2012 Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Conference

描述（由申请人提供）： 我们请求对2012年生物节律研究学会会议的部分支持，该会议将于2012年5月19日至24日在佛罗里达州Destin的Sandestin度假村举行。会议吸引了500-600名与会者，将集中讨论代表时间生物学关键研究领域的广泛主题，包括分子生物学，遗传学，细胞生物学，神经生物学，生理学，代谢，癌症，衰老，免疫学，行为，睡眠，数学建模和应用研究。生物钟在人类健康中的作用是巨大的;该领域正在迅速发展，并达到基础和应用研究开始融合的地步。为了实现我们刺激转化研究和新合作的目标，会议将邀请18位演讲者参加研讨会，12个幻灯片会议（演讲者从提交的摘要中选出），将联合收割机最好的基础时钟研究与将这些信息转化为人类应用的研究相结合。这次会议是需要适应新数据的爆炸到时钟的机械模型，并将这项工作转化为人类健康的应用。研讨会的发言人和会议主席都是各自领域公认的领导者，并被选为代表我们的广度和实现这一目标。对文化和地域多样性以及性别平衡给予了特别关注。我们的目标是通过在少数民族机构的会议广告进一步提高这种多样性，并与美国国立卫生研究院的资金，提供旅行奖励的研究生，博士后研究员，和代表性不足的群体。为了进一步鼓励参与，在选择幻灯片会议的演讲者时，这些团体将获得优先地位。所有会议摘要都将在SRBR网站上向公众提供。会议的培训方面得到了充分的发展，包括在主要会议之前为学生和博士后举办的为期一天的培训日。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We request partial support for the 2012 Society for Research on Biological Rhythms Conference, to be held at the Sandestin Resort in Destin FL from May 19-24, 2012. The meeting, which attracts 500-600 attendees, will focus on the breadth of topics that represent key research areas in chronobiology, including molecular biology, genetics, cell biology, neurobiology, physiology, metabolism, cancer, aging, immunology, behavior, sleep, mathematical modeling, and applied research. The role of the clock in human health is vast; the field is rapidly advancing and reaching the point where basic and applied research is beginning to coalesce. To meet our goals of stimulating translational research and new collaborations, the meeting will feature 18 symposia of invited speakers, and 12 slide sessions (with speakers selected from submitted abstracts), that combine the best of basic clock research with those that translate this information into human applications. This meeting is needed to fit the explosion of new data into mechanistic models of the clock, and to translate this work into applications for human health. The symposium speakers and session chairs are recognized leaders in their fields, and were chosen to represent our breadth and realize this goal. Special attention has been given to cultural and geographical diversity, as well as gender balance. We aim to improve this diversity further through advertisement of the meeting at minority institutions, and with NIH funding, to provide offers of travel awards to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and underrepresented groups. To further encourage participation, these groups will be given priority status when selecting presenters for the slide sessions. All meeting abstracts will be made available to the public on the SRBR web site. Training aspects of the meeting are fully developed, and include a highly subscribed one-day training day for students and postdocs, which will precede the main meeting.