Developmental Psychobiology Symposia

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请的目的是为发展心理生物学提供一个培养新想法、新概念和新合作的场所。我们的目标是通过汇集来自不同学术背景的研究科学家，包括但不限于行为学、心理生物学、神经生物学、神经遗传学和分子生物学，促进综合讨论并引入行为发育研究的前沿方法。我们将通过将在国际发展心理生物学学会年会上举行的一次突出的、专题的研讨会来实现这些目标。连续5年每年举办一次研讨会。每个专题讨论会将由三至四名发言者和一名讨论者组成。研讨会将强调跨学科互动，有来自与发展心理生物学无关的学科的发言者，以及来自与发展心理生物学有关的学科但通常不参加ISDP会议的发言者。演讲者将通过25至45分钟的数据驱动的演讲分享他们的独特观点。讨论者将通过小组讨论促进演讲者和听众之间的互动。由于研讨会期间不会同时举行会议，因此研讨会将吸引最多的会员参加。为了扩大每个研讨会的影响，我们将在重点关注婴儿发育、神经科学和神经遗传学的关键科学会议上广泛宣传。会议结束后，由主席提交的研讨会纪要和发言者的意见将发表在《发育心理生物学》杂志上，详细情况将张贴在我们的学会网页上。 2003年ISDP会议将在洛杉矶新奥尔良举行，就在神经科学学会会议之前。2002年在佛罗里达州奥兰多举行的ISDP会议(即将举行)和2001年在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行的ISDP会议的摘要提交和登记数量创下纪录。我们将我们的成功部分归功于近年来我们主办的特邀演讲和研讨会所涵盖的广泛主题。 本提案要求为专题讨论会发言人今后5年的酬金和旅费提供支助。获得多年支助将有助于在不同领域的研究人员中建立参加ISDP会议的文化，这将使赠款的影响在所要求的支助期过后很长一段时间内继续存在。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this application is to provide a venue for cultivating novel ideas, concepts, and collaborations in developmental psychobiology. Our objective is to facilitate integrative discussions and to introduce cutting edge approaches to the study of behavioral development by assembling research scientists from diverse academic backgrounds including, but not limited to, ethology, psychobiology, neurobiology, neurogenetics, and molecular biology. We will accomplish these goals through a highlighted, topical symposium to be held at the annual meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology. One symposium will be held each year for 5 consecutive years. Each symposium will be comprised of three to four speakers and a discussant. The symposia will emphasize interdisciplinary interaction by featuring speakers from disciplines unrelated to developmental psychobiology, as well as speakers from disciplines related to developmental psychobiology but who do not ordinarily attend the ISDP meeting. Speakers will share their unique perspectives through data-driven talks lasting 25 to 45 minutes. The discussant will facilitate interaction among the speakers and members of the audience through a panel discussion. Because there will be no concurrent meeting sessions during the symposium, the symposium will draw maximal attendance by the membership. To broaden the impact of each symposium, we will advertise broadly at key scientific meetings focussed on infant development, neuroscience, and neurogenetics. Following the meeting, a summary of the symposium, submitted by the chair with input from the speakers, will be published in the journal Developmental Psychobiology with details posted on our society webpage. The 2003 ISDP meeting will be held in New Orleans, LA, just prior to the Society for Neuroscience meeting. The 2002 ISDP meeting in Orlando, FL (upcoming) and the 2001 ISDP meeting in San Diego, CA, are marked by record numbers of abstract submissions and registrations. We attribute our success, in part, to the broad range of topics covered in invited addresses and symposia that we have hosted in recent years. The present proposal requests support for honoraria and travel expenses for symposium speakers for the next 5 years. Obtaining multiple year support will help to establish a culture of attendance at the ISDP meetings among researchers from various fields, which will prolong the impact of the grant long after the period of support requested.