Santa Cruz Meetings on Developmental Biology

描述(由申请者提供)：为2004年、2006年和2008年举行的圣克鲁斯发育生物学会议申请资金。圣克鲁斯发育生物学会议(SCDB会议)为发育生物学家讨论当前的研究提供了一个具有启发性和针对性的论坛。SCDB会议的范围是国际性的，组织的目的是让初级教师、博士后研究员和研究生广泛参与。主题以主题形式涵盖，强调对发展的机械性和实验性分析。2004年会议的主题包括：模式形成；形态发生和细胞迁移；进化和发展；干细胞；非编码RNA；细胞不对称；器官发生；神经系统的发育和疾病。邀请来自植物和动物发展领域的演讲者。SCDB会议为期五天，有40至50名平台演讲者，其中5至10人是从提交给会议组织者的摘要中挑选出来的。 组织平台会议是为了有充足的时间进行讨论；广泛的讨论时间被认为是SCDB以往会议的最佳特点之一。会议持续张贴海报，并安排了几次海报会议，以及非正式讨论的时间。2004年、2006年和2008年SCDB会议将在本系列前几次会议(1992年、1994年、1996年、2000年和2002年举行)的基础上取得成功，并将在偶数年举行(与戈登发育生物学研究会议交替举行)。加州大学圣克鲁斯分校(UCSC)主办了SCDB会议。会议场地的安排使讲台会议、海报、住宿和餐饮设施都很接近；残疾与会者的无障碍设施由加州大学圣迭戈分校确保。UCSC设置具有成本效益。会议后勤由UCSC会议服务公司提供。加州大学洛杉矶分校的园区距离旧金山湾区不到一小时的车程；从附近的机场出发很简单，但现场足够隔绝和舒适，以至于演讲者和与会者倾向于在整个会议期间留在现场。因此，SCDB会议虽然是以Gordon研究会议为蓝本，但它还有几个额外的优势，使其成为发育生物学社区的热门场所。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funding is requested for the Santa Cruz Meetings on Developmental Biology, to be held in 2004, 2006, and 2008. The Santa Cruz Meetings on Developmental Biology (SCDB meetings) provide a stimulating and focused forum for discussion of current research by developmental biologists. SCDB meetings are international in scope and are organized to allow extensive participation by junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students. Topics are covered in a thematic format, and emphasize mechanistic and experimental analysis of development. The topics for the 2004 meeting include: pattern formation; morphogenesis and cell migration; evolution and development; stem cells; non-coding RNAs; cellular asymmetry; organogenesis; development of the nervous system, and disease. Speakers are invited from both plant and animal development fields. SCDB meetings last five days and have 40 to 50 platform speakers, of which five to ten are chosen from abstracts submitted to the meeting organizers. The platform sessions are organized to allow ample time for discussions; the extensive discussion periods have been cited as one of the best features of previous SCDB meetings. Posters are continuously displayed and several poster sessions are scheduled in the meeting, as well as time for informal discussions. The 2004, 2006, and 2008 SCDB meetings will build on the success of previous meetings in this series (held in 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2002) and will take place in even-numbered years (alternating with the Gordon Research Conference on Developmental Biology). The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) hosts the SCDB meetings. The conference site is arranged so that platform sessions, posters, accommodation, and dining facilities are in close proximity; access for disabled participants is ensured by UCSC. The UCSC setting is cost effective. Conference logistics are provided by UCSC Conference Services. The UCSC campus is within an hour's drive of the San Francisco Bay Area; travel from nearby airports is simple, but the site is sufficiently isolated and pleasant that speakers and participants tend to stay in residence for the entire meeting. Thus, the SCDB meeting, although modeled on a Gordon Research Conference, has several additional advantages that have made it a popular venue for the Developmental Biology community.