Gordon Research Conference on Mammary Gland Biology

在这项提案中，我们请求对第16、17和18届乳腺生物学戈登研究双年会议提供部分支持。第十六届会议将于2001年6月3日至8日在罗德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年在其中一个已获批准的GRC地点举行。罗杰·威廉姆斯学院是这次会议的新地点。它具有极佳的住宿条件和令人愉快的地理位置，应该会证明这是个人互动的有效方式。乳腺生物学会议传统上非常成功，来自不同学科的科学家聚集在一起，他们对乳腺有共同的兴趣。2001年的节目是为了满足这些多学科的观众而设计的。该计划包括：概述，其中总结了内分泌学、发展和癌症三大领域的最新进展，指出了新的方向，并提请注意尚未解决的问题或含糊不清的问题。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。随后的会议重点讨论组织间的相互作用；胰岛素样生长因子在发育和癌症中的作用；细胞的识别、分化和功能；肿瘤的进展和转移；基因组稳定性/DNA修复；哺乳周期；以及信号转导。每届会议的一个全体演讲者时段将暂时开放，以便以后选择“热门”议题。2003年的会议计划尚未确定，但将延续非常成功的跨学科传统。会议报告和讨论将不会被发表、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。通过美国国立卫生研究院和美国陆军资助的项目，乳腺生物医学研究的大幅增加带来了资金的增加，这对任何学科的健康科学家都有重要影响，因此这种过去非常成功的跨学科方法现在具有更大的潜力。会议资金是为了支持那些邀请其主题与美国国立卫生研究院相关的发言者的人，以及支持初级科学家以及更有经验的研究人员越来越多地参与，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.