FASEB Conference on Calcium and Cell Function

FASEB 钙与细胞功能会议

• 批准号: 7161276
• 负责人: RICHARD S LEWIS
• 金额: $ 1.1万
• 依托单位: FEDERATION OF AMER SOC FOR EXPER BIOLOGY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-07-04 至 2007-07-03
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7161276
• 关键词: calcium flux; cell biology; meeting /conference /symposium; travel

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to cover partial support for the 2006 FASEB Conference on Calcium and Cell Function, to be held in Snowmass, Colorado. Calcium is a critical second messenger, which is essential for processes ranging from nervous and immune system development and function to fertility, neurotransmitter release, sensory transduction and cell migration. Accordingly, defects in calcium signaling are associated with a host of diseases affecting excitable and non-excitable cells. The goal of this conference, which is held every two years, is to provide a forum for leading scientists from a diversity of fields to present and discuss the latest and most exciting developments in the calcium field. We have aimed to attract many scientists who have not participated in previous conferences on calcium signaling, despite the relevance of their work to the topic of the meeting. In particular, many scientists who work on sensory transduction, neuronal development, neurophysiology and synaptic transmission have not attended past meetings due to a former emphasis on non-excitable cells. We expect the mix of participants working with both excitable and non-excitable cells, combined with the informal setting and relatively modest size of the meeting (maximum of 165 participants), will generate lively discussions and new interactions among scientists who do not ordinarily attend the same conferences. The meeting will include nine sessions with oral presentations, one keynote address, and four poster session covering topics that will include the roles of calcium in regulating gene transcription, development and disease, neuronal exocytosis, sensory signaling, and cell migration, as well as molecular mechanisms of calcium release and influx, and calcium signaling specificity. These topics are of fundamental importance and are relevant to understanding the bases of numerous diseases, including neurodegeneration; developmental defects in the nervous and immune systems; communicative, sensory and cognitive disorders; kidney and cardiovascular disease; immunodeficiencies and autoimmunity; and cancer.

描述（由申请人提供）： 申请资金用于支付将在科罗拉多州斯诺马斯举行的 2006 年 FASEB 钙和细胞功能会议的部分支持。钙是重要的第二信使，对于从神经和免疫系统发育和功能到生育、神经递质释放、感觉转导和细胞迁移等过程至关重要。因此，钙信号传导缺陷与影响兴奋性和非兴奋性细胞的许多疾病有关。该会议每两年举行一次，其目标是为来自不同领域的领先科学家提供一个论坛，展示和讨论钙领域的最新、最令人兴奋的发展。我们的目标是吸引许多未参加过以前的钙信号传导会议的科学家，尽管他们的工作与会议主题相关。特别是，许多从事感觉转导、神经元发育、神经生理学和突触传递研究的科学家由于以前强调非兴奋性细胞而没有参加过去的会议。我们预计，与可兴奋和不可兴奋细胞一起工作的参与者的混合，加上非正式的环境和相对适度的会议规模（最多 165 名参与者），将在通常不参加同一会议的科学家之间产生热烈的讨论和新的互动。会议将包括九场口头报告、一场主题演讲和四场墙报会议，主题包括钙在调节基因转录、发育和疾病、神经元胞吐作用、感觉信号传导和细胞迁移中的作用，以及钙释放和流入的分子机制以及钙信号传导特异性。这些主题具有根本重要性，并且与理解包括神经退行性疾病在内的多种疾病的基础相关；神经和免疫系统发育缺陷；沟通、感觉和认知障碍；肾脏和心血管疾病；免疫缺陷和自身免疫；和癌症。