International Symposium on Neural Regeneration

描述(申请人提供)：第十二届神经再生国际研讨会计划于2007年12月5日至9日在加利福尼亚州太平洋格罗夫的阿西洛玛会议中心举行。从1985年开始，每两年在阿西洛玛会议中心举行一次类似的研讨会。自1987年以来，美国国立卫生研究院一直与主要赞助商退伍军人事务部共同主办研讨会。美国瘫痪退伍军人协会、克里斯托弗·里夫瘫痪基金会和联合脊椎协会已经或将提交对2007年会议的支持申请，自1997年以来，所有这些机构都是研讨会的共同赞助人。研讨会的主要目的是介绍目前在神经再生方面的工作，特别是在最近取得了一些显著进展或提出了一些特别有趣的问题的研究领域。第二个目的是营造一种既刺激又有利于调查人员之间或经验丰富的调查人员和学生之间自由交流思想的氛围。更长远的计划是继续每隔一年在同一地点举行这些研讨会，并改变连续研讨会的计划，以便在一段时间内尽可能广泛地覆盖神经再生研究的广泛领域。这些国际神经再生研讨会已经建立起来，定期举办活动，学生和国际公认的神经再生领域的专家都有很高的出席率。研讨会的主要目的是介绍神经再生领域的前沿发展。它的独特之处在于，它提供了一种既刺激又有利于调查人员之间或经验丰富的调查人员和学生之间自由交流思想的氛围。更长远的计划是继续每隔一年在同一地点举行这些研讨会，并改变连续研讨会的计划，以便在一段时间内尽可能广泛地覆盖神经再生研究的广泛领域。研讨会的独特之处还在于它的演讲者努力将临床和基础研究方法联系起来，以解决广泛的神经再生问题。许多翻译研究的合作都是在这次研讨会上形成的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Twelfth International Symposium on Neural Regeneration is planned for December 5 through 9, 2007 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California. Similar symposia have been held every two years at the Asilomar Conference Center beginning in 1985. The NIH has continuously co-sponsored the symposia since 1987 with the primary sponsor, the Department of Veterans Affairs. Applications for support of the 2007 conference have been or will be submitted to the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation and the United Spinal Association, all of whom have co-sponsored the symposium since 1997. The primary purpose of the symposium is to present current work in neural regeneration, especially in those areas of research in which there has been some notable recent progress or in which some particularly interesting issues have been raised. A secondary purpose is to foster an atmosphere that is both stimulating and conducive to a free interchange of ideas among investigators, or between seasoned investigators and students. The longer-range plan is to continue to hold these symposia on alternate years at the same site, and to vary the programs of successive symposia, so that coverage of the broad field of neural regeneration research over a period of years will be as extensive as possible. These International Neural Regeneration Symposia have become established, regularly occurring events with high attendance by both students as well as internationally recognized experts in the field of neural regeneration. The primary purpose of the symposium is to present cutting-edge developments in the field of neural regeneration. It is unique in that it provides an atmosphere that is both stimulating and conducive to a free interchange of ideas among investigators, or between seasoned investigators and students. The longer-range plan is to continue to hold these symposia on alternate years at the same site, and to vary the programs of successive symposia, so that coverage of the broad field of neural regeneration research over a period of years will be as extensive as possible. The symposium is also unique in its speakers' efforts to bridge clinical and basic research approaches to address the broad spectrum of neural regeneration concerns. Many collaborations for translational studies are formed at this symposium.