Society for Basic Urologic Research Fall Symposium 2012

描述（由申请人提供）：这项R13申请旨在为最有前途的实习研究者（研究生、住院医生、临床科学家/博士后实习生和助理教授以下的教师）提供25个500美元的旅行奖励，并增加服务不足的少数民族参加和参加将于11月15日至18日在佛罗里达州迈阿密举行的基础泌尿研究学会（SBUR）第22届年度秋季研讨会的代表性。SBUR是一个由科学家和医生组成的协会，专门研究人类泌尿生殖系统（GU）组织的正常和病理状况。GU发育异常和疾病折磨着男性和女性，年轻人和老年人，每年花费美国大约110亿美元的医疗费用。年度研讨会的总体目标是在多学科水平上分享新发现，促进成员和其他感兴趣的科学家之间的互动，激励和促进实习科学家的成功，并突出新的研究领域和资助机会。今年研讨会的主题是“中俄关系建立25周年：回顾过去，向前迈进”。本次研讨会的具体目标是：1)激励年轻和成熟的研究者利用该领域的现有知识推进基础和转化泌尿学研究的前沿；2)促进和推进泌尿外科研究领域新研究者的职业生涯；3)为研究泌尿系疾病发展和其他学科的研究人员提供一个交流、互动和建立新的合作关系的论坛；4)表彰本组织成员在泌尿系基础研究方面的卓越、深度和多样性。研讨会期间将讨论的研究主题包括：促进GU病理生物学和疾病的基因组驱动机制；细胞自噬与细胞凋亡在GU病理生物学中的作用泌尿生殖系统疾病和组织微环境在GU发育和疾病中的转化研究。导师与学员：灵感与成功的特别会议将包括两个平行的演讲，由一些杰出的高级研究人员提供指导学员的观点，并在GU发展和疾病方面进行长期、成功的研究，以及由这些导师的选定学员提供他们自己的研究重点是如何演变的观点，以及他们从导师那里学到的帮助他们职业发展和成功的东西。所有受邀的演讲者都是各自领域的领导者，为观众提供丰富的知识和经验。旅游获奖者的选拔将通过一个明确的程序进行，申请人将由摘要审查小组委员会进行排名，该小组委员会与SBUR执行委员会合作，向有前途和杰出的实习生申请人颁发个人奖项。执行理事会确保在获奖人中男女均有有效代表，并通过一项具体的运动，寻求代表人数不足的少数民族的申请人。如果获得资助，该项目将通过加强有前途的青年研究员、医师科学家和博士后学员和学生的参与，以及增加服务不足的少数民族学员成员的研究参与，为会议的教育目标做出贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R13 application seeks funds to provide 25 travel awards of $500 each to the most promising trainee investigators (Graduate Students, Residents, Clinician-Scientist / Post-Doctoral Trainees and faculty below the rank of Assistant Professor) and to increase representation by Underserved Minorities of this status to attend and participate in the 22nd Annual Fall Symposium of the Society for Basic Urological Research (SBUR) to be held November 15th-18th in Miami, FL.. The SBUR is a society of scientists and physician- scientists specializing in research on the normal and pathological conditions of tissues of the human genitourinary (GU) tract. GU developmental anomalies and diseases afflict males and females, young and old, and cost the US approximately $11 Billion a year in health costs. The overall objective of the annual Symposium is to share new findings at a multidisciplinary level, to promote interaction among members and other interested scientists, to inspire and promote the success of trainee scientists, and to highlight new areas of research and funding opportunities. This year, the theme of the Symposium is ""The 25th Anniversary of the SBUR: Looking Back to Move Forward." The specific goals of this Symposium are: 1) to inspire young and established investigators to utilize current knowledge in the field to advance the frontiers of basic and translational urologic research; 2) to promote and advance the careers of new investigators in the field of urologic research; 3) to provide a forum for networking, interaction, and establishing new collaborations between investigators focused in GU development and disease those from other disciplines, and 4) to celebrate the excellence, depth, and diversity of basic urologic research pursued by the members of the organization. Research topics that will be covered during the Symposium include: Genomically-Driven Mechanisms that Promote GU Pathobiology and Disease; Autophagy and Apoptosis in GU Pathobiology; Translational Research in Genitourinary Disease, and Tissue Microenvironment in GU Development and Disease. A special session, Mentors and Trainees: Inspiration and Success, will comprise parallel talks by selected distinguished senior investigators intended to provide perspective on mentoring trainees and pursuing long-term, successful research in GU development and disease, and by selected trainees of those mentors to provide perspectives on how their own research focus evolved, and what they learned from their mentors that helped with their career development and success. All invited speakers are leaders in their respective fields, offering extensive knowledge and experience to the audience. Selection of travel awardees will proceed through a defined process whereby applicants are ranked by the Abstract Review Sub-Committee, which works with the Executive Council of the SBUR to issue individual awards to promising and exceptional Trainee applicants. The Executive Council ensures effective representation of both genders in the awardees and, through a specific campaign, seeks applicants of Underrepresented Minority populations. If funded, this project will contribute to the educational objectives of the meeting by enhancing participation of bright and promising Junior Investigators, Physician- Scientist and Postdoctoral Trainees and Students and increase participation in research by members of underserved minority Trainees. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Society for Basic Urological Research (SBUR) hosts an annual Symposium that seeks to advance basic and translational scientific research focused on human genitourinary (GU) development and disease. This year's topic is: "The 25th Anniversary of the SBUR: Looking Back to Move Forward," and the goals of the Symposium are to present cutting-edge research by leading investigators and promising trainees focused on cellular mechanisms driving genomic alterations, apoptosis, autophagy, or cell-cell communication that promote GU developmental anomalies or disease. The project requests funds to provide 25 small travel awards of $500 each to facilitate the travel of exceptional and promising trainees to the Symposium who will be selected based on a review of scientific priority and impact based upon a submitted abstract and consideration of career goals. A subset of these awards (5) will be targeted to minority applicants to increase participation. This project will facilitate the abilty of promising young investigators to pursue high-impact, innovative research that will improve understanding the pathobiology, and improving the diagnosis and treatment, of GU developmental anomalies and disease.