Gordon Research Conference on Mammary Gland Biology

在此提案中，我们请求部分支持第16、17和18届双年展Gordon乳腺生物学研究会议。第十六届会议将于2001年6月3日至8日在罗得岛州布里斯托尔的罗杰威廉姆斯大学举行。第17次和第18次会议的地点和日期尚未确定，但预计将在2003年和2005年的类似时间段，在批准的GRC地点之一举行。罗杰·威廉姆斯学院是这次会议的新场地。它的特点是优良的住宿和一个愉快的位置，应该证明富有成效的个人互动。乳腺生物学会议传统上是非常成功的，汇集了来自不同学科的科学家，他们对乳腺有共同的兴趣。2001年的节目旨在满足这些多学科观众的需求。该计划包括：概述了内分泌学、发育学和癌症三大领域的最新进展，指出了新的方向，并提出了尚未解决的问题或歧义。这不仅将提供一个令人兴奋的介绍，而且重要的是，还将鼓励观众在会议的早期阶段参与。随后的会议集中在组织的相互作用；IGF在发育和癌症中的作用；细胞的身份、分化和功能；肿瘤进展及转移；基因组稳定性/DNA修复；泌乳周期；和信号转导。每届会议的一个全体发言名额将保留一段时间，以便以后选择“热点”议题。2003年的会议计划尚未确定，但将继续高度成功的跨学科传统。会议演讲和讨论将不被发表、记录或引用。这项政策鼓励与会者进行非正式讨论和多学科互动。乳腺生物医学研究的大量增加带来了国家卫生研究院和美国陆军赞助项目的资金增加，对任何学科的健康科学家都有重要的影响，所以这种跨学科的方法，在过去是如此成功，现在有更大的潜力。会议资金的请求是为了支持那些邀请的演讲者的主题与NIH相关，以及支持越来越多的年轻科学家，以及更有经验的研究人员的参与，他们对乳腺生物学和乳腺癌问题感兴趣。

In this proposal we request partial support for the 16th , 17th and 18th Biennial Gordon Research Conferences on Mammary Gland Biology. The sixteenth conference will be held June 3-8, 2001 at Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island. The site and dates for the 17th and 18th conferences have not been set, but are expected to be in similar time period in 2003 and 2005, at one of the approved GRC sites. Roger Williams College is a new venue for this conference. It features excellent accommodations and a pleasant location that should prove productive for personal interactions. The Mammary Gland Biology conference has traditionally been highly successful, bringing together scientists from various disciplines who share a common interest in the Mammary gland. The 2001 program has been designed with the aim of satisfying this multidisciplinary audience. The Program includes: An overview in which recent progress in three broad areas, Endocrinology, Development, and Cancer, are summarized, new directions are pointed out, and unsolved problems or ambiguities are brought to attention. Not only will this provide an exciting introduction, but importantly, will also encourage audience participation at early stage in the conference. Subsequent sessions focus on Tissue interactions; IGF in development and cancer; Cell identity, Differentiation and function; Tumor progression and Metastasis; Genome stability/DNA repair; The lactation cycle; and Signal Transduction. One plenary speaker slot in each sessions will remain open for a time, permitting later selection of "hot" topics. The 2003 conference program is not yet set, but will continue the highly successful interdisciplinary tradition. Conference presentations and discussions will not be published, recorded, or cited. This policy encourages conferees to engage in informal discussions and multidisciplinary interactions. The large increase in mammary biomedical research brought about increased funding through the NIH and the U.S. Army sponsored program, has important implications to health scientists in any disciplines, so this interdisciplinary approach, so successful in the past, now has even greater potential. Conference funding is requested in support of those who invited speakers whose topics were related to those of the NIH, as well as to support the increasing participation of junior scientists, as well more experienced researchers, becoming interested in mammary gland biology and in the breast cancer problem.