2009/2011 "Developmental Biology" Gordon Research Conferences

描述（由申请人提供）：资金要求部分支持2009年和2011年戈登研究会议发育生物学。 这个为期五天的会议已被公认为超过三十年的发展生物学的主要和最负盛名的中型会议，汇集了约150名高级和初级科学家在该领域的最新进展的讨论。 会议有几个特点，使其独特。 1)它有意跨越各种各样的实验系统，并专注于特殊活动或承诺的领域。 这导致了富有成效的比较分析，并提出了关于基本机制的新问题。 2)2009年会议的29名受邀和确认的发言人都是该领域的领导者，其中45%为妇女，38%为初级调查员。 他们不仅代表了该领域中最具生产力和创造力的成员，而且也代表了有能力开展富有成果的讨论的个人。 没有一个受邀者在2007年的会议上发言。 3)会议将在新罕布什尔州的普罗克特学院举行，这是一个地理上孤立的地点，让与会者在五天的深入讨论中保持紧密联系，而不会受到附近滑雪场，海滩或城市的干扰。 会议的形式将包括上午和晚上的44个简短的会谈，然后进行讨论，下午的非正式互动和介绍约90张海报。 九个会议涵盖经典主题和新兴领域：不对称和生长，形态梯度和位置信息，信号传导，进化，干细胞和再生，形态发生，转录控制，调控网络和表观遗传学，以及器官发生。 会议的一些时间一直没有得到承诺，从与会者中选择13名发言者。 通过最大化正式讨论和非正式互动，戈登发育生物学会议将有助于定义该领域的现状和未来。 项目相关性：发育生物学领域为我们理解和治疗疾病做出了重要贡献，从细胞死亡，出生缺陷和癌症，到干细胞和再生。 拟议的会议将汇集该领域的领导人讨论发育生物学的现状和未来。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): Funds are requested for partial support of the 2009 and 2011 Gordon Research Conferences on Developmental Biology. This five-day conference has been recognized for over thirty years as the major and most prestigious mid-size meeting in Developmental Biology, bringing together approximately 150 senior and junior scientists for discussions of the recent advances in the field. The conference has several features that make it unique. 1) It intentionally spans a wide variety of experimental systems and focuses on areas of exceptional activity or promise. This leads to fruitful comparative analyses and raises new questions about underlying mechanisms. 2) The 29 invited and confirmed speakers for the 2009 conference are leaders in the field and include 45% women and 38% junior investigators. They represent not only some of the most productive and creative members in the field, but also individuals with the capacity to generate fruitful discussions. None of the invitees spoke at the last 2007 conference. 3) The conference will take place at the Proctor Academy in New Hampshire, a geographically isolated site that keeps participants in close proximity for five days of in-depth discussion, without the distractions of nearby ski slopes, beaches, or cities. The conference format will consist in the mornings and evenings of 44 short talks followed by discussion, and in the afternoon of informal interactions and presentation of approximately 90 posters. The nine sessions cover classic topics and emerging areas: asymmetry and growth, morphogen gradients and positional information, signaling, evolution, stem cells and regeneration, morphogenesis, transcriptional control, regulatory networks and epigenetics, as well as organogenesis. Some of the session time has been kept uncommitted to choose 13 speakers from attendants. By maximizing both formal discussion and informal interactions, the Gordon Conference on Developmental Biology will help to define both the present state and the future of the field. PROJECT RELEVANCE: The field of Developmental Biology has made important contributions to our understanding and treatment of disease, ranging from cell death, birth defects and cancer, to stem cells and regeneration. The proposed conference will bring together leaders in the field to discuss the status and future of Developmental Biology.