Conference: 2018 Gordon Research Seminar on Genomic Instability, to be held at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Kowloon, Hong Kong, July 21-22, 2018

该奖项将支持研究生和博士后研究人员参加将于2018年7月21-22日在香港科技大学举行的关于基因组不稳定性的戈登研究研讨会：维持基因组稳定中的染色体复制、修复和组织。会议由两位职业生涯早期的科学家组织和主持。会议的形式是演讲和海报相结合，这将促进正式和非正式环境中的科学交流。该领域一位主要研究人员的主旨演讲将被突出，同时还将举行关于科学职业的小组讨论和关于拨款撰写的会议。将有充分的机会分享最新的研究成果，探索合作的可能性。这次会议将汇集研究与基因组稳定性相关的不同主题的科学家，包括：基因组复制、修复和重组；染色质动力学和染色体组织；以及对DNA损伤的反应信号。尖端和最新的研究将在从摘要和海报中挑选出来的简短演讲中得到强调。这次会议的主要目的是为年轻研究人员提供一个科学交流新研究成果和想法的场所，促进对新兴趋势的了解，以及它们如何为基因组不稳定性研究的未来目标做出贡献，并促进新一代科学家的职业发展，包括那些在该领域传统上代表不足的科学家。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。

This award will support attendance by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at the Gordon Research Seminar on Genomic Instability: Chromosome Replication, Repair and Organization in the Maintenance of Genomic Stability, to be held at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Kowloon, Hong Kong, July 21-22, 2018. The meeting is organized and chaired by two early-career scientists. The format of the meeting is a combination of talks and posters, which will promote scientific exchange in both formal and informal settings. A keynote lecture from a leading researcher in the field will be featured, together with a panel discussion on careers in science and a session on grant-writing. There will be ample opportunity for sharing latest research results and for exploring collaborative possibilities. This conference will bring together scientists studying diverse topics related to genomic stability, including: genome replication, repair and recombination; chromatin dynamics and chromosomal organization; and signaling in response to DNA lesions. Cutting-edge and late-breaking research will be highlighted in short talks chosen from the abstracts and in posters. The primary purposes of this conference are to provide a venue for scientific exchange of new research results and ideas among young researchers, to foster learning about emerging trends and how they contribute to future goals for research on genomic instability, and to promote career development of a new generation of scientists, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the field.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.