Visual System Development Gordon Research Conference

视觉系统发展的戈登研究会议（GRC）是一个两年一度的会议，汇集了研究视觉系统的发展，疾病和进化的研究人员。多年来，这次会议提供了一个令人兴奋和独特的论坛，在其中探索的相似性和差异性-潜在的视觉系统的发展和功能，在一系列的物种。这个GRC的目标是促进对不同生物体中视觉系统的构建和功能的共同原则的理解，并分享最新的令人兴奋的新思想和概念。通过包括突出具有转化影响的新兴主题的会议，如“干细胞和祖细胞”和“视网膜发育和疾病”，会议还将扩大其范围，并刺激发育生物学家和专注于视觉科学转化方面的研究人员之间的对话。 小组委员会会议的形式提供了一个高度互动和激励性的场所，供相互交流想法和发展新的合作。GRC会议是高素质科学家展示未发表工作的论坛，并参与科学前沿思想和发现的激烈讨论。视觉系统开发GRC已经建立了作为该领域领先会议的声誉。在视觉系统的发展方面有着共同兴趣的科学家，但他们研究从苍蝇到哺乳动物的各种模型系统，很少有其他机会在这样一个集中的环境中进行科学互动。目前的提案要求提供资金，帮助支付与会者的会议费。视觉系统开发GRC的程序将在该领域的前沿科学家，与性别和种族的多样性，并在其职业生涯的各个阶段的科学家的包容性密切关注。

The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Visual System Development is a biennial meeting that brings together investigators studying the development, disease, and evolution of the visual system. Over the years, this meeting has provided an exciting and unique forum in which to explore the similarities-and differences- underlying visual system development and function across a range of species. The goal of this GRC is to foster an appreciation of common principles that mediate the construction and function of the visual system in diverse organisms and to share the latest exciting new ideas and concepts. By including sessions that highlight emerging topics with translational impact, such as "Stem Cells and Progenitors" and "Retinal Development and Disease", the meeting will also expand its scope and stimulate cross talk between developmental biologists and investigators focused on translational aspects of vision science. The format of the GRC meetings provides a highly interactive and stimulating venue for cross-fertilization of ideas and for developing new collaborations. The GRC meetings are forums for high-caliber scientists to present unpublished work and engage in intense discussion of ideas and findings at the forefront of science. The Visual System Development GRC has established a reputation as the leading conference in its field. The scientists who share a common interest in the development of the visual system, but who work on diverse model systems from flies to mammals, have few other opportunities to interact scientifically in such a focused setting. The current proposal requests funds to help defray conference fees for attendees. The program of the Visual System Development GRC will feature scientists at the cutting edge of the field, with careful attention to gender and ethnic diversity and to the inclusion of scientists at various stages of their careers.