Developmental Psychobiology Symposia

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的目的是为培养发展心理生物学方面的新想法、概念和合作提供一个场所。我们的目标是通过聚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展研究的前沿方法。我们将通过在国际发展心理生物学学会年会上举行的一个突出的专题研讨会来实现这些目标。每年举办一次研讨会，连续举办5年。每次研讨会将由三至四位演讲者和一位讨论者组成。专题讨论会将强调跨学科的互动，演讲者来自与发展心理生物学无关的学科，以及来自与发展心理生物学相关学科但通常不参加ISDP会议的演讲者。演讲者将通过持续25至45分钟的数据驱动演讲分享他们独特的观点。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，因此研讨会将尽可能吸引会员出席。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重要科学会议上广泛宣传。会议结束后，由主席提交的研讨会总结将发表在《发展心理生物学》杂志上，详细信息将发布在我们学会的网页上。

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.