Conference: 2011 Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution & Neurobiology Gordon Research Seminar; Stonehill College, Massachusetts

该提案要求部分支持研究生和博士后研究员参加国际神经行为学会议，作为戈登研究会议系列的一部分。会议将于2011年8月14日至19日在美国马萨诸塞州的斯通希尔学院举行，之前将举办一个专门为研究生和博士后研究人员举办的戈登研究研讨会（8月13日至14日）。本次会议的长期目标是增加我们对神经回路的发展，功能和进化的理解。2011年的会议有几个部分，调查动物如何生活在他们的物种特异性的感官世界。关键问题是：我们能否利用对感觉系统的理解将神经科学和生态学联系起来？ 本次会议的具体目的是召集代表神经行为学研究前沿的领导人，在学术环境中举行为期5天的会议，以促进互动。戈登研究研讨会和戈登研究会议的组织者将针对在科学中代表性不足的少数民族提供财政支持，并将优先考虑参加第一次戈登研究会议的研究生和博士后研究员。戈登研究研讨会的更广泛的影响将是为研究生和博士后研究人员创造一个机会，在一个开放的，非正式的气氛中讨论神经行为学的现在和未来，这将使年轻的科学家从接下来的戈登研究会议中获得最大的利益。

This proposal requests partial support for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to attend an international meeting on neuroethology as part of the Gordon Research Conference series. The meeting will be held at Stonehill College, Massachusetts, USA, August 14-19, 2011, and will be preceded by a Gordon Research Seminar (August 13-14) developed specifically for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. The long-term goal of this ongoing conference is to increase our understanding of the development, function, and evolution of neural circuits. The 2011 meeting features several sessions that investigate how animals live in their species-specific sensory worlds. The key question: Can we use our understanding of sensory systems to link neuroscience and ecology? The specific aim of this meeting is to convene leaders representing the forefront of neuroethology research for a 5 day conference in an academic setting selected to foster interaction. The organizers of the Gordon Research Seminar and the Gordon Research Conference will target financial support to minorities underrepresented in science, and will give priority to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows attending their first Gordon Research Conference. The broader impact of the Gordon Research Seminar will be the creation of an opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to discuss the present and the future of neuroethology in an open, informal atmosphere that will prepare young scientists to derive maximum benefit from the full Gordon Research Conference that follows.