2013 Chronobiology GRC/GRS

描述(由申请人提供)：我们请求部分支持将于2013年7月14-19日在R.I.纽波特举行的第18届时间生物学戈登研究会议。从国家卫生研究院收到的资金将用于支付参与者的注册费和/或旅费，特别是博士后研究员和研究生。会议将集中在时间生物学的关键研究领域，包括分子遗传学、睡眠、神经科学、新陈代谢及相关疾病、癌症、心血管疾病和衰老。这次会议的主题是“从分子到人”，它反映了生理节律对生理和疾病的几乎所有特征的影响程度。会议主席是该领域的领导者，在招募发言者方面发挥了重要作用。对多样性给予了特别关注，目前的方案反映了这种平衡，例如性别和青年。为此，几位主席同意共享一个时间段，为更多的年轻演讲者腾出空间，我们要求的预算的一部分将用于支持一个新的会议前项目，供学生和博士后参加(戈登研究研讨会(GRS))。简而言之，我们将把重点放在青年和训练上，以补充球场上的明星。最后，我们将致力于通过登记进一步提高多样性；将优先考虑任职人数不足的群体的成员。会议的具体目标是：1.将主要从事时间生物学分子方面工作的科学家与那些专注于人类疾病的科学家聚集在一起。我们期待来自行业的代表出席，这将有助于整合从基础到应用的所有层面的调查。2.提供讨论最新(未发表的)时间生物学研究的论坛。更具体地说，这次会议的目的是关注我们知识上的差距和争议领域。为此，每届会议都有两个享有盛誉的主席，他们的任务是在开幕式发言中介绍甚至辩论有趣和悬而未决的问题。这一战略应能改进概念模型，并有助于确定未来研究主题的优先次序。3.继续沿袭时间生物学的传统，为受训者和高级研究人员之间的互动提供一个高质量的舞台。虽然分会主席将是该领域的领导者，但年轻人(学生、博士后和非终身教职人员)将有机会展示他们的工作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We request partial support for the 18th Chronobiology Gordon Research Conference, to be held in Newport, R.I. from July 14-19, 2013. Funds received from the NIH will be used to support registration fees and/or travel costs for participants, especially post-doctoral fellows and graduate students. The conference will focus on key research areas in chronobiology, which include molecular genetics, sleep, neuroscience, metabolism and related diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease and aging. The subtheme of the conference will be, "from molecule to man," which reflects the extent to which circadian rhythms affect virtually all features of physiology and disease. The session chairs are leaders in the field and have played a major role in recruiting the speakers. Special attention has been given to diversity, and the current program reflects this balance, for example gender and youth. To this end, several chairs have agreed to share a time slot to make room for additional younger speakers, and a portion of our requested budget will be to support a new pre-conference program for student and post-doc attendees (Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). In short, we will focus on youth and training to complement the stars of the field. Lastly, we will aim to improve diversity further through registrations; preference will be given to members of under- represented groups. The specific objectives of the conference are: 1. To bring together scientists working primarily on molecular aspects of chronobiology with those who focus on human disease. We expect representatives from industry to attend, which will help integrate across all levels of investigation, from fundamental to applied. 2. To provide a forum for discussion of the latest (unpublished) chronobiology research. More specifically, this conference has been designed to focus on gaps in our knowledge and areas of controversy. To this end, each session has two prestigious chairs, who are tasked with featuring and even debating interesting and unresolved issues in their opening presentations. This strategy should improve conceptual models and help to prioritize future research themes. 3. To continue - in the tradition of Chronobiology - to provide a high quality arena for interactions between trainees and senior researchers. Whereas section chairs will be leaders in the field, younger people (students, post-docs and untenured faculties) will have opportunities to present their work.