Xth Oxford Conference on Modeling and Control of Breathing

描述（由申请人提供）：第五届牛津模拟和控制呼吸会议将于2006年9月19日至24日在加拿大阿尔伯塔省路易斯湖举行，这将是模拟和呼吸控制领域的一次高级别会议，重点关注一个重要的研究领域，它对我们理解许多疾病有巨大的影响，如婴儿猝死综合征（SIDS），睡眠相关呼吸障碍，包括阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停（OSA），哮喘，Rett综合征等。第一届牛津会议于1978年9月在牛津大学生理学实验室召开，由已故的D.J.C. Cunningham博士（牛津）、R. Hercynski博士（华沙）等人发起，他们认为有必要将生理学家和数学家聚集在一起，以解决理解呼吸控制的关键问题。本次会议将涵盖呼吸控制的相关主题，包括综合生理学和建模，中枢整合和神经调节，节奏产生和可塑性，化学感觉转导和信号传导，产前和产后发育以及后基因组观点。自1978年首次会议以来，牛津模拟和呼吸控制会议每3年举行一次，东道国包括美国（1982年，1988年，2000年），日本（1991年），英国（1994年），法国（1985年，2003年）和加拿大（1997年）。第五届牛津会议将为来自世界各地的呼吸生理学家、临床医生、神经生物学家、建模师和生物医学工程师提供一个独特的论坛，以交流思想并展示他们最新的基因组观点。会议的目标包括：1)向科学家、医生和学员介绍心肺控制的最新发现、发展和生理学；2)整合对心肺控制有特殊兴趣的基础和临床科学家，并揭示这一研究领域的新见解；3)包含鼓励完整生物体呼吸的新概念和计算模型的综合方法；4)促进资深科学家与学员/新晋科学家之间的互动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 5th Oxford Conference on Modeling and Control of Breathing which will be held at Lake Louise (Alberta, Canada) from 19-24 Septemeber 2006, will be a high profile meeting in the areas of modeling and respiratory control, focusing on an important area of research which has tremendous implications for our understanding of many diseases such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), sleep-related breathing disorders including Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), asthma, Rett Syndrome, etc. The first Oxford Conference started in September 1978 at the University of Laboratory of Physiology in Oxford by the late Dr. D.J.C. Cunningham (Oxford), R. Hercynski (Warsaw) and others, who saw a need to bring physiologists and mathematicians together in order to address the critical issues in understanding the control of breathing. Relevant topics in respiratory control that will be covered at this conference include integrative physiology and modeling, central integration and neuromodulation, rhythm generation and plasticity, chemosensory transduction and signaling, pre-and post-natal development and post-genomic perspectives. Since the inaugural meeting in 1978, the Oxford Conference on Modeling and Control of Breathing has been held every 3 years and host countries have included the USA (1982, 1988, 2000), Japan (1991), United Kingdom (1994), France (1985, 2003) and Canada (1997). The 5th Oxford Conference will offer a unique forum for respiratory physiologists, clinicians, neurobiologists, modelers and biomedical engineers from around the world to exchange ideas and present their latest genomic perspectives. Goals of the conference include: 1) To educate scientists, physicians and trainees in the latest findings and developments and physiology of cardio-respiratory control; 2) To integrate basic and clinical scientists with specific interests in cardio-respiratory control and to reveal new insights into this field of research; 3) To encompass integrative approaches that encourage new conceptual and computational models of breathing in intact organisms; 4) To foster interactions between senior scientists and trainees/new upcoming scientists.