2017 Sleep and Rhythms Workshop, Valparaiso, Chile, November 15, 2017

2017 睡眠与节律研讨会，智利瓦尔帕莱索，2017 年 11 月 15 日

• 批准号: 1748100
• 负责人: Paul Taghert
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: Washington University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1748100&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2017; Sleep; Rhythms; Workshop; Valparaiso

General AbstractThe biological mechanisms that generate biological rhythms are critical for life, as most organisms on earth have to adapt to cyclical changes in their environments. The time-scales associated with these changes vary widely, and thus so do the mechanisms that allow organisms to use them to predict their environments and survive. Identifying the fundamental principles associated with such diversity requires a broad range of intellectual inputs. The conference supported by this award will therefore bring a diverse group of investigators together from across the United States and Latin America, including senior scientists who are leaders in the field of biological rhythms and young investigators just beginning their training, to foster the exchange of ideas and to provide training and mentorship opportunities for the young investigators from Latin America. Senior US investigators will run in-depth discussion groups with young scientists from Latin America during a one-day workshop, and pairs of senior-junior scientists will then interact one-on-one throughout the following week at an associated conference. This not only provides excellent mentorship opportunities for the young scientists, but also the potential for new ideas for the senior scientists that come from fresh perspectives. A high proportion of the US scientists that will be supported are women, and the international collaborations between US and Latin American scientists will promote growth in the field for investigators across the Americas. Technical AbstractThis is a small meeting that will pair senior US and Latin American scientists with graduate students and postdoctoral associates from Latin America during an intense, one-day workshop in Valparaiso, Chile, followed by continuing interactions between mentors and trainees during a subsequent meeting on the topic of biological rhythms. There will be four roundtable discussions on 1) Neural Circuits Associated with Sleep; 2) Sleep and Human Performance, 3) Neural Models of Rhythmic Physiology, and 4) Mechanisms of Entrainment. Each will be jointly chaired by US and Latin American senior scientists, and attended by graduate students and postdoctoral associates from Latin America. The senior scientists will briefly discuss their research, followed by intense discussion groups with the students. Each senior scientist will be paired with a young scientist and expected to have follow-up interactions with that student during a subsequent meeting Chronobiology that all participants will attend. In the past, these interactions have led to multiple, collaborative papers that include both the senior and junior scientists. This meeting, like those, is expected to greatly benefit both senior and junior scientists across the Americas and lead to significant discoveries in the field of biological rhythms.

产生生物节律的生物机制对生命至关重要，因为地球上大多数生物都必须适应环境的周期性变化。与这些变化相关的时间尺度变化很大，因此允许生物体使用它们来预测环境和生存的机制也是如此。确定与这种多样性相关的基本原则需要广泛的智力投入。因此，由该奖项支持的会议将汇集来自美国和拉丁美洲的各种研究人员，包括生物节律领域的领导者和刚刚开始培训的年轻研究人员的高级科学家，以促进思想交流，并为来自拉丁美洲的年轻研究人员提供培训和指导机会。美国高级研究人员将在为期一天的研讨会上与来自拉丁美洲的年轻科学家进行深入的讨论，然后在接下来的一周内，高级科学家和初级科学家将在相关会议上进行一对一的互动。这不仅为年轻科学家提供了极好的指导机会，也为来自新视角的资深科学家提供了新想法的潜力。将得到支持的美国科学家中有很大一部分是女性，美国和拉丁美洲科学家之间的国际合作将促进整个美洲研究人员在该领域的增长。技术摘要这是一个小型会议，将在智利瓦尔帕莱索举行的为期一天的紧张研讨会上，将美国和拉丁美洲的高级科学家与来自拉丁美洲的研究生和博士后同事配对，然后在随后的生物节律主题会议上，继续进行导师和学员之间的互动。将有四个圆桌会议讨论1）与睡眠相关的神经回路; 2）睡眠和人类表现，3）节律生理学的神经模型，和4）夹带机制。每一个都将由美国和拉丁美洲的高级科学家共同主持，并由拉丁美洲的研究生和博士后参加。资深科学家将简要讨论他们的研究，然后与学生进行激烈的小组讨论。每位资深科学家将与一位年轻科学家配对，并在随后的时间生物学会议上与该学生进行后续互动，所有参与者都将参加。在过去，这些互动导致了多个合作论文，其中包括高级和初级科学家。这次会议，像那些，预计将大大有利于整个美洲的高级和初级科学家，并导致在生物节律领域的重大发现。