2005 Molecular Membrane Biology Gordon Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：这笔拨款将部分支持受邀参加7月10日至15日在新罕布什尔州安多弗普罗克特学院举行的分子膜生物学戈登会议的演讲者和会议主席的旅费和会议注册费。本次会议汇集了从事膜结构和功能各方面工作的科学家，包括囊泡运输和细胞器生物发生和结构，脂质生物学，膜蛋白结构和功能以及蛋白质易位。因此，MMB在社区中具有很大的价值，因为它促进了专注于理解膜功能复杂性的学科之间的详细讨论和科学交流。会议主题包括：膜融合；多种易位机制；细胞内分选机制；组织膜子域；膜弯曲/裂变;膜上构象动力学；脂质与隔室特性；细胞器生物发生与动力学；和运输船编队。我们邀请了各种各样的演讲者，其中许多人刚刚开始职业生涯，31%是女性。我们为从提交的摘要中选择的演讲者保留了多达18个名额，增加了我们听到最新和令人兴奋的结果的机会，并使我们的演讲者多样化。我们还邀请了几位高级领导人担任会议主席，并在每次会议结束时留出15分钟供主席总结会议，并就当前的争议、未解决的问题和未来的方向进行一般性讨论，这些讨论将吸引大部分听众。这个会议通常被超额认购，被认为是该领域许多人“必须参加”的会议。与会者进行的研究由几个NIH研究所资助，包括NIGMS， NCI， NIBIB， NIDDK， NIMH和NIAID。因此，所讨论的工作对人类健康和疾病具有普遍意义。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This grant will partially support travel costs and conference registration fees for Speakers and Session Chairs who have been invited to participate in the Molecular Membrane Biology Gordon Conference to be held July 10-15 at Proctor Academy in Andover, NH. This meeting brings together scientists working on all aspects of membrane structure and function, including vesicular trafficking and organelle biogenesis and structure, lipid biology, membrane protein structure and function, and protein translocation. Hence, MMB has great value in the community in that it facilitates detailed discussion and scientific exchange between disciplines focused on understanding the complexity of membrane function. Proposed session topics include: Membrane Fusion; Diverse Translocation Machineries; Intracellular Sorting Mechanisms; Organizing Membrane Subdomains; Membrane Bending/Fission; Conformation Dynamics at the Membrane; Lipids and Compartment Identity; Organelle Biogenesis and Dynamics; and Transport Carrier Formation. We have invited a diverse group of speakers, many are early in their careers, 31% are female. We have left open as many as 18 slots for Speakers chosen from submitted abstracts, increasing our opportunities for hearing the most recent and exciting results and diversifying our speakers. We have invited several more senior leaders to serve as Session Chairs, and have set aside 15 minutes at the end of each session for the Chairs to summarize the session and to lead a general discussion on current controversies, unresolved issues and future directions that will engage a large percentage of the audience. This meeting is generally oversubscribed and considered a 'must-attend' for many in the field. Research conducted by attendees is funded by several NIH institutes, including NIGMS, NCI, NIBIB, NIDDK, NIMH and NIAID. Thus, the work discussed is of general significance to human health and disease.