FASEB Summer Research Conference on Molecular Biophysics of Cellular Membranes

描述（由申请人提供）：请求对FASEB细胞膜分子生物物理学夏季研究会议的支持。细胞膜的重要性怎么强调都不过分。本次会议的内容将整合膜生物学和物理学的不同领域，以寻求解决有关膜生物学的关键问题的答案。2010年的会议将是FASEB 22年来致力于这一研究领域的第11次会议。会议的重点将是膜结构和功能的基本生物物理和结构原理，包括膜蛋白结构和组装，以及膜蛋白功能机制的分子描述。本次会议的一个主要目标一直是通过将他们聚集在一个亲密的环境中分享各自领域的最新发展，来刺激不同群体的膜生物学家，细胞生物学家，生物化学家和生理学家之间的思想交叉授粉。例如，在过去的会议上，会谈范围从高度生物物理（膜蛋白折叠，设计，结构和建模），高度生物（病毒进入/退出和细菌毒素）。因此，生物学家接触到有趣的生物学问题，需要物理洞察力，生物学家可以学习新的想法和技术，研究和理解膜。拟议的会议的目的是继续这种广泛的组合的成功，虽然重点将仍然是膜生物物理学。所要求的资金将用于支付包括年轻调查员在内的各类发言者的登记和差旅费。 公共卫生相关性：该项目将为世界级的演讲者提供支持，参加每隔一个夏天举行的FASEB细胞膜分子生物物理学夏季会议。膜和膜蛋白在健康和疾病中起着重要作用，但研究起来非常困难。本次会议将促进膜生物学和生物物理学的进步，提供一个场所，为合议共享尖端的进步，并促进未来的进步，通过交叉施肥的想法之间的各种与会者在这次会议上。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Support is requested for the FASEB Summer Research Conference on Molecular Biophysics of Cellular Membranes. The importance of cellular membranes can hardly be overstated. The content of this meeting will integrate diverse areas of membrane biology and physics to seek answers to address critical questions regarding the biology of membranes. The 2010 conference will be the 11th in a 22 year series of FASEB meetings devoted to this area of research. The conference focus will be on the basic biophysical and structural principles underlying membrane structure and function, including membrane protein structure and assembly, and molecular descriptions of the mechanisms of membrane protein function. A principal objective of this conference has always been to stimulate cross-pollination of ideas amongst a diverse group of membrane biophysicists, cell biologists, biochemists, and physiologists by bringing them together in an intimate setting to share the latest developments in their fields. For example in past meetings, talks have ranged from highly biophysical (membrane protein folding, design, structure, and modeling), to highly biological (viral entry/exit and bacterial toxins). Thus, biophysicists are exposed to interesting biological problems in need of physical insight and biologists can learn about new ideas and techniques for studying and understanding membranes. The intention of the proposed conference is to continue the success of this broad mix, although the focus will remain on membrane biophysics. The requested funds will be used to support the registration and travel expenses of a diverse set of speakers, who include young investigators. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project will provide support for world class speakers to participate in the FASEB Summer Conference on Molecular Biophysics of Cellular Membranes, which is held every other summer. Membranes and membrane proteins play a host of critical roles in health and disease but are extremely difficult to study. This conference will promote advances in membrane biology and biophysics by providing a venue for collegial sharing of cutting-edge advances and for promoting future advances by cross- fertilization of ideas among the diverse set of participants in this meeting.