Conference on Emerging Research Technologies

描述（由申请人提供）：在过去的十年中，膳食补充剂（DS）和功能食品（FF）的研究取得了重大的科学进展。随着这项研究的不断推进，采用新的和创新的研究技术和方法，如DNA微阵列、芯片技术和蛋白质组学，对科学的未来发展至关重要。因此，为了强调这些新技术及其在DS和FF研究中的潜在应用，2004年9月20日至21日将在伊利诺伊州芝加哥召开一次重要的国际科学会议，题为“新兴科学技术：在膳食补充剂和功能食品研究中的应用”。会议将由UIC/NIH植物膳食补充剂研究中心和伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳分校的功能食品健康项目共同主办。本次会议的目标是促进多学科的科学思想交流，以促进使用这些新技术和方法进行DS和FF的科学评估，并促进这些领域的新的跨学科研究活动。这一目标将通过1)讨论新的“最先进”技术和方法，2)评估它们在DS和FF的科学和临床研究中的应用，以及3)促进研究者之间的新研究合作来实现。科学议程将包括四个主要的科学会议，分为不同的生物和化学主题：1)DNA阵列和芯片技术-评估生物作用机制的应用和合理设计；2)蛋白质组学和蛋白质微阵列技术在DS和FF研究中的应用；3) DS和FF标准化和质量控制的新兴生物分析方法；4)生物信息学和数据挖掘的进展。本次会议选定的发言人都是各自领域中备受尊敬的领袖人物。除了全体会议发言人外，四场简短的演讲和海报会议将突出新兴科学。美国国立卫生研究院R13拨款的支持对于本次会议至关重要，可以为全体发言人提供资金，允许学生和博士后研究员参加，并为UIC植物中心和FFH网站提供会议的视频档案。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over the past decade significant scientific advances have been made both dietary supplements (DS) and functional foods (FF) research. As this research continues to advance, opportunities to employ new and innovative research technologies and methodologies such as DNA microarrays, chip technology and proteomics are critical for the future progress of the science. Thus, to highlight these new technologies and their potential applications to DS and FF research, a major international scientific conference will be convened September 20-21,2004, in Chicago, Illinois, entitled: "Emerging Scientific Technologies: Application to Dietary Supplement and Functional Foods Research." The meeting will be co-hosted by the UIC/NIH Center for Botanical Dietary Supplements Research and the Functional Foods for Health Program at University of Illinois Urbana. The goal of this meeting will be promote a multi-disciplinary scientific exchange of ideas that will promote the use of these new technologies to and methods for the scientific assessment of DS and FF, as well as facilitate new cross-disciplinary research initiatives in these fields. This goal will be achieved through 1) discussing new "state of the art" techniques and methods, 2) assessing their application to the scientific and clinical investigation of DS and FF and 3) promoting new research collaborations between investigators. The scientific agenda will include four major scientific sessions organized into distinct biological and chemical themes: 1) DNA arrays and chip technology-applications and rational design for assessing biological mechanisms of action; 2) Application of Proteomics and Protein Microarrays to DS and FF research; 3) Emerging bio-analytical methods for standardization and quality control of DS and FF; and 4) Advances in bioinfomatics and data mining. The speakers chosen for this conference are well respected leaders in their field. In addition to plenary speakers, four short talk and poster sessions will highlight the new emerging science. The support of an NIH R13 grant is essential for this conference to provide funds for plenary speakers, to allow students and post-doctoral fellows to participate, and for video archival of the conference for the UIC Botanical Center and FFH websites.