American Society for Neurochemistry 44th Annual Meeting

描述(由申请人提供)：目前的申请是为了支持第44届ASN年会，该年会将于2013年4月20日至24日在墨西哥坎昆与国际神经化学学会举行联席会议。NIH为以前的ASN会议提供的资金为我们的科学计划以及提高研究生和博士后研究员出席和参与我们的会议提供了宝贵的支持。NIH今年的支持不仅将帮助ASN实现其目标，还将帮助美国政府实现其目标，即促进建立全球科学网络，并在关系紧张的国家加强外交关系。随着今年的会议加入 有了一年一度的ISN会议，我们的科学会议将有更大的广度，确保会议代表有更丰富的智力体验。今年的ASN会议将为代表们提供更多交流思想和形成新的国际合作的机会，因为预计将有来自30多个国家的1300名科学家参加。虽然科学计划内容丰富，但我们的计划中将有大量空间供代表们在会议期间或会议前的卫星上非正式集会。该会将继续其传统，在会议期间通过若干机制加强初级调查员的专业发展。我们组织了与国际公认的全体发言者的午餐会，使我们的研究员有机会与这些发言者非正式会晤。这些午餐会的费用对学生和博士后研究员来说是降低的。有专门为学生和博士后研究员举办的晚宴，这被反复公认为结交朋友的绝佳机会。有一个名为“神经化学中的女性”的午餐会，对所有参与者开放，初级调查人员降低了费用。针对年轻研究人员的专题讲座有3，30分钟，从提交的摘要中挑选出3个会议，允许最多18名研究员口头介绍他们的研究。有为优秀研究生和博士后研究员提供的旅行奖励，以支付他们的入学费用。我们主办了一个招聘网站，学生们可以在会议期间与潜在的未来导师或同事见面。最近，我们为来访的高中生增加了一个半天的项目，让这些未来的科学家在他们的成长阶段参与进来(我们在这次会议上向ISN介绍了这一项目)，将有才华的墨西哥高中生带到我们的会议上。从年度离职调查结果中，我们了解到，ASN年度会议已经并将继续为尖端神经科学和促进年轻研究人员的职业生涯提供一个极好的场所。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current application is for support for the 44th annual ASN meeting, which will be held as a joint meeting with the International Society for Neurochemistry in Cancun, Mexico April 20th-24th, 2013. NIH funding for previous ASN meetings has provided invaluable support for our scientific programs and for enhancing graduate student and postdoctoral fellow attendance and involvement in our meeting. NIH support this year will not only help ASN achieve its goals, but will assist the US Government in achieving its goals of promoting the establishment of global scientific networks and in enhancing diplomatic relations in countries where relationships are strained. With this year's meeting joined with the annual ISN meeting, there will be even greater breadth to our scientific conference ensuring a richer intellectual experience for meeting delegates. This year's ASN meeting will provide increased opportunities for delegates to exchange ideas and to form new international collaborations because total attendance is expected to be 1300 scientists from over 30 countries. While the scientific program is rich, there will be numerous spaces in our program for delegates to congregate informally during the meeting or at pre-meeting satellites. The Society will continue its tradition of enhancing the professional development of junior investigators during the meeting through several mechanisms. We have organized luncheons with our internationally recognized plenary speakers to give our fellows opportunities to informally meet with these speakers. The fees for these luncheons are reduced for students and postdoctoral fellows. There is a dinner exclusively for students and postdoctoral fellows, which is repeatedly recognized as an outstanding opportunity to network. There is a luncheon entitled "Women in Neurochemistry" that is open to all attendees, and junior investigators have reduced fees. There are 3, 30 minute featured lectures for young investigators and 3 sessions that are selected from abstracts submitted that will allow up to 18 fellows to present their research orally. There are travel awards for outstanding graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to defray their costs of attendance. We host a job- posting site and students can meet with potential future mentors or colleagues during the meeting. Recently, we added a half-day program for visiting high- school students to engage these future scientists during their formative years, (which we are introducing to the ISN at this meeting) to bring talented Mexican high school students to our conference. From results of yearly exit surveys, we know that the annual ASN meeting has and will continue to provide an excellent venue for cutting edge neuroscience and for enhancing the careers of young investigators.