26th Annual Meeting of the North Am. Section of the ISHR

描述(由申请人提供)： 请求提供部分支持，以主办国际心脏研究学会(ISHR)北美分会第26届年会。会议将于2004年5月1日至5日在墨西哥坎昆举行。该会议的具体目的是：1)审查心血管领域的进展，邀请参与最近重大研究的科学家介绍他们的成果，并征求报告这些专题的免费论文(摘要)；2)促进从事心血管研究的不同实验室之间，以及基础科学家和有相关兴趣的临床医生之间的互动与协作；3)鼓励心血管科学领域的新研究；4)招募年轻和新兴科学家进入心血管领域；5)将墨西哥基础和临床科学家的一个代表性章节纳入ISHR北美分会；6)促进妇女和少数族裔科学家参加会议。目标4和目标5将得到便利，因为将包括一支墨西哥临床科学家队伍，他们将在紧接会议之前出席他们关于动脉粥样硬化的年度会议，并将使用大量资金，通过旅行奖励促进年轻科学家的出席。主题包括但不限于心肌再生、醛固酮与心力衰竭、心律失常与心脏性猝死、心血管疾病中的性别差异、对非缺血性心肌病的新认识、心肌抑制因子、冠脉循环与缺血、受体功能与信号、血管生成、炎症、动脉粥样硬化、预适应、细胞凋亡与氧化应激、肥胖、糖尿病及高血压。要求提供部分支持，以支付受邀参与者的旅费，并允许收取足够低的注册费，以鼓励初级教员、博士后研究员和学生参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Partial support is requested to host the 26th Annual Meeting of the North American Section of the International Society for Heart Research (ISHR). The Conference will be held Cancun, Mexico in May 1-5 of 2004. The specific aims of the Conference are to: 1) review progress in the cardiovascular area, by inviting scientists involved in significant recent research to present their results, and by soliciting free papers (abstracts) reporting on these topics; 2) facilitate interaction and collaboration between different laboratories engaged in cardiovascular research, and between basic scientists and clinicians with related interests; 3) encourage new research in the field of cardiovascular sciences; 4) recruit young and emerging scientists into the cardiovascular field; 5) incorporate a representative chapter from Mexico's basic and clinical scientists into the North American Section of the ISHR and; 6) promote Conference attendance by women and minority scientists. Aims 4 and 5 will be facilitated by the inclusion of a contingent of Mexico's clinician scientists that will attend their annual meeting on atherosclerosis immediately prior to the Conference and by the use of significant amounts of moneys for the purpose of facilitating attendance of young scientists through travel awards. Topics include, but are not limited to myocardial regeneration, aldosterone and heart failure, arrythmias and sudden cardiac death, gender differences in cardiovascular disease, new insights into nonischemic cardiomyopathies, myocardial depressant factor, coronary circulation and ischemia, receptor function and signaling, angiogenesis, inflammation, atherosclerosis, preconditioning, apoptosis and oxidative stress, obesity, diabetes and hypertension. Partial support is requested to defray travel costs of invited participants, and to permit a registration fee low enough to encourage participation by junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows and students.