2006 Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development and Diseases

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请申请资助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12-17日在加利福尼亚州文图拉的Four Points喜来登港口城举行。这次跨学科会议将把在FGFs工作的不同研究人员群体聚集在一个论坛上，讨论新的成果并瞄准未来的研究领域。这次会议特别重要的是：1.碳水化合物在调节成纤维细胞生长因子活性中的作用，2.调节成纤维细胞生长因子活性的新机制，3.了解成纤维细胞生长因子在发育过程中作用的分子基础，以及4.将成纤维细胞生长因子信号与其他通路连接起来，包括TGFbeta、WNT和Hedgehog通路。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小组提供了一个机制，讨论对成纤维细胞生长因子信号、成纤维细胞生长因子和成纤维细胞生长因子受体结构以及由成纤维细胞生长因子调控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，为这一领域的工作开辟新的途径。 会议包括主旨讲座、成纤维细胞生长因子功能的碳水化合物调节、成纤维细胞生长因子调控的发育事件、细胞生理学和成纤维细胞生长因子、骨骼发育、成纤维细胞生长因子信号通路的多样性、成纤维细胞生长因子在中枢神经系统中的功能、模式与成纤维细胞生长因子、成纤维细胞生长因子在发育和疾病中作用的新机制。因此，2006年GRC关于成纤维细胞生长因子在发育和疾病中的会议将汇集在结构功能分析、信号、细胞生物学和发育领域工作的科学家。这次会议的目的是提供一个跨学科论坛，将受益于现有和新的调查人员的贡献。由于在这一领域取得重要进展的步伐很快，会议应提供一个及时和重要的论坛来讨论新的工作，提供一个多样化和鼓舞人心的气氛，并允许启动新的研究方向和合作。

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.