The SRBR 2018 Meeting: Fostering Training and Diversity in Biological Rhythms Research: Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, in Florida, May 12-16, 2018

生物体已经形成了内源生物节律，以预测和适应振荡环境(如昼夜循环、季节变化)。生物节律涉及生物学和生态学的方方面面，对社会、生物多样性和经济产生巨大影响。生物节律包括昼夜节律(或每日节律)以及一端的行为和生理的秒、小时或天的较快节奏，以及较慢的节奏，如与年度环境变化(迁徙、繁殖或生理的季节性变化)有关的节奏。生物钟无处不在(从单细胞生物体到人类)，它们与各级组织系统(从单分子到生态系统)的相互作用使生物计时系统处于在许多方面影响人类社会的最高节点，这在一定程度上体现在2017年诺贝尔生理学和医学奖授予该领域的先驱。我们对生物钟基础科学的不断增长的知识正在改变着公共卫生、教育、劳动力和环境方面的决策。这些都是2018年生物节律研究学会(SRBR)会议上提出的问题。SRBR 2018的总体目标是展示新的研究方向，通过有针对性的招聘将该领域的新人纳入我们的社区，并针对年轻和代表性不足的调查人员设计培训和指导工作。所有这些举措将推动生物节律领域的发展，增强这一知识在社会各方面的影响。生物节律专家与其他科学领域的科学家之间比以往任何时候都更需要合作，并提高对生物节律普遍和关键重要性的认识。考虑到这一点，2018年SRBR会议在佛罗里达州费尔南迪纳海滩举行，旨在搭建不同领域的科学家之间、几代研究人员之间以及与各种最终用户和目标受众之间的桥梁。会议还采用了使用非模式生物和模式生物以及实验室和实地研究的比较方法。SRBR 2018已经吸引了700多名与会者，重点关注代表时间生物学关键研究领域的广泛主题，包括分子生物学、遗传学、细胞生物学、神经生物学、生理学、新陈代谢、行为、睡眠和数学建模。特别是，这一奖项使会议组织者能够加强针对受训人员职业发展的会议方面，以及增加代表人数不足的少数群体和来自低收入国家的与会者。这是通过为学员和初级教师提供多种专业发展和指导机会(包括我们广受好评的全天专业发展日)来实现的。组织者还通过多项倡议鼓励来自低收入国家的代表性不足的群体和研究人员出席，包括奖励资金和积极将少数群体纳入委员会和科学会议。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Living organisms have developed endogenous biological rhythms to predict and adapt to the oscillating environment (e.g. day/night cycles, seasonal variations). Biological rhythms touch upon all aspects of biology and ecology, with huge impacts on society, biodiversity and economy. Biological rhythms include circadian (or daily) rhythms as well as faster rhythms of seconds, hours or days in behavior and physiology on one end, and slower rhythms, such as those that relate to the annual environmental changes (migrations, seasonal changes in reproduction or physiology). Biological clocks are ubiquitous (from single-celled organisms to humans), and their interaction with systems at all levels of organization (from single molecules to ecosystems) have placed biological timing systems at a paramount node that impacts human society on many fronts, in part represented by the awarding of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine to pioneers in this field. Our growing knowledge of the basic science of biological clocks is changing decision-making in public health, education, labor and the environment. These are all questions addressed at the 2018 Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR) conference. The overall objectives of SRBR 2018 are to showcase new research directions, integrate newcomers in the field brought into our community through targeted recruitment, and design training and mentoring efforts directed to young and underrepresented investigators. All these initiatives will bring the biological rhythms field forward, enhancing the impact of this knowledge in multiple aspects of society.More than ever, there is a need for collaboration between specialists of biological rhythms and scientists from other fields of science, and for increased awareness of the pervasive and crucial importance of biological rhythms. With this in mind, the 2018 SRBR meeting in Fernandina Beach, Florida, aims to build bridges between scientists of various fields, between generations of researchers, and with various end users and targets audiences. The meeting also embraces comparative approaches, using both non-model and model organisms, and laboratory as well as field studies. SRBR 2018, which has grown to attract over 700 attendees, focuses on the breadth of topics that represent key research areas in chronobiology, including molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, neurobiology, physiology, metabolism, behavior, sleep, and mathematical modeling. In particular, this award allows the meeting organizers to enhance meeting aspects directed towards trainee professional development as well as increasing attendance of underrepresented minorities and attendees from low-income countries. This is achieved by providing trainees and junior faculty with multiple professional development and mentoring opportunities (including our acclaimed full-day Professional Development Day). The organizers also stimulate attendance by underrepresented groups and researchers from low income countries via multiple initiative, including incentive funding and active inclusion of minorities in committees and scientific sessions.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.