Model Organisms and Approaches in Developmental Biology

申请者描述：为支持科学家和学生(15名美国人和15名拉丁美洲人)参加2005年4月27日至5月4日在巴西圣保罗Juquehy举行的拉丁美洲发育生物学学会(LASDB)第二届国际会议的卫星短期课程--“发育生物学中的模式生物和创新方法”，申请资金。本课程将使学生接触到发育生物学中使用的基本问题和研究工具。挑选讲师主要是因为他们在各自领域的研究成果出色，并愿意在课程结束后继续合作努力。他们将对几种不同的、主流的以及新兴的模式生物和技术的潜力和局限性提供一个平衡的观点。作为一个专题，五位拉丁美洲演讲者将介绍他们在土著生物基因组和形态方面的工作成果，让学生第一手了解利用拉丁美洲生物群多样性的机会。圆桌会议和海报会议将为参与者提供更多的机会来讨论他们项目的具体内容，以及教授发育生物学的不同方法。学生将从美国的研究生和博士后研究员，以及来自拉丁美洲的研究生、博士后研究员和新教师提交的申请中挑选，根据以前在该领域的经验和兴趣。短期课程的目的如下：1)在美洲培训一批渴望使用创新方法和本土模式生物来扩大知识库和了解发展进程的新调查人员。2)培养高级和初级调查人员在相互支持的联盟中进行无国界合作的文化，这将进一步推动该领域的发展。3)为讨论与参与国和西半球的教育和科学政策有关的发育生物学当前议题提供一个公开论坛。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested for support of scientists and students (15 United States-based and 15 Latin America-based) to participate in "Model Organisms and Innovative Approaches in Developmental Biology," a satellite short course of the Second International Meeting of the Latin American Society of Developmental Biology (LASDB) in Juquehy, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 27-May 4, 2005. The course will expose the students to the fundamental questions and research tools used in developmental biology. The lecturers were selected primarily for the excellence of their research in respective fields, and willingness to continue collaborative efforts after the course. They will give a balanced view of the potentials and limitations of several different, mainstream, as well as emerging model organisms and technologies. As a special feature, five Latin American speakers working with genomic and morphological aspects of indigenous organisms will present their results, giving the students a first-hand view of the opportunities available to exploit the diversity of the Latin American Biome. The roundtable and poster sessions will provide additional opportunities for participants to discuss specifics of their projects, as well as different methods to teach developmental biology. Students will be selected from applications submitted by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the United States, and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and new faculty from Latin America, based on previous experience and interest in the field. The short course serves the following purposes: 1) Training of a cadre of new investigators in the Americas eager to use innovative approaches and indigenous model organisms to expand the knowledge base and understanding of developmental processes. 2) Fostering senior and junior investigators to a culture of borderless cooperation in mutually supportive alliances that will further advances in the field. 3) Providing an open forum for discussion on current topics in developmental biology of relevance to education and science policy in the participating countries and the Western Hemisphere.