The SRBR 2022 Meeting: Rhythms of Life - from Molecules to Policy

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PROJECT SUMMARY We request partial support for the 2022 Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Meeting, to be held at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, in Florida, from May 14 to 18, 2022. The conference, which attracts more than 800 attendees, will focus on several topics that represent key research areas in the field of chronobiology, including molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, neurobiology, physiology, metabolism, cancer, aging, infectious disease, immunology, behavior, sleep, mathematical modeling, environmental science and drug development. The theme of the meeting will be ““Rhythms of Life: from Molecules to Policy.” This theme reflects the extent to which biological rhythmicity affects all aspects of life in all organisms living in their natural environment, and the importance of aligning public health and occupational strategies with our understanding of how biological rhythms influence human and environmental health. The meeting will feature 18 symposia of invited speakers, 16 slide sessions with short talks, two special sessions, two plenary lectures, and ~400 posters that combine the best of basic clock research with research that translates this information into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease. The symposium speakers and session chairs are recognized leaders in their fields, and were chosen to represent the breadth of the field and realize our goal of bridging basic and applied circadian clock research. A majority of slide session speakers are trainees (postdocs or graduate students), and starting in 2022 a limited number of major symposium speakers will be trainees. Large efforts are being made to recruit scientists from other fields, not usually attending SRBR, as speakers. Special attention has been given to cultural and geographical diversity as well as gender balance. We aim to attract scientists from diverse backgrounds through targeted advertisement and, with NIH support, to offer travel fellowships to trainees, prioritizing those from under-represented groups. Various new and previously successful communication initiatives will ensure a broader dissemination of knowledge. Training aspects of the meeting are fully developed, and include a highly subscribed, free, one-day Trainee Professional Development Day, Junior Faculty Workshops, and a Mentoring Program. Finally, the new 2022 Chronobiology School, directed to graduate students and postdocs new to the field, will be offered.