AM SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY BASIC SCIENCE CONFERENCE 2000

要求提供支助，以支付将于2000年10月11日至12日在美国肾病学会年会前夕举行的题为“肾病进展机制的新方向”的会议的部分费用。 各种病因引起的进行性肾病仍然是一个重要的卫生保健问题。 迄今为止，以肾脏疾病为导向的研究主要集中在负责肾脏疾病起始和进展的单一效应机制上。 进一步了解肾脏疾病的发病机制和开发新的肾脏疾病治疗方法将需要应用旨在剖析复杂致病机制的工具。 本次会议的目标是讨论如何在遗传学和细胞和分子生物学的新发展可以应用于提高肾脏疾病的发病机制和治疗的理解。会议的总体目标是使该领域的杰出领导人与有前途的年轻研究人员和学员接触，评估该领域的最新进展，并预测未来的方向，这些方向可能对肾脏，肾脏疾病和终末期疾病的治疗产生有利影响。 促进这些努力，以招募，支持和发展新的研究人员。会议将向根据其提交的会议摘要而被认为合适的年轻调查人员和受训人员提供旅费赠款。将特别考虑妇女、少数种族/族裔、残疾人和其他代表性不足的人。 将举行海报会议，获奖者介绍他们的工作，供审查和讨论与领导人在这一领域。 会议的规划委员会将挑选获奖者，申请组织将管理旅费赠款的发放。 会议将在主要的科学期刊（包括一般兴趣和肾脏社区），互联网上公布，并将通知邮寄给赞助组织美国肾脏病学会的成员。

Support is requested to partially defray costs of a conference entitled, "New Directions in Mechanisms of Renal Disease Progression", to be held October 11-12, 2000 immediately preceding the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology. Progressive renal disease from all etiologies remains a significant health care problem. To date, kidney disease-oriented research has focused on single effector mechanisms responsible for kidney disease initiation and progression. Further understanding of kidney disease pathogenesis and development of new kidney disease therapies will require application of the tools designed to dissect complex pathogenic mechanisms. The goal of this conference is to discuss how new developments in genetics and cellular and molecular biology can be applied to improving understanding of kidney disease pathogenesis and therapy. The overall goal of the conference is to bring outstanding leaders in the area into contact with promising young investigators and trainees, to evaluate the recent progress in the field and to project future directions that may impact favorably on research efforts applied to the kidney, kidney diseases and treatment of end stage conditions that afflict renal patients. To facilitate these efforts to recruit, support and develop new researchers. The conference will offer travel grants to young investigators and trainees who are judged appropriate based on their submission of abstracts for the conference. Special consideration will be given to women, racial/ethnic minority individuals, those with disabilities, and others underrepresented. A poster session will be held in which awardees present their work for review and discussion with the leaders in this field. The planning committee for the conference will select awardees, and the applicant organization will administer award of the travel grants. The conference will be publicized in major scientific journals (both general interest and renal community focused), on the internet, and announcements will be mailed to members of the American Society of Nephrology, the sponsoring organization.