FASEB Summer Research Conference on Molecular Biophysics of Cellular Membranes

描述（由申请人提供）：FASEB细胞膜分子生物物理学夏季研究会议请求支持。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致力于这一研究领域的22年系列会议中的第11次会议。会议将重点讨论膜结构和功能的基本生物物理和结构原理，包括膜蛋白的结构和组装，以及膜蛋白功能机制的分子描述。本次会议的主要目的是激发不同群体的膜生物物理学家、细胞生物学家、生物化学家和生理学家之间的思想交流，将他们聚集在一个亲密的环境中，分享他们领域的最新发展。例如，在过去的会议上，讨论的范围从高度生物物理（膜蛋白折叠、设计、结构和建模）到高度生物（病毒进入/退出和细菌毒素）。因此，生物物理学家可以接触到需要物理洞察力的有趣的生物学问题，生物学家可以学习研究和理解膜的新思想和新技术。本次会议的目的是延续这一广泛融合的成功，尽管重点仍将放在膜生物物理学上。所要求的资金将用于支持包括年轻调查人员在内的各类发言者的登记和旅费。

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.