2007 Molecular Pharmacology Gordon Research Conference

描述(申请人提供)：本申请旨在为将于2007年1月28日至2月2日在加利福尼亚州文图拉举行的2007年戈登分子药理学研究会议申请资金。2007年的会议将寻求阐明分子药理学和细胞信号在结构、生化和生理/行为分析水平上的领先研究。分子药理学戈登研究会议吸引该领域最优秀的科学家的历史由来已久。2007年会议将延续这一传统，但在强调新的进展方面将有所不同，这些新进展促进了跨传统分析水平的翻译，从而将分子与系统水平的理解联系起来。与神经可塑性、病理生理学和药物依赖相关的机制也将得到更多的重视。虽然演讲者和会议负责人将提供适合不太熟悉的与会者的介绍，但演讲将针对最新的、新颖的和未发表的发现。我们预计，这次会议将吸引来自该领域的主要调查人员。预计出席者约120人，其中约85%为学术研究人员。预计大约25%的人将是本科生、研究生和博士后研究人员，25%的非终身初级教职员工，其余的预计将包括不同级别的高级教员和实验室负责人，包括许多分子药理学领域的领先研究人员。大约25%的人将发言，其余的大多数人将展示海报。目标是通过促进对该领域最新和最有争议的想法进行尽可能自由的讨论和辩论来推动这一领域的发展，鼓励在翻译机会领域开展合作，并在经验较少的独立科学家和高级受训人员的专业发展方面提供重要的反馈和支持。这些会议的题目是：受体结构；信号中的分子动力学；受体调节和药物作用；受体和药物发现；信号过程的生理学；信号研究中的化学和遗传方法；心血管生理学和治疗学；神经生理学、可塑性和成瘾。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is to request funding for the 2007 Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Pharmacology to be held in Ventura, California from January 28 - February 2, 2007. The 2007 Conference will seek to illuminate leading research in Molecular Pharmacology and Cellular Signaling at structural, biochemical, and physiological/behavioral levels of analysis. The Molecular Pharmacology Gordon Research Conference has a long history of attracting the best scientists in the field. The 2007 conference will continue this tradition but will be different in emphasizing new advances that facilitate translation across traditional levels of analysis, thereby linking molecular to systems -level understanding. There will also be increased emphasis on mechanisms relevant to neural plasticity, pathophysiology and drug dependence. Although speakers and session leaders will provide an introduction suited for the less acquainted attendee, presentations will be geared to late-breaking, novel and unpublished findings. We anticipate that the conference will attract the leading investigators from the field. The attendees are expected to be ~120 participants of whom ~85% are academic researchers. Approximately 25% are expected to be undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers, 25% non-tenured junior faculty and the remainder is expected to comprise senior faculty and laboratory heads at varying levels, including many of the leading researchers in the field of Molecular Pharmacology. About 25% will speak, and the majority of the remainder will present posters. The goals are to advance the field by facilitating the freest possible discussion and argument on the latest and most controversial ideas in the field, to encourage collaborative work in areas of translational opportunity, and to provide important feedback and support in professional development among less experienced independent scientists and advanced trainees. The sessions are entitled Receptor structure; Molecular dynamics in signaling; Receptor regulation and drug action; Receptor and drug discovery; Physiology of signaling processes; Chemical and genetic approaches in signaling research; Cardiovascular physiology and therapeutics; Neural physiology, plasticity, and addiction.