American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair/International Conference on Neural

描述(由申请人提供)：本R13申请旨在资助学生和博士后研究员参加2011年5月4日至5月8日举行的美国神经治疗与修复学会(ASNTR)和国际神经治疗与修复会议(INCR)的联合会议的旅费奖励。ASNTR自1994年成立以来，每年4月/5月在佛罗里达州克利尔沃特召开会议。今年的会议与第11届国际贸易代表会议合并，该会议每三年在美国、亚洲和欧洲轮流召开一次。这两个学会都有一个强大的传统，专注于移植、神经工程和基因疗法领域的研究进展，这些领域应用于帕金森氏病、亨廷顿病、阿尔茨海默病、中风、脊髓损伤和创伤性脑损伤等神经疾病，这些领域可能导致新的治疗策略。在以前的会议上报告的基础科学研究中出现的临床试验经常被提出。因此，学生和博士后研究员不仅学习基础科学，还学习基础科学家和临床医生之间讨论的翻译问题。因此，ASNTR/INTR是真正独特的聚会。根据以往的参会人数，预计本次会议的参会者约为250-300人。ASNTR教育和培训委员会每年鼓励学生/博士后研究员在比赛中提交摘要，排名最高的申请者将获得旅行奖励，以支付他们参加会议和旅行的费用。ASNTR一直高度重视资助学生和博士后研究员的旅行奖励。在过去，ASNTR曾收到生物技术公司和非营利组织的捐款，用于支付这些旅行奖项。然而，ASNTR近年来看到这些捐款有所减少，尽管ASNTR将继续从私营部门寻求资金，但我们预计未来几年的捐款不会超过最近的水平。这项申请要求20,000美元的总直接成本，以支持申请的美国机构前20名研究生/博士后研究员的旅行奖励(每名学生/博士后奖励1000美元)。ASNTR和教育和培训委员会纳入并鼓励妇女、少数群体和残疾人参与其所有活动。 公共卫生相关性：这项申请寻求资助研究生和博士后参加即将举行的美国神经治疗与修复学会联合会议和国际神经治疗与修复会议的旅费奖励。这次会议将允许致力于发现神经疾病新疗法的初级和高级科学家和医生聚集在一起，讨论他们的新研究成果。这次会议可能会允许进行新的研究合作，从而改善神经疾病的治疗。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R13 application seeks funding to support travel awards for students and postdoctoral fellows to attend the joint meeting of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair (ASNTR) and the International Conference on Neural Therapy and Repair (INTR) to be held May 4 - May 8, 2011. Since its founding in 1994, the ASNTR has convened yearly each April/May in Clearwater, Florida. This year the meeting has merged with the 11th convening of the INTR which meets every three years alternating between the US, Asia and Europe. Both societies have a strong tradition of focusing on research advances in the fields of transplantation, neuroengineering and gene therapy applied to neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury that may lead to novel treatment strategies. Clinical trials that have emerged from basic science research reported on at previous meetings are often presented. Thus, students and postdoctoral fellows not only learn the basic sciences, they also learn translational issues discussed between basic scientists and clinicians. Therefore, ASNTR/INTR are truly unique gatherings. Attendance of this meeting is projected to be approximately 250- 300 registrants, based on previous participation levels. Each year the ASNTR Education and Training Committee encourages students/postdoctoral fellows to submit their abstracts in a competition and the top rated applicants receive travel awards to cover the cost of their meeting attendance and travel. ASNTR has always placed a high priority on funding travel awards for students and post-doctoral fellows. In the past ASNTR has received donations from biotech companies and non-profit organizations to cover these travel awards. However, in recent years ASNTR has seen these contributions dwindle and although ASNTR will continue to seek funding from the private sector, we do not anticipate any increase in contributions above recent levels in the coming years. This application requests $20,000 in total direct costs to support travel awards for the top 20 graduate students/postdoctoral fellows from US institutions that apply (awards of $1000 per student/postdoc). The ASNTR and the Education and Training Committee include and encourage participation of women, minorities and persons with disabilities in all its activities. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This application seeks funding for travel awards for graduate students and postdocs to attend the upcoming combined meeting of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair and the International Conference on Neural Therapy and Repair. This meeting will allow junior and senior scientists and doctors working to discover new treatments for neurological disorders to come together and discuss their new research findings. This meeting will potentially allow new research collaborations to occur that could lead to improved treatments for neurological disorders.