2007/2009 "Developmental Biology" Gordon Research Conferences

描述（由申请人提供）：资金要求部分支持2007年和2009年戈登研究会议发育生物学。这个为期五天的会议已被公认为超过三十年的发展生物学的主要和最负盛名的中型会议，汇集了约150名优秀的高级和初级科学家在该领域的最新进展的讨论。 会议有几个特点，使其独特。1)它有意跨越各种各样的实验系统，并专注于特殊活动或承诺的领域。这导致了富有成效的比较分析，并提出了关于基本机制的新问题。2)2007年会议的46名受邀发言人处于职业生涯的不同阶段，其中40%以上是妇女。他们不仅代表了该领域中最具生产力和创造力的成员，而且也代表了有能力开展有益讨论的个人。3)会议将在新罕布什尔州的普罗克特学院举行，这是一个地理上孤立的地点，让与会者在五天的深入讨论中保持紧密联系，没有附近滑雪场，海滩或城市的干扰。 会议的形式将包括上午和晚上的50多个简短的会谈，然后进行讨论，下午的非正式互动和介绍约80张海报。九个会议涵盖经典主题和新兴领域：不对称性，干细胞和再生，轴形成，生长和模式化，进化，形态发生，信号，器官发生和调控网络。一些会议时间一直没有承诺从与会者中选择发言者。通过最大限度地发挥正式讨论和非正式互动的戈登会议发育生物学将有助于确定目前的状态和未来的领域。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested for partial support of the 2007 and 2009 Gordon Research Conferences on Developmental Biology. This five-day conference has been recognized for over thirty years as the major and most prestigious mid-size meeting in Developmental Biology, bringing together approximately 150 outstanding senior and junior scientists for discussions of the recent advances in the field. The conference has several features that make it unique. 1) It intentionally spans a wide variety of experimental systems and focuses on areas of exceptional activity or promise. This leads to fruitful comparative analyses and raises new questions about underlying mechanisms. 2) The 46 invited speakers for the 2007 conference are at diverse stages of their careers and include more than 40% women. They represent not only some of the most productive and creative members in the field, but also individuals with the capacity to generate useful discussions. 3) The conference will take place at the Proctor Academy in New Hampshire, a geographically isolated site that keeps participants in close proximity for five days of in-depth discussion, without the distractions of nearby ski-slopes, beaches, or cities. The conference format will consist in the mornings and evenings of more than 50 short talks followed by discussion, and in the afternoon of informal interactions and presentation of approximately 80 posters. The nine sessions cover classic topics and emerging areas: asymmetry, stem cells and regeneration, axis formation, growth and patterning, evolution, morphogenesis, signaling, organogenesis, and regulatory networks. Some of the session time has been kept uncommitted to choose speakers from attendants. By maximizing both formal discussion and informal interactions the Gordon Conference on Developmental Biology will help to define both the present state and future of the field.