Society for Basic Urologic Research Fall Symposium 2012

描述（申请人提供）：这项R13申请寻求资金，为最有前途的见习调查员提供25次每人500美元的旅行奖励（研究生，居民，临床科学家/博士后培训生和助理教授以下的教员）并增加这一地位的服务不足的少数民族的代表参加和参加第22届年度秋季研讨会的社会，基础泌尿学研究（SBUR）将于11月15日至18日在佛罗里达州迈阿密举行。该SBUR是一个社会的科学家和医生-科学家专门从事研究的正常和病理条件的组织的人类泌尿生殖道（GU）。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层面上分享新的发现，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“SBUR成立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人员利用该领域的现有知识，推进基础和转化泌尿外科研究的前沿; 2）促进和推动泌尿外科研究领域的新研究人员的职业生涯; 3）提供一个论坛，供联网，互动，并在专注于GU发展和疾病的其他学科的研究人员之间建立新的合作，以及4）庆祝卓越，深度，以及本组织成员所从事的基础泌尿学研究的多样性。研讨会期间将涵盖的研究主题包括：促进GU病理生物学和疾病的基因组驱动机制; GU病理生物学中的自噬和凋亡;泌尿生殖系统疾病的转化研究，以及GU发展和疾病的组织微环境。特别会议，导师和学员：灵感和成功，将包括由选定的杰出高级研究人员进行的平行会谈，旨在提供指导学员和追求GU发展和疾病的长期，成功研究的观点，并由这些导师的选定学员提供他们自己的研究重点如何演变的观点，以及他们从导师那里学到了什么对他们的职业发展和成功有帮助。所有受邀演讲者都是各自领域的领导者，为观众提供广泛的知识和经验。旅行获奖者的选择将通过一个确定的过程进行，申请人由抽象审查小组委员会进行排名，该小组委员会与SBUR的执行理事会合作，向有前途和优秀的培训生申请人颁发个人奖项。执行理事会确保男女在获奖者中的有效代表性，并通过一项具体的运动，寻求代表性不足的少数民族人口的申请人。如果得到资助，该项目将通过促进聪明和有前途的初级研究员、医生-科学家和博士后受训人员和学生的参与，并增加服务不足的少数族裔受训人员参与研究，促进会议的教育目标。 公共卫生相关性：基础泌尿外科研究学会（SBUR）每年举办一次研讨会，旨在推进以人类泌尿生殖系统（GU）发育和疾病为重点的基础和转化科学研究。今年的主题是：“SBUR的25周年：回顾向前迈进，”和研讨会的目标是由领先的研究人员和有前途的学员专注于驱动基因组改变的细胞机制，细胞凋亡，自噬，或促进GU发育异常或疾病的细胞-细胞通信。该项目要求提供25笔小额旅费，每人500美元，以便利杰出和有前途的受训人员参加专题讨论会，这些受训人员将根据提交的摘要和对职业目标的考虑，根据对科学优先事项和影响的审查进行挑选。这些奖项的一个子集（5）将针对少数民族申请人，以增加参与。该项目将促进有前途的年轻研究人员的能力，以追求高影响力，创新的研究，这将提高对病理生物学的理解，并改善GU发育异常和疾病的诊断和治疗。

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.