2006 Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development and Diseases

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请申请部分资金支持2006年戈登成纤维细胞生长因子在发育和疾病中的研究会议。关于成纤维细胞生长因子在发育和疾病中的戈登研究会议定于2006年3月12日至17日在加州文图拉港镇福点喜来登酒店举行。这次跨学科会议将把从事FGFs研究的不同研究人员聚集在一个论坛上，讨论新的结果并确定未来的研究领域。对会议特别重要的是：1。碳水化合物在调节FGF活性中的作用，2。调节FGF活性的新机制；3 .了解FGF在发育中作用的分子基础；FGF信号与其他通路包括TGFbeta、wnt和hedgehog通路联网。通常，这些科学家中的大多数不参加共同的会议，这个论坛为不同的研究人员群体提供了一个机制，讨论FGF信号，FGF和FGFR结构以及FGF调节的发育过程的共同兴趣。预计这次会议将通过促进与会者之间的新想法和合作，在这一领域开辟新的工作途径。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funding to partially support the 2006 Gordon Research Conference on Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development and Disease. The Gordon Research Conference on Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development & Disease has been scheduled for March 12-17, 2006 at the Four Points Sheraton Harbortown, Ventura, California. This interdisciplinary conference will bring together a diverse group of researchers working in FGFs in a single forum to discuss new results and to target future research areas. Of particular importance for the conference are: 1. The role of carbohydrates in regulating FGF activity, 2. novel mechanisms regulating FGF activity, 3. understanding the molecular basis for FGF's roles in development, and, 4. Networking FGF signaling with other pathways including TGFbeta, wnt and hedgehog pathways. Typically, the majority of these scientists do not attend common meetings and this forum has provided a mechanism for a diverse group of researchers to discuss common interests in FGF signaling, FGF and FGFR structure and the developmental processes regulated by FGFs. This meeting is expected to open new avenues of work in this area by promoting new ideas and collaborations among the participants. The conference sessions include Keynote lectures, Carbohydrate regulation of FGF function, Developmental Events Regulated by FGFs, Cellular Physiology and FGFs, Skeletal Development, Diversity of FGF Signaling Pathways, FGF Function in the Central Nervous System, Patterning and FGFs, Novel Mechanisms for FGF Function in Development and Disease. Thus, the 2006 GRC Conference on Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development and Disease will bring together scientists that work in fields of structure function analysis, signaling, cell biology and development. This conference is designed to provide an interdisciplinary forum that will benefit from the contributions of both established and new investigators. Due to the rapid pace of important advancements in this field, the conference should provide a timely and important forum to discuss new work, to provide a diverse and stimulating atmosphere and allow initiation of new research directions and collaborations.