Conference on Neural Control of Behavior

描述(由申请人提供)：会议的广泛目标是为行为神经控制领域的深入对话提供一个论坛，目的是提出研究人员可以将他们的研究带入新方向的方法。为实现这一目标，具体目标如下：召集在行为神经控制领域提出类似问题但使用不同模型系统(从蠕虫、到飞行、到鸟类、到哺乳动物)和不同实验方法(从分子遗传学，到细胞和系统生理学，再到行为学)的研究人员；促进使用简单模型系统解决行为神经控制领域的复杂生物学问题；促进初级科学家--特别是女性--与该领域知名研究人员和领军人物之间的互动。会议将在3天内举行。头两天将专门举办一个研讨会，向普通科学界(EST)开放。150名注册人)。总共有四节课，每节有5位演讲者：(1)性行为控制：外部环境和内部调节事件之间的联系；(2)关于时间：行为的时间组织；(3)认知和记忆；(4)听觉和电交流。演讲者代表了模型系统(使用无脊椎动物、低等脊椎动物和哺乳动物)和实验方法(使用分子、细胞、系统和行为水平的分析)、职业水平和性别之间的平衡。会议的第三天将专门举办演讲者和会议参与者(EST)的亲密研讨会。30人参加)。研讨会的目的是讨论研讨会期间讨论的不同模型系统和实验方法的优点，并提出我们可以利用这些信息将各自的研究领域引向新方向的方法。本次会议的演讲者使用现代尖端技术解决行为神经控制领域的问题。通过将这些研究人员聚集在一起，并为他们提供一个讨论他们的实验方法的论坛，可以有效地传播这样的信息：这些现代技术可以(并且正在)在各种模型系统中获得巨大成功。这将为基础科学生物医学界的进步提供一个重要的跨学科交流机制。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The broad objective of the conference is to provide a forum for in-depth dialogue in the area of Neural Control of Behavior, with the goal of coming up with ways that investigators can take their research in new directions. The specific aims to meet this goal are the following: Bring together researchers who are asking similar questions in the area of Neural Control of Behavior, but are using different model systems (from worm, to fly, to bird, to mammal) and different experimental approaches (from molecular genetics, to cellular and systems physiology, to behavior); Promote the use of simple model systems for addressing complex biological problems in the field of Neural Control of Behavior; Promote interaction between junior scientists -women in particular - and established investigators and leaders in the field. The meeting will take place over the course of 3 days. The first two days will be devoted to a symposium that will be open to the general scientific community (est. 150 registrants). There will be a total of four sessions with 5 speakers per session: (1) Control of Sexual Behavior: Links Between the External Environment and Internal Regulatory Events; (2) It's About Time: Temporal Organization of Behavior; (3) Cognition and Memory; (4) Auditory and Electrical Communication. The speakers represent a balance of model system (use of invertebrate, lower vertebrate, and mammal) and experimental approach (use of molecular, cellular, systems, and behavioral levels of analyses), career level and gender. The third day of the meeting will be devoted to an intimate workshop of the speakers and conference participants (est. 30 participants). The aim of the workshop is to discuss strengths of the different model systems and experimental approaches discussed during the symposium, and come up with ways that we can use that information to take our respective research areas in new directions. The speakers at this meeting use modern, cutting-edge technologies for addressing problems in the area of Neural Control of Behavior. By bringing together these researchers, and giving them a forum for discussing their experimental approaches, the message can be effectively spread that these modern techniques can (and are) being used with great success in a wide variety of model systems. This will provide an important interdisciplinary communications-mechanism for advancements in the basic-science biomedical community.