2nd ASM Conference on DNA Repair and Mutagenesis

描述(由申请者提供)：申请资金支持美国科学家参加由美国微生物学会赞助的题为“DNA修复和突变：从分子结构到生物学后果”的会议。这次会议将于2003年12月7日至13日在百慕大的费尔蒙特南安普顿公主酒店举行，它将汇集DNA修复和突变领域的各个分支学科。自1974年以来，这种类型的会议大约每隔4年举行一次，并在这一令人兴奋的研究领域的发展中发挥了关键作用。最近一次会议于1999年在希尔顿海德举行，其中两个会议的组织者是计划中的会议的组织者。没有其他会议向国际社会开放，可以与这次会议相提并论。虽然会议的范围将是国际性的，并将有该领域的顶尖科学家参加，但已经设计了一些机制，以确保年轻研究人员、博士后研究员和研究生尽可能多地参与。这些机制包括一项2.5万美元的基金，这笔资金已经到位，专门用于帮助研究生参加会议的旅费。参加1999年希尔顿海德会议的人数约为570人。预计参加2003年会议的人数约为700人，但如有必要，可以毫不费力地安排更多的与会者。在场地的选择和方案的设计上经过了仔细的考虑，以便与会者能够享受通常只在较小的会议上才能找到的非正式讨论和互动的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to support the participation of U.S. scientists in a meeting entitled, "DNA Repair and Mutagenesis: From Molecular Structure to Biological Consequences" that will be sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology. This meeting, which will be held at the Fairmont Southampton Princess, Bermuda, December 7-13, 2003, will bring together the various sub-disciplines that collectively comprise the field of DNA Repair and Mutagenesis. Conferences of this type have been held at approximately 4-year intervals since 1974 and have played a critical role in the development of this exciting area of research. The most recent of those meetings was held in Hilton Head in 1999 and two of the organizers of that meeting are organizers of the planned meeting. There is no other meeting open to the International community that parallels this one. While the conference will be international in scope and will feature the leading scientists in the field, a number of mechanisms have been designed that should ensure the maximal possible participation of young investigators, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate student. These mechanisms include a $25,000 fund, already in hand, that is earmarked for travel grants to help graduate students to attend the meeting. Attendance at the 1999 Hilton Head conference was ca. 570. Attendance for the 2003 meeting is anticipated to be approximately 700, although more participants could be accommodated without difficulty if necessary. Careful thought has been given to the choice of the site and design of the program so that the participants will be able to enjoy the type of opportunities for informal discussions and interactions that are normally found only at smaller meetings.