Winter Neuropeptides Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：此申请是为冬季神经肽会议提供支持，这是最古老的正在进行的神经肽会议。WPNC自1976年以来一直在开会，是脑研究冬季会议的产物和官方卫星。WNPC位于科罗拉多州的布雷肯里奇，自1981年以来一直保留在那里，只有一次例外。它通常被称为“布雷肯里奇会议”。会议通常在2月的第一个星期六开始，并在接下来的星期二晚上休会。2004年会议的日期是1月31日至2月3日。神经肽领域的许多开创性发现都是在WNPC上首次提出的。在世界神经肽大会上，历史和当代都对神经肽与发育之间的关系感兴趣。例如，1997年世界神经肽大会的主题是“发育和衰老中的神经肽”，纽约科学院在其年鉴中发表了会议记录。这项申请是为每年两次会议提供支持，为期五年，重点是发展问题。至少有两个完整的会议专门讨论发展问题（生殖内分泌学和生理学、妊娠、胎儿/婴儿发育、发育遗传学、进化生物学和发育内分泌学）。此应用程序的目的是为每次会议上的这些发展会议提供支持。2004年会议的主题是转化研究——将研究成果从实验室转移到临床。建议在发育阶段评估分娩过程中神经肽级联的模型，并讨论早期暴露于生长因子对行为障碍发展的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is to provide support for the Winter Neuropeptide Conference, the oldest ongoing neuropeptide conference. The WPNC has met since 1976, and was an outgrowth from, and an official satellite of, the Winter Conference on Brain Research. The WNPC is located in Breckenridge, Colorado, and has remained there, with one exception, since 1981. It often is referred to as "The Breckenridge Conference." The meetings typically begin on the first Saturday in February and are adjourned on the following Tuesday evening. The dates for the 2004 meeting are January 31 to February 3. Many of the seminal findings in the field of neuropeptides were presented first at the WNPC. There has been, at the WNPC, both historical and contemporary interest in the relation between neuropeptides to development. For example, the theme of the 1997 WNPC was "Neuropeptides in Development and Aging", and the New York Academy of Sciences published the proceedings in its annals. This application is to provide support for two sessions each year, for five years, focused on developmental issues. At least two full sessions are devoted to issues of development (reproductive endocrinology and physiology, pregnancy, fetal/infant development, developmental genetics, evolutionary biology, and developmental endocrinology). The purpose of this application is to provide support for these developmental sessions at each conference. The theme of the 2004 meeting is translational research - moving findings from the laboratory to the clinic. Developmental sessions are proposed to assess models of neuropeptide cascades in the process of parturition, and to discuss the influence of early exposure to growth factors on the development of behavioral disturbance. The WNPC has a stable organization and a steering committee that work together to develop the themes and programs for each meeting and then to execute the meeting. Programs for the past five years are listed in the application as well as a list of proceedings published by the New York Academy of Sciences, Peptides, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, and by Regulatory Peptides over the last 20 years. The WPNC is held each year at the same site resulting in several advantages. First, the WNPC retains the services of an on-site coordinator who assists with local arrangements. Second, because WPNC is a repeat customer it is able to secure excellent rates for lodging. Third, the consistency of the site simplifies the planning and logistics for attendees. The conference is inclusive for all groups. Half of the organizing and steering committees are women. Efforts are made to include minorities and persons with disabilities.