Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2018 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Conference; Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida; January 2-6, 2018

该奖项将支持2018年1月2日至6日举行的2018年生物医学工程学会(BMES)-细胞和分子生物工程(CMBE)会议的学生、博士后研究员和独立初级研究人员(新星)的旅行奖项。这次会议的目标是促进跨学科和多学科合作，并将机械生物学的尖端发现整合到多个生理系统和长度尺度上。这次会议的目的是解决关键问题，即了解机械生物学领域如何继续改变我们对病理生理学的理解，并以最终有利于人类健康的方式转化新发现。这次会议有两个具体目标：(1)促进采用新技术和战略，以实现机械生物学的变革性发现；(2)促进初级研究人员、博士后研究员和研究生与CMBE这一新兴次级领域的领导者之间的密切互动。12名研究生/博士后研究员将由组委会选出接受学生/博士后奖并发表简短演讲，这些演讲将融入主题课程。此外，八名初级的、独立的学院研究人员将被选为特别的新星奖和会议，该会议将在会议的第一天举行，以展示他们的工作。2018年CMBE会议的主题是“发现关键：转型和翻译机制生物学”。它的目标是通过追求基础研究、开发新技术和生物模型，并将这些发现转化为现实世界的技术和医学应用，来拓宽我们目前在机械生物学方面的能力边界。会议将介绍和整合一批具有临床和/或创业经验的工程师和基础科学家。被邀请的演讲者和主旨发言人被鼓励讨论如何在各自特定领域弥合基础研究和翻译之间的差距。CMBE领域正在经历指数级的增长，机械生物学的子领域是一个重要的驱动力。2018年大会将汇集生物、医学和工程领域的领导者，讨论机械生物学如何创新地应用于CMBE研究和教育。

This award will support travel awards for students, postdoctoral fellows, and independent junior investigators (Rising Stars) for the 2018 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)-Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Conference on January 2-6, 2018. The goal of this meeting is to foster interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary collaboration and to integrate cutting-edge discoveries in mechanobiology across multiple physiological systems and length scales. The meeting is intended to address the key problem of understanding how the field of mechanobiology can continue to transform our understanding of pathophysiology as well as translate new discoveries in ways that ultimately benefit human health. There are two specific aims associated with this meeting: (1) Promote adoption of new technologies and strategies to achieve transformative discoveries in mechanobiology and (2) Facilitate close interaction of junior investigators, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students with leaders in this burgeoning sub-field of CMBE. Twelve graduate students/postdoctoral fellows will be selected by the organizing committee to receive Student/Fellow Awards and present short talks, which will be integrated into the themed sessions. In addition, eight junior, independent faculty investigators will be selected for the special 'Rising Star' awards and session, which will take place on the first day of the meeting in order to showcase their work.The theme of the 2018 CMBE conference is 'Discovering the Keys: Transformative and Translational Mechanobiology.' It's goal is to broaden the boundaries of our current capabilities in mechanobiology through pursuit of fundamental research, development of novel techniques and biological models, and translation of these discoveries into real-world technology and medical applications. The conference will introduce and integrate a diverse group of engineers and basic scientists possessing clinical and/or entrepreneurial experience. Invited speakers and keynotes have been encouraged to discuss how they bridge the gap between fundamental research and translation in their specific fields. The CMBE field is experiencing exponential growth, with the subfield of mechanobiology being a significant driver. The 2018 Conference will bring together leaders in the field of biology, medicine, and engineering to address how mechanobiology is being applied innovatively in CMBE research and education.