Symposium Support: Integrative Biology of Animal Regeneration - Seattle, WA January 2010

某些动物可以重新生长（再生）失去的身体部位，而其他动物则不能。这是生物学的一个迷人而重要的领域，但为什么只有一些动物具有这种能力仍然知之甚少。本次研讨会的目的是汇集从各种研究角度研究再生的研究人员，以促进研究这一问题的综合方法。十名研究人员从再生生物学的不同角度工作，从分子和细胞生物学到生态学，将介绍目前的研究结果，与会者将讨论该领域的现状和未来研究所需的领域。其他研究人员，包括早期职业科学家，将在简短的谈话中介绍他们的发现。教育工作者和科学家还将分享在课堂和实验室环境中教授再生生物学原理的新方法。妇女、少数民族和早期职业科学家在专题讨论会的主持人和与会者中占有很大比例。预计本次研讨会将有助于促进再生生物学不同子学科之间的必要串扰，并加强未来的研究工作。

Certain animals can regrow (regenerate) lost body parts, whereas others cannot. This is a fascinating and important area of biology, but why only some animals have this ability is still poorly understood. The purpose of this conference symposium is to bring together researchers working on regeneration from a variety of research perspectives in order to foster integrative approaches to studying this question. Ten researchers working from different perspectives in regeneration biology, ranging from molecular and cell biology to ecology, will present current research findings and participants will discuss the state of the field and needed areas for future research. Additional researchers, including early-career scientists, will present their findings in short talks. Educators and scientists will also share novel approaches on teaching principles of regeneration biology in classroom and laboratory settings. Women, minorities, and early career scientists are well represented among the symposium presenters and participants. It is anticipated that this symposium will help foster needed crosstalk between different sub-disciplines of regeneration biology and enhance future research efforts.