Circuits. For each theme there will be two or three invited presentations (30 min) delivered by established researchers, followed by 4-6 shorter (15 min) talks by more junior researchers and graduate students. In addition there will a poster session (typically 50-60 posters are presented annually). The mix of long and short talks and poster presentations will provide ample opportunity for new researchers to present their findings to an international audience of scientific peers. The organizers also will invite individuals from outside the "Barrels community" to present their research in order to expose the community to new and exciting developments.