Conference: SMBE Satellite Meeting On De Novo Gene Birth

会议：SMBE 关于 De Novo 基因诞生的卫星会议

• 批准号: 2305321
• 负责人: Claudio Casola
• 金额: $ 2.76万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M AgriLife Research
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-15 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2305321&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; SMBE; Satellite; Meeting; De

This conference award provides partial support for The Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution Satellite Meeting on De Novo Gene Birth, to be held in College Station, TX on November 6-9, 2023. De novo gene birth is a recently discovered genetic process responsible for generating new genes with important biological roles, such as human brain function and pest resistance in crops. Research on de novo genes is critical to our understanding of species evolution and has a growing impact on medical sciences, including cancer biology. This international meeting will stimulate sharing of new knowledge and foster collaborative efforts across a variety of biological disciplines. The conference will offer outstanding networking and training opportunities for young researchers representing the future STEM workforce. De novo genes evolve from ancestrally noncoding DNA sequences and are ubiquitous across the tree of life. Research in this area encompasses a range of disciplines and has informed on broader phenomena in biological sciences, including the evolution of cellular networks, the emergence of new protein folds and domains, and the accuracy of gene annotation. The rapid increase of genome sequences and high-throughput proteomic datasets is providing the wealth of information necessary to address fundamental issues in de novo gene origin and function. As the first large scientific gathering on de novo gene birth, this conference will accelerate advances in de novo gene evolution, function, and annotation, and enable developing the conceptual and empirical frameworks that will guide investigations in this area for the foreseeable future. The meeting will provide opportunities for early-career researchers to present their work and establish a broader professional network with internationally recognized scholars in molecular evolution, genomics, proteomics, cell biology and bioinformatics. The funding provided by NSF includes support to trainees from historically underrepresented groups in science with the goal of broadening participation to the meeting.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.

该会议奖为将于2023年11月6日至9日在德克萨斯州大学城举行的分子生物学与进化卫星会议提供部分支持。基因新生（De novo gene birth）是最近发现的一种遗传过程，负责产生具有重要生物学作用的新基因，如人类大脑功能和作物的害虫抗性。对新生基因的研究对我们理解物种进化至关重要，并对包括癌症生物学在内的医学科学产生了越来越大的影响。这次国际会议将促进新知识的分享和促进跨各种生物学科的合作努力。会议将为代表未来STEM劳动力的年轻研究人员提供出色的交流和培训机会。新生基因从祖先的非编码DNA序列进化而来，在生命之树中无处不在。该领域的研究涵盖了一系列学科，并为生物科学中更广泛的现象提供了信息，包括细胞网络的进化，新蛋白质折叠和结构域的出现，以及基因注释的准确性。基因组序列和高通量蛋白质组学数据集的快速增长为解决新生基因起源和功能的基本问题提供了必要的丰富信息。作为第一次关于新生基因诞生的大型科学聚会，本次会议将加速新生基因进化、功能和注释的进展，并使发展概念和经验框架成为可能，在可预见的未来，这些框架将指导这一领域的研究。会议将为早期职业研究人员提供机会，展示他们的工作，并与分子进化、基因组学、蛋白质组学、细胞生物学和生物信息学等领域的国际知名学者建立更广泛的专业网络。NSF提供的资金包括对来自历史上代表性不足的科学群体的学员的支持，目的是扩大对会议的参与。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。