Soc for Molecular Imaging 3rd Annual International Mtg

描述(申请人提供)：分子影像学会第三届国际年会将于2004年9月9日至9月12日在圣路易斯举行。这次会议是由华盛顿大学的一个小组组织的。组委会是大卫·皮维尼卡-沃姆斯、迈克尔·J·韦尔奇和约瑟夫·J·H·阿克曼。活体细胞和分子成像领域正在涌现出新的方法，揭示生物在活体中的某些方面，包括癌症，直到最近还无法进行研究。将在第三届分子成像学会年会上介绍的快速发展的成像技术旨在揭示体内的生物变化，从而可用于改善生物学和疾病的研究，加速新治疗方法的开发，并将这些技术的使用扩展到广泛的学科。会议环境将是我们广泛讨论成像的环境，将包括生物、化学、临床成像、基因组学、技术进步和工业应用领域的演讲和讨论，这些领域解决了通过成像绘制体内分子功能图的中心问题。通过成像实现的对哺乳动物生物学的新见解将是会议的关键焦点。预计与会者人数约为800人，其中包括特邀演讲者、讨论负责人和与会者。这项提案要求提供资金，为受邀与会者、来自北美和海外的少数族裔教员和年轻研究人员提供部分旅费和生活费。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Society for Molecular Imaging Third Annual International Meeting will be held from Sept 9 - Sept 12, 2004, in St. Louis. The meeting is being organized by a group at Washington University. The Organizing Committee is David Piwnica-Worms, Michael J. Welch and Joseph J.H. Ackerman. The field of in vivo cellular and molecular imaging is exploding with new approaches that reveal aspects of biology in the living body, including cancer, that were until recently inaccessible to investigation. The rapidly evolving imaging technologies to be described at the Third Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging are designed to reveal biological changes in vivo, and thus can be used to improve the study of biology and disease, accelerate the development of new therapeutic approaches and expand the use of these technologies to a wide range of disciplines. The meeting environment will be one where we discuss imaging broadly, and will include talks and discussion in areas of biology, chemistry, clinical imaging, genomics, technical advancements and industrial applications that address central issues in the mapping of molecular functions in vivo through imaging. New insights into mammalian biology that have been realized through imaging will be a key focus of the meeting. The number of participants is expected to be approximately 800 including invited speakers, discussion leaders, and participants. This proposal requests funds to provide partial support for travel and subsistence expenses for invited participants, minority faculty and young investigators from North America and overseas.