SCDB Meeting: "Innovations in Development"

描述(申请人提供)：本申请的目标是获得资金，以支持将于2012年8月8日至11日在圣克鲁斯校园举行的圣克鲁斯发育生物学会议。这个每两年举行一次的会议自1992年以来一直在加州大学圣克鲁斯分校举行，它是一个重要的论坛，让不同领域的科学家聚集在一起，介绍和讨论发育生物学的最新进展。这次会议的独特之处在于规模小(140-180人参加)，具有国际声誉，参加会议的摘要将从2012年1月/2月开始被所有发育生物学家接受。正如我们的申请中详细描述的那样，我已经计划了研究生和博士后的大量参与，包括简短的演讲、海报和一个旨在解决职业问题的研讨会。会议形式是单一平台会议，有两个不重叠的摘要会议，因此每个与会者在会议持续时间内都参与相同的主题和活动。圣克鲁斯校区为这次会议提供了一个美丽的环境，住房、餐饮和会议安排鼓励了重要的参与者互动。课程主题将包括发育生物学的过去、现在和未来、细胞极性、发育和疾病、再生和干细胞、形态发生和信号、进化和发育以及神经发生和模式。在每一次会议中，都选择了当代发育生物学家用来解决主要问题的一系列模式生物。总而言之，这是一个由生物学家每两年为生物学家创建的草根会议，我们很高兴有机会为2012年的会议规划题为“发育生物学的创新”的会议。 公共卫生相关性：请提供叙述性资金，以支持2012年8月8日至11日在洛杉矶圣克鲁斯大学举行的名为“发育生物学的创新”的基层两年一度的圣克鲁斯发展生物学会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this application is to obtain funds to support the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Conference which will be held on the Santa Cruz Campus August 8-11 2012. This bi-annual meeting has been held at the University of California Santa Cruz campus since 1992 and it is a major forum for bringing together a diverse spectrum of scientists to present and discuss recent advances in developmental biology. This meeting is unique in being a small (140-180 participants), with an international reputation and abstracts to attend the meeting will be accepted by all Developmental Biologists starting in January/February 2012. As detailed in our application, have planned for considerable participation by graduate students and postdocs by including short talks, posters, and a workshop aimed at career issues. The meeting format is single platform sessions, with two non-overlapping abstract sessions so every participant is engaged in the same topic and activity for the duration of the meeting. The Santa Cruz campus offers a beautiful setting for this meeting, and the housing, meal, and session arrangements encourage significant participant interactions. The session topics will include, Past Present and Future of Developmental Biology, Cell Polarity, Development and Disease, Regeneration and Stem Cells, Morphogenesis and Signaling, Evolution and Development and Neurogenesis and Patterning. Within each session, a range of model organisms used by contemporary Developmental Biologists to address major questions have been chosen. In conclusion, this is a grass roots meeting created de novo every two years by biologists for biologists, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to plan the meeting entitled 'Innovations in Developmental Biology' for 2012. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Narrative Funds are requested to support the grass roots biannual Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting entitled 'Innovations in Developmental Biology' held at the University of Santa Cruz, Los Angeles August 8-11 2012.