NEUROGENOMICS--BUILDING A BETTER BRAIN

描述(摘自申请者摘要)：部分请求支持 为题为《神经基因组学：打造更好的 大脑“将于2001年5月20日至5月23日在皮博迪会议中心举行 范德比尔特大学校园。这次会议的总体目的是 汇聚该领域顶尖的生物医学研究人员，以及有希望的 青年调查员、实习生和更高级的教职员工，以教育 听众对人类基因组“铺开”所提供的可能性 项目。人们认为，必须将注意力集中在高级教员身上 同样，当他们调整自己的实验室以迎接令人兴奋的新挑战时 以及为所有人提供的机会，这种新的基因组 信息库。 还计划举办一系列讲习班。这些研讨会将提供实用的 就现有技术和方法的利弊提供建议 方法、精选技术的实践经验、可用的统计数据 分析，甚至在表演过程中面临的法律和道德问题 基因研究。 会议将在科学期刊上、互联网上和 公告将邮寄给神经科学学会的成员，以及 已知的活跃在该领域的个人。电子宣传将是 由一个与范德比尔特有关的会议网站完成，其中包括 计划和在线注册，并将其列在现有网站上 提供会议通知。 将作出协调一致的努力，通过纳入该项目来吸引年轻调查人员 旅行奖项，包括那些被认为在科学界代表性不足的奖项 妇女和少数民族等领域。

DESCRIPTION (from applicant's abstract): Support is requested to partially underwrite the costs of a conference entitled "Neurogenomics: Building a Better Brain" to be held May 20 to May 23, 2001 at the conference center on Peabody campus of Vanderbilt University. The general purpose of this conference is to assemble the top biomedical researchers in this field along with promising young investigators, trainees and more senior faculty, in order to educate the audience as to possibilities afforded by the "roll-out" of the human genome project. It is felt that attention has to be focused on senior faculty members as well, as they adapt their laboratories to meet the exciting new challenges and opportunities presented by having available to all, this new genomic information base. A series of workshops are also planned. The workshops will provide practical advice in terms of the pros/cons of available technologies and methodological approaches, hands-on experience with select technologies, available statistical analysis, and even the legal and ethical problems faced while performing genetic research. The conference will be publicized in scientific journals, on the Internet, and announcements will be mailed to members of neuroscience societies, as well as to individuals known to be active in the field. Electronic publicity will be accomplished by a Vanderbilt-linked conference web site with details of the program and on-line registration, and by listing it on established web sites providing meeting announcements. A concerted effort will be made to attract young investigators by the inclusion of travel awards, including those considered underrepresented in science fields, such as women and minorities.