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

某些动物可以再生失去的身体部位，而另一些动物则不能。这是生物学中一个迷人而重要的领域，但为什么只有一些动物有这种能力，人们仍然知之甚少。本次会议研讨会的目的是将研究再生的研究人员从不同的研究角度聚集在一起，以促进研究这一问题的综合方法。十名研究人员从不同的角度研究再生生物学，从分子和细胞生物学到生态学，他们将展示当前的研究成果，与会者将讨论该领域的现状和未来研究的需要。其他研究人员，包括早期职业科学家，将在简短的演讲中展示他们的发现。教育工作者和科学家还将在课堂和实验室环境中分享关于再生生物学教学原理的新方法。妇女、少数民族和早期职业科学家在研讨会的演讲者和参与者中有很好的代表性。预计这次研讨会将有助于促进再生生物学不同分支学科之间的必要交流，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.