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

SRBR 2018 会议：促进生物节律研究的培训和多样性：奥姆尼阿米莉亚岛种植园度假村，佛罗里达州，2018 年 5 月 12 日至 16 日

• 批准号: 1822042
• 负责人: Ilia Karatsoreos
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Washington State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-05-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1822042&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SRBR; 2018; Meeting; Fostering; Training

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.

生物体已经发展出内源性生物节律来预测和适应振荡的环境（如昼夜周期、季节变化）。生物节律涉及生物学和生态学的各个方面，对社会、生物多样性和经济产生巨大影响。生物节奏包括昼夜节律（或每日）节奏，以及行为和生理上以秒、小时或天为单位的较快节奏，以及与年度环境变化（迁徙、繁殖或生理的季节性变化）有关的较慢节奏。生物钟无处不在（从单细胞生物到人类），它们与各级组织系统（从单分子到生态系统）的相互作用使生物定时系统处于一个重要节点，在许多方面影响着人类社会，部分体现在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知识的不断增长，正在改变公共卫生、教育、劳动和环境方面的决策。这些都是2018年生物节律研究学会（SRBR）会议上讨论的问题。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，将该领域的新人融入我们的社区，并针对年轻和代表性不足的研究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向前发展，增强这一知识在社会多个方面的影响。现在比以往任何时候都更需要生物节律专家和其他科学领域的科学家之间的合作，也更需要提高人们对生物节律普遍和至关重要的重要性的认识。考虑到这一点，2018年在佛罗里达州费尔南迪纳海滩举行的SRBR会议旨在在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建立桥梁。会议还采用比较方法，使用非模式生物和模式生物，以及实验室和实地研究。SRBR 2018已经吸引了700多名与会者，专注于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，代谢，行为，睡眠和数学建模。特别是，该奖项使会议组织者能够加强针对培训生专业发展的会议方面，并增加代表性不足的少数民族和低收入国家与会者的出席率。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（包括我们备受赞誉的全天专业发展日）来实现的。组织者还通过多种方式鼓励代表性不足的群体和低收入国家的研究人员参加会议，其中包括奖励性资助和让少数群体积极参与委员会和科学会议。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。