Meeting Proposal: C. elegans and other nematodes, bridging the divide. Los Angeles June 26-30th, 2013.

线虫（蛔虫）是地球上最丰富的多细胞动物，几乎遍布每一个陆地，海洋和淡水栖息地。线虫实验室模型C.线虫是密集的、技术复杂的研究的焦点，对其他线虫的了解要少得多，尽管它们在生物学上很重要。特别重要的是寄生线虫，在估计的28，000种线虫物种中占一半以上;这些寄生虫对其植物和动物宿主的生物学具有重要影响，威胁农作物，并引起使人衰弱的疾病，影响全世界超过10亿人。通过促进C. elegans研究人员和寄生线虫的研究人员，该项目将提高C。线虫科学家的问题和寄生线虫研究人员面临的问题，并将铺平道路的强大的分子和细胞技术的应用，在C。线虫研究到寄生线虫的调查。计划在国际C. elegans会议（洛杉矶6月26日至30日，2013年）将提供一个特殊的机会，以达到大多数C. elegans研究人员。 六位国际公认的植物、动物和人类寄生线虫专家将就寄生虫物种的生活史和独特生物学以及各自领域的突出问题发表演讲。 除了正规教育的C。在elegans社区，本次会议将为两个社区的研究人员提供更多非正式互动的时间。本次研讨会旨在促进C。线虫研究人员思考面临的问题，寄生线虫的研究和控制，并运用他们的专业知识来解决这些问题。本次会议将是特别有价值的本科生和研究生和博士后通过暴露他们新的可能的职业道路。还将为代表性不足的少数族裔研究生参加会议提供资金。

Nematodes (roundworms) are the most abundant multicellular animals on earth, colonizing virtually every terrestrial, marine and freshwater habitat. While the nematode laboratory model C. elegans is the focus of intense, technically sophisticated research, much less is known about other nematodes, despite their biological importance. Of particular significance are parasitic nematodes, which comprise more than half of the estimated 28,000 nematode species; these parasites have important effects on the biology of their plant and animal hosts, threatening agricultural crops, and causing debilitating human diseases that affect over a billion people worldwide. By promoting interactions and collaborations between C. elegans researchers and investigators of parasitic nematodes, this project will increase awareness among C. elegans scientists of the issues and problems that parasitic nematode researchers face, and will pave the way for application of the powerful molecular and cell techniques developed in C. elegans research to investigations of parasitic nematodes. The planned symposium at the International C. elegans Meeting (Los Angeles June 26-30th, 2013) will provide an exceptional opportunity to reach the majority of C. elegans researchers. Six internationally recognized experts on plant, animal and human parasitic nematodes will speak on the life history and unique biology of parasitic species and on the outstanding issues in their field. In addition to formal education of the C. elegans community, this session will provide time for researchers in the two communities to interact more informally as well. The symposium aims to stimulate C. elegans researchers to think about problems facing the study and control of parasitic nematodes and to apply their expertise toward solving these problems. This session will be particularly valuable for undergraduate and graduate students and post-docs by exposing them to new possible career paths. Funds will also be provided for under-represented minority graduate students to attend the session.