SPP1629 coordination project

这个DFG优先项目关注的问题是：什么定义了健康和病变的甲状腺功能？为了回答这个问题，THYROID TRANS ACT建立了一个网络和协调结构，整合了德国领先的甲状腺研究实验室和中心的努力。SPP1629旨在将基础科学的发现转化为长期患者更好的治疗选择。特别是，我们成功地招募了积极性高、能力强的年轻科学家进入这个新兴的研究领域。该联盟还通过促进有经验的德国科学家从国外回国，为内分泌学领域的人才引进做出了贡献。THYROID TRANS为年轻科学家提供了一个平台，他们在资深研究人员的指导下积极合作。这些努力得到了SPP1629年会、Arbeitstagung Experimentelle children senforschung和Bregenz Summer School of Endocrinology等重点会议的支持。青年科学家的个人职业发展得到了一个教育项目的支持，该项目包括研讨会、实验室交流和双重指导组成部分，确保从不同角度进行监督和反馈。在第一个资助期内，大量的联合出版物证明了THYROID TRANS ACT是高度协作的。每年举行定期会议，讨论进展情况，并通过定义标准操作程序、交换材料和在开放的氛围中分享专业知识等方式将新项目的想法付诸实施。SPP1629的结果也在德国内分泌学会、欧洲甲状腺协会等会议上以海报或口头报告的形式展示。2014年12月，THYROID TRANS在首届国际会议上获得了世界领先甲状腺专家的出席。SPP1629内部的交流是通过我们的网站（www.thyroidtransact.de）实现的，该网站提供有关项目、成员、新闻和甲状腺研究热点的信息。重要的是，该网站通过其出版物向科学家和感兴趣的普通公众通报SPP1629的结果，而内部区域允许成员分享和交换信息。在下一个资助期，我们将以这些重要成果为基础，致力于支持年轻科学家成为独立的研究人员。此外，我们将继续支持返回德国的甲状腺研究人员的流动性。我们将促进形成一个长期的研究网络，从甲状腺TRANS出现。特别是，我们的目标是培育新的联盟，如研究小组或SFB，它们将成为德国和国际甲状腺研究的良好联系中心。现在，SPP1629已经帮助加强了德国甲状腺学在国际上的地位。我们将通过将THYROID TRANS与其他国际研究联盟联系起来，进一步实现这一目标。

This DFG priority program focuses on the question: WHAT DEFINES HEALTHY AND DISEASED THYROID FUNCTION? To answer this, THYROID TRANS ACT has established a network and coordination structure that integrates the efforts of leading thyroid research laboratories and centers in Germany. SPP1629 aims at translating findings in basic sciences to better treatment options for patients in the long run. In particular, we were successful in recruiting highly motivated and capable junior scientists who entered this emerging field of research. The consortium has also contributed to brain-gain in the field of endocrinology by facilitating the return of experienced German scientists from abroad. THYROID TRANS ACT provides a platform for connecting junior scientists, who are actively collaborating while being guided by senior researchers. These efforts are supported by focus meetings like the Annual Meeting of SPP1629, Arbeitstagung Experimentelle Schilddrüsenforschung and the Bregenz Summer School of Endocrinology. Individual career building is supported by an educational program for the young scientist that involves workshops, lab exchanges and a dual mentorship component ensuring supervision and feedback from different angles. THYROID TRANS ACT is highly collaborative as evidenced by numerous joint publications within the first funding period. Regular meetings take place every year, where progress is discussed and new project ideas are set into action by, e.g., defining SOPs, exchanging material, and sharing expertise in an open atmosphere. The results of SPP1629 are also presented as posters or oral presentations during meetings of the German Society of Endocrinology, the European Thyroid Association, and many more. THYROID TRANS ACT was honored by the attendance of the world-leading thyroidologists at its first International Conference in December 2014. Communication within the SPP1629 is achieved by our website (www.thyroidtransact.de) that provides information on the projects, members, news, and hot topics in thyroid research. Importantly, the website informs both, scientist and the interested lay-public about the results of the SPP1629 through its publications, while an internal area allows the members to share and exchange information. In the next funding period we will build on these important achievements and aim to support young scientists to establish themselves as independent researchers. In addition, we will continue to support mobility of returning thyroid researchers to Germany. We will promote formation of a long-lasting research network emerging from THYROID TRANS ACT. In particular, we aim to seed new consortia such as research groups or SFB that will act as well-connected hubs of thyroid research in Germany and internationally. Already now, the SPP1629 helped to internationally strengthen the position of German thyroidology. We will further pursue this goal by linking THYROID TRANS ACT to other international research consortia.