Calcium Signaling Gordon Conference

描述（由申请人提供） 寻求资金以支付戈登研究会议的部分支助， 钙信号，将于2001年9月27日在英国牛津举行。 会议 提供了一个独特的多学科论坛，供交流思想， 在Ca 2+信号传导领域的信息。 由于Ca 2+信号是一种 所有真核生物共同的细胞控制的基本手段， 酵母到哺乳动物细胞，会议产生特别的力量， 刺激细胞调节的基本信息的交换， 工人使用丰富多样的不同生物体和细胞系统。 的 主要目标是促进新的和 成立调查员。 最高优先权将给予选择 并提供资金支持年轻科学家（学生和博士后 培训生）、女科学家、代表性不足的少数民族科学家和 国际参与。 会议将包括九个讨论 会议，每次会议由该领域具有以下经验的杰出成员主持： 最大化互动交流。 此外，还将举办两场海报展示会。 的 主要会议将强调Ca 2+在控制基本细胞中的作用 功能协调发展的 这些包括在血浆中Ca 2+通量的调节 膜，Ca 2+的空间和时间控制，信号事件，以及 Ca 2+信号在胞吐、受精、细胞能量和 细胞死亡 参与者包括既有成功人士， 年轻的研究人员使用一系列的细胞系统和不同的 观察Ca 2+信号的产生和传播的技术， 从分子生物学分析，操纵Ca 2+信号传导， 从模型系统中的机械，到体内的复杂和开创性的微观， 亚细胞区室的成像技术。 参与者的基本学科包括生物化学，生理学，细胞 生物学、分子生物学、生物物理学和药理学;然而， 主要兴趣是了解Ca 2+的机制和意义 细胞中的信号事件。 本次会议将讨论的主题是 对我们理解一些健康问题很重要，包括 与影响健康的环境毒素、癌症生物学、 心脏和神经功能、糖尿病和衰老等等。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) Funds are sought to cover partial support of the Gordon Research Conference on Calcium Signaling, to be held at Oxford, UK, September 27, 2001. The meeting provides a unique multi-disciplinary forum for interchange of ideas and information in the field of Ca2,+ signaling. Since Ca2+ Signaling is a fundamental means of cellular control common to all eukaryotic organisms from yeast to mammalian cells, the meeting derives particular strength by stimulating the interchange of basic information on cell regulation from workers using a rich variety of different organisms and cellular systems. The primary objective is to facilitate successful interactions between new and established investigators. Highest priority will be given to the selection and provision of funds to support junior scientists (student and postdoctoral trainees), women scientists, under-represented minority scientists and international participation. The conference will include nine discussion sessions, each lead by a prominent member of the field with experience in maximizing interactive exchange. There will also be two poster sessions. The main sessions will emphasize the role of Ca2+ in controlling fundamental cell functions. These include the regulation of Ca2+ fluxes at the plasma membrane, the spatial and temporal control of Ca2+, signaling events, and the role of Ca2+ signaling in exocytosis, fertilization, cellular energetic and cell death. Participants include a combination of established and successful younger investigators using an array of cellular systems and different techniques to observe the generation and propagation of Ca2+ signals, ranging from molecular biological analysis, manipulation of the Ca2+ signaling machinery in model systems, in vivo, to sophisticated and pioneering micro- imaging technology in subcellular compartments. Basic disciplines of participants include biochemistry, physiology, cell biology, molecular biology, biophysics and pharmacology; however, all have a primary interest in understanding the mechanisms and significance of Ca2+ signaling events in cells. The topics to be addressed at this meeting are important to our understanding of a number of health problems, including issues related to environmental toxins that affect health, cancer biology, cardiac and neuronal functions, diabetes and aging to name a few.