2006 Molecular Mechanisms in Lymphatic Function & Disease Gordon Conference

描述(由申请人提供)： 淋巴生物学最近经历了戏剧性的增长。改进的技术和新的工具促进了淋巴管研究的新方法，这在短时间内极大地改善了对淋巴生理学和病理生理学的基本方面的了解。此应用程序旨在请求对2006年9月3日至8日在瑞士Diablerets举行的第二届Gordon Research Conference的支持。芬兰赫尔辛基大学的Kari Alitalo博士将担任本次会议的主席，加州大学圣地亚哥分校的Geert W.SchmidSchonbein博士将担任副主席。会议促进了活跃的淋巴生物学家、生理学家、生物医学工程师和医生之间的科学交流，并提供了一个论坛，在这个论坛上，将围绕该领域的科学发展进行广泛对话，并将确定未来研究工作的新方向。将讨论的具体研究领域包括淋巴疾病和淋巴管与血管发育的遗传学、生物化学、淋巴功能的生物物理学和生物工程、淋巴细胞的免疫学、淋巴研究的细胞和分子生物学方法、生理学和药理学、血管发生和淋巴发生的解剖学、淋巴管发育生物学、淋巴管网络的组织工程、淋巴管内皮的细胞骨架结构、间质和膜信号机制以及淋巴病理学、炎症和肿瘤生物学。一批世界领导人已同意参加将以戈登会议的形式安排的会议，戈登会议是为了在该领域最先进的理解水平上进行科学交流而优化的。这次会议在推进淋巴学和发展对淋巴疾病和治疗的新认识方面起到了至关重要的作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Lymphatic biology has recently experienced a dramatic growth. Enhanced techniques and new tools have facilitated a fresh approach to the study of lymphatics that has lead in short order to a greatly improved understanding of basic aspects of lymphatic physiology and pathophysiology. This application is designed to request support for the Second Gordon Research Conference to be held in Diablerets, Switzerland September 3-8, 2006. Dr. Kari Alitalo from the University of Helsinki, Finland, will serve as the chairman of this conference, Dr. Geert W. Schmid-Schonbein from the University of California, San Diego, is the vicechair. The conference facilitates scientific exchange between active lymphatic biologists, physiologists, biomedical engineers and physicians and provides a forum in which a broad dialogue surrounding scientific developments in this field will be discussed and new directions of future investigative efforts will be determined. Specific areas of investigation to be discussed are genetics of lymph diseases and lymphatic vs vascular development, biochemistry, biophysics and bioengineering of lymphatic function, immunology of lymph cells, cellular and molecular biology approaches to lymphatic studies, physiology and pharmacology, anatomy in areas such as vasculogenesis and lymphogenesis, lymphatic developmental biology, tissue engineering of lymphatic networks, cytoskeletal structure of lymphatic endothelium, interstitial and membrane signaling mechanisms as well as lymphatic pathology, inflammation and tumor biology. A roster of world leaders have agreed to participate in the conference to be arranged in the format of a Gordon Conference that is optimized for scientific exchange at the level of the most advanced understanding in the field. The conference plays an essential role in the advancement of lymphology and development of a new understanding of lymphatic diseases and treatments.