Cellular Cytoskeleton Conference at Colorado State University

这是一个为期5天的细胞骨架研讨会，将于2010年夏天在科罗拉多州立大学的Pingree Park举行，题目是：细胞的细胞骨架：有丝分裂，运动和细胞极化的共同组织原则。本次会议的主题将是使用定量实验和理论来深入了解（i）复杂的细胞骨架结构的行为是如何从组成它们的单个分子中产生的，以及（ii）细胞骨架的这些动态特性如何在有丝分裂，运动和细胞极化过程中被细胞使用。会议将汇集一组约60名研究人员和研究生，他们对跨学科研究感兴趣，接触和/或接受过培训，但不一定是细胞骨架动力学多个领域或技术的专家。研讨会将分为上午和晚上的会议，邀请细胞生物学，生物物理学，生物化学，显微镜，遗传学和理论建模方面的专家发言。目标是受邀发言的妇女占30%以上，参与者中妇女占40%以上。组织者将选择和支持申请人谁是少数民族和/或残疾人。本次会议将通过促进来自不同领域的研究生相互交流，实现扩大研究生教育的重要目标。组织者计划发布一份报告，总结会议期间发展的新颖想法和合作。

This is a 5-day workshop on the cytoskeleton to be held in Pingree Park, Colorado State University in the summer of 2010, entitled: The Cellular Cytoskeleton: Common Organizing Principles in Mitosis, Motility and Cell Polarization. The main theme of this meeting will be on using quantitative experiments and theory to gain insight into (i) how the behaviors of complex cytoskeletal structure arises from the individual molecules from which they are composed, and (ii) how these dynamic properties of the cytoskeleton are used by cells during mitosis, motility, and cell polarization. The conference will bring together a group of about 60 researchers and graduate students that have an interest, exposure and/or training in interdisciplinary research but who are not necessarily experts in multiples areas or techniques of cytoskeletal dynamics. The workshop will be organized into morning and evening sessions with invited speakers who are experts in cell biology, biophysics, biochemistry, microscopy, genetics and theoretical modeling. The target is more than 30% of women invited speakers and more than 40% women participants. The organizerss will select and provide support for applicants who are minorities and/or persons with disabilities. This conference will fulfill an important goal of broadening graduate student education by facilitating interactions of graduate students from diverse areas with each other. The organizers plan to publish a report summarizing the novel ideas and collaborations that developed during the meeting.