2013/2015 Glycobiology Gordon Research Conference & Gordon Research Seminar

描述（由申请人提供）：这是两年一度的糖生物学戈登研究会议（GRC）和首届戈登研究研讨会（GRS）的部分支持的多年申请，将于2013年3月2日至8日在加利福尼亚州文图拉市的文图拉海滩万豪酒店举行，并于2015年春季在欧洲GRC场地举行。所有17个先前的Glycobiology GRCs已接近或完全订阅。Glycobiology GRC是介绍该领域最新和最重要研究的最负盛名的论坛之一。2013年和2015年的会议将继续强调大分子糖缀合物的结构，功能和生物学的传统。口头会议将包括：聚糖多样性（基调会议）、糖基化和质量控制、蛋白质糖基化的结构和机制、分析方法学、聚糖合成化学、病毒糖生物学、微生物和寄生虫模型系统、聚糖生物合成和催化剂、O-GlcNAc修饰的作用、免疫学和癌症、宿主-微生物相互作用、遗传疾病和脊椎动物病理学。海报会议将在下午晚些时候举行，并将在晚上会议后继续非正式会议。本次会议的独特之处包括：a）每次口头报告后进行5-7分钟的讨论，B）所有与会者在会议之外一起用餐和社交的封闭式会议场地，c）计划促进网络的下午社交活动，以及d）全天和晚间会议后可访问的海报展示，以最大限度地提高曝光率。将从优秀的海报摘要中选出简短的口头演讲，以展示该领域的最新发展，顶级研究生，博士后和非常初级的教师海报演讲将在主会议上进行评判和认可。糖生物学GRS会前将侧重于研究生和博士后演讲，海报和指导会议，以吸引年轻的研究人员，并提供培训，网络和指导的机会。在这个高度多学科的领域，广泛的主题和技术的多样性将吸引不同的格鲁科学家与糖缀合物及其功能的共同利益。所有申请人都会 鼓励他们展示海报。演讲者和参与者还将包括年轻科学家，妇女和少数民族。提供适当的设施，以容纳残疾人谁也将被平等地考虑在选择与会者和发言者。会议将集中讨论生物医学研究前沿的最新热点研究领域，并汇集该领域的领先和发展中科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a multi-year application for partial support of the biennial Glycobiology Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and inaugural Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) to be held on March 2-8, 2013 at the Ventura Beach Marriott in Ventura, CA and in the spring of 2015 in a European GRC venue. All 17 prior Glycobiology GRCs have been nearly or fully subscribed. The Glycobiology GRC is one of the most prestigious forums for the presentation of the latest and most significant research in the field. The 2013 and 2015 conferences will continue a tradition of emphasis on the structure, function, and biology of macromolecular glycoconjugates. Oral sessions will include: glycan diversity (keynote session), glycosylation and quality control, structure and mechanisms of protein glycosylation, analytical methodologies, glycan synthetic chemistry, viral glycobiology, microbial and parasite model systems, glycan biosynthesis and catabolism, roles of O-GlcNAc modification, immunology and cancer, host-microbe interactions, and genetic disorders and vertebrate pathology. Poster sessions will be held each of the four full days in the late afternoon, and will continue informall after the evening sessions. Unique features of this conference include: a) a 5-7-minute discussion following each oral presentation, b) the cloistered meeting venue where all participants dine and socialize together outside of the sessions, c) afternoon social activities planned to promote networking, and d) poster displays accessible throughout the day and following evening sessions to maximize exposure. Short oral presentations will be selected from outstanding poster abstracts to bring forth the latest developments in the field and top graduate student, post-doc, and very junior faculty poster presentations will be judged and recognized in the main meeting session. A Glycobiology GRS pre-meeting will focus on graduate student and postdoc presentations, posters, and a mentoring session, to attract young investigators and provide opportunities for training, networking and mentoring. The breadth of topics and the diversity of techniques employed in this highly multidisciplinary field will attract a diverse grou of scientists with a common interest in glycoconjugates and their functions. All applicants will be encouraged to present a poster. Speakers and participants will also include young scientists, women, and minorities. Proper facilities are available to accommodate handicapped individuals who will also be considered equally in the selection of attendees and speakers. The meeting will focus on the latest hot-topic research areas at the frontiers of biomedical research and bring together the leading and developing scientists in the field.