"Vasculata 2007" Conference grant application

描述(由申请人提供)： 这项提案寻求为一个名为Vasculata的研讨会提供资金，该研讨会将于2007年8月6日至9日在北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校举行。Vasculata由北卡罗来纳大学心血管生物学中心和NAVBO(北美血管生物学组织)联合主办。这个为期四天的研讨会试图提供比普通大学课程更深入的血管生物学概述，但比典型的会议更适合受训者。作为参与者，我们以实习生身份的个人为目标，特别是研究生、医学生和博士后研究员，但本科生和初级教员也参与其中。我们招募了在该领域具有国际声誉的血管生物界的演讲者，介绍他们的研究并提供相关背景。因此，通过演讲者演讲和海报会议传播信息很重要。这个工作坊旨在教育学生血管生物学的许多方面，但特别强调血管的发育和功能如何影响许多疾病的机制，以及新技术如何改变血管生物学领域。因此，这次研讨会的目的是促进发言者之间的科学信息交流，并突出血管生物学的学科，鼓励更多的年轻研究人员将他们的研究重点放在心血管疾病上。这是Vasculata向血管生物学社区提供的第四个年头，它是在大学里举办的，所以住房成本是负担得起的，注册费也很低。这笔赠款将提供必要资金，用于支付与会者的旅费和演讲者的费用。我们对接触少数族裔参与者并向他们提供全额奖学金特别感兴趣。(摘要结束)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal seeks funding for a workshop called Vasculata, to be held at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from August 6-9, 2007. Vasculata is jointly sponsored by the University of North Carolina Cardiovascular Biology Center and NAVBO (North American Vascular Biology Organization). This fourday workshop seeks to give a more intensive overview of vascular biology than found in an average university curriculum, but more tailored to trainees than the typical meeting. As participants we target individuals in a trainee status, particularly graduate students, medical students, and post doc fellows, but undergraduates and junior faculty have also participated. We have recruited speakers from the vascular biology community with international reputations in the field, to speak about their research and give relevant background. Thus the dissemination of information via speaker talks and poster sessions is important. This workshop seeks to educate the students in many aspects of vascular biology, but specific emphasis is placed on how blood vessel development and function impacts the mechanisms of many diseases, and how new technologies are changing the field of vascular biology. Thus the goal of this workshop is to promote the exchange of scientific information among speakers, and to highlight the discipline of vascular biology and encourage more young investigators to focus their studies on cardiovascular diseases. This is the 4th year that Vasculata is offered to the vascular biology community, and it is held at universities so housing costs are affordable and registration fees are low. The grant will provide essential funding to cover travel awards for participants and expenses for speakers. We are particularly interested in reaching out to minority participants and providing them with full scholarships. (End of Abstract)