2016 Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction GRC: Natural and Synthetic Photoreceptor Systems: From Microbes to Man, Galveston, TX, January 23-29, 2016

2016 光感感受器

• 批准号: 1550608
• 负责人: Katrina Forest
• 金额: $ 1.49万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-08-01 至 2016-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1550608&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2016; Photosensory; Receptors; & Signal

Plants, animals and microbes all have the ability to sense light, and light has profound effects on the lifecycle and physiology of these organisms. Understanding how light is perceived and how perception of light can orchestrate biological processes - from mammalian vision to plant growth to bacterial pathogenicity- requires integration of diverse methodologies and masteries. The 2016 Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction Gordon Research Conference and its closely associated Gordon Research Seminar will provide a platform for photobiologists from diverse disciplines to showcase recent advances, participate in lively debate, and share new applications. An important goal of both the conference and the seminar is to provide a venue for young scientists, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and new faculty members to present their work and learn about the most current work of others, while becoming better integrated into the community of photobiology research.The Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction Gordon Research Conference is unique, connecting a very diverse group of researchers in a systems-oriented way around the topic of Photosensory Receptors. Uniting topics and approaches this way has been instrumental, for example, in developing optically-based technologies aimed at controlling the transmission of nerve impulses and the restoration of vision at unprecedented spatial-temporal resolution. The scientific discussions, research presentations and informal interactions among the audiences of this GRC/GRS meeting will advance understanding of mechanism of action and function of naturally occurring photoreceptor systems and lead to further development of engineered photosystems for clinical and biotechnological applications. This GRC/GRS pairing will have an enormous training impact for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and beginning faculty. The participants from both meetings will be integrated in an exciting scientific community, instilling a sense of belonging and of responsibility to carry the field into the future. This outcome will be facilitated by the short GRS that precedes the GRC. Junior scientists have been chosen to lead three sessions comprising short talks. All attendees will participate in a poster session and informal discussions. One session will center around 5-8 mentor-led open table discussions, where GRS participants meet established investigators in a structured but informal way, to consider career development in academia and industry, gender equality, research funding and future research directions. By actively participating in the GRC that follows, junior scientists will integrate more fully into the community of scholars and practice their growing skills and confidence in scientific discussion with leaders of the field.

植物、动物和微生物都具有感光能力，光对这些生物的生命周期和生理有着深刻的影响。要了解光是如何被感知的，以及对光的感知如何协调生物过程--从哺乳动物的视觉到植物的生长再到细菌的致病--需要整合不同的方法和技能。2016年光感受器与信号转导戈登研究会议及其密切相关的戈登研究研讨会将为来自不同学科的光生物学家提供一个展示最新进展、参与激烈辩论和分享新应用的平台。会议和研讨会的一个重要目标是为年轻科学家、研究生、博士后研究人员和新教师提供一个展示他们的工作和了解他人最新工作的场所，同时更好地融入光生物学研究社区。光感觉受体和信号转导戈登研究会议是独一无二的，围绕光感觉受体这一主题以系统导向的方式将非常不同的研究人员联系在一起。例如，以这种方式统一主题和方法有助于开发旨在控制神经冲动的传输和以前所未有的时空分辨率恢复视觉的光学技术。这次GRC/GRS会议的科学讨论、研究报告和观众之间的非正式互动将促进对自然产生的光感受器系统的作用机制和功能的了解，并导致临床和生物技术应用的工程光系统的进一步发展。这一GRC/GRS配对将对研究生、博士后研究员和初级教师产生巨大的培训影响。这两次会议的与会者将融入一个令人兴奋的科学社区，灌输一种归属感和责任感，将这一领域带入未来。这一结果将受到GRC之前的短期GRS的推动。初级科学家被选为领导包括简短演讲的三个会议。所有与会者都将参加海报会议和非正式讨论。其中一次会议将围绕5-8名导师领导的公开餐桌讨论，GRS参与者以结构化但非正式的方式会见知名研究人员，讨论学术界和行业的职业发展、性别平等、研究资金和未来的研究方向。通过积极参与随后的GRC，初级科学家将更充分地融入学者社区，并在与该领域领导人的科学讨论中练习他们日益增长的技能和信心。