Neural Development 2008 Gordon Research Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：非常需要继续更全面地了解神经系统发育的基本原理，以便能够识别用于治疗疾病的新细胞和分子靶点，从而为转化医学提供动力。本次会议的目的是提供一个论坛，讨论新的研究，这将加强我们的知识基础的基本机制，神经系统的发展。我们的目标是通过举办一个围绕科学演示和互动讨论组织的亲密会议来实现这一目标。神经发育戈登会议已成为神经科学更大领域的重要会议，每两年举行一次，已有25年以上的历史。它吸引了优秀的演讲者，优秀的学生和博士后研究员，以及来自国家和国际实验室的跨越职业生涯不同阶段的各种科学家。这个受欢迎的会议有着悠久的历史，被完全订阅，并组织起来，以促进参与者之间的最大互动。2008年会议将涉及7个主题：电路形成的遗传控制、基因调控和中枢神经系统发育、神经祖细胞和神经胶质、神经元形态学和 生长、干细胞和细胞命运、CNS病症和发育以及细胞-细胞通讯/信号传导。每个部分的会谈将重点关注使用多学科方法，这些方法经常在各种模型系统中使用分子，细胞，电生理和行为技术。组织这次会议是为了提供一个具有成本效益的机制，以交流信息和讨论处理研究问题的新战略。运行良好的研究会议是一个行之有效的机制，以提高科学。2008年戈登神经发育会议的支持与两个主要的公共卫生有关 方法：1.神经系统发育研究的发现可能为治疗CNS疾病和损伤提供新的靶点; 2.许多中枢神经系统疾病是由发育缺陷引起的，具有不同发育神经科学背景的科学家之间的讨论可能产生研究和治疗这些疾病的新想法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a tremendous need to continue to understand the basic principles of nervous system development more completely so that novel cellular and molecular targets for treating diseases can be identified in order to fuel the pipeline toward translational medicine. The goal of this meeting is to provide a forum to discuss new research that will strengthen the foundation of our knowledge of the basic mechanisms that underlie the development of the nervous system. We aim to achieve this goal by holding an intimate meeting that is organized around scientific presentations and interactive discussions. The Gordon Conference in Neural Development has become a key meeting in the larger field of neuroscience and has been held biannually for over 25 years. It attracts superb speakers, excellent students and postdoctoral fellows, and a wide range of scientists that span different stages in their careers coming from national and international labs. This popular meeting has a long history of being fully subscribed and is organized to promote maximal interactions among the participants. There will be 7 themes covered in the 2008 meeting: genetic control of circuit formation, gene regulation and CNS development, neural progenitors and glia, neuron morphology and growth, stem cells and cell fate, CNS disorders and development, and cell-cell communication/signaling. The talks in each section will share a focus on using multidisciplinary approaches that frequently incorporates the use of molecular, cellular, electrophysiologial, and behavioral techniques in a variety of model systems. This meeting is organized to provide a cost efficient mechanism for exchanging information and discussion of new strategies for approaching research questions. Well run research meetings are a proven mechanism for enhancing science. Support of the 2008 Gordon Conference in Neural Development is relevant to public health in two major ways: 1. findings from studies of nervous system development are likely to provide novel targets for treating diseases and injuries to the CNS, and 2. many CNS disorders arise from developmental defects and discussions among scientists with different backgrounds in developmental neuroscience are likely to generate novel ideas for studying and treating these disorders.