48th Annual South Eastern Regional Lipid Conference (SERLC) Funding Support

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请寻求为2013年11月13日至15日在北卡罗来纳州出纳员High Hampton Inn举行的东南地区脂肪会议(SERLC)提供部分资金。这将是关于这一主题的第48届年度会议。今年的特别焦点将是炎症，这不仅是为了刻意吸引可能不会参加会议的新研究人员，而且还考虑到组织者今年的研究兴趣。这些资金将专门用于支持初级研究人员、博士后研究员和研究生的注册费和旅费，他们将出席会议并以应邀的简短演讲或海报的形式介绍他们的工作。这笔资金还将用于与主旨演讲者有关的旅费和与主办网站有关的费用。这次成功和成熟的会议的广泛目标是提供一个平台，每年审查和讨论关于脂类的分析、检测、调节、功能和生物医学相关性的最新和最新的突破性研究。脂类 酶通过产生或调节生物活性脂质和脂类衍生介质，在细胞调节的许多方面发挥核心作用。例如，磷脂酶A产生脂肪酸(FA)和溶血磷脂。这些酶启动脂质配体的产生，包括花生四烯酸的二十烷类代谢物，并在炎症中发挥重要作用。此外，会议还将介绍与细胞过程、细胞凋亡和自噬有关的合成和降解鞘脂的酶的最新情况，以及致力于在脂质分析、生物化学、运输和信号传递方面取得突破性进展的会议。这次会议汇集了不同学科的科学家和内科科学家，包括遗传学、生物化学、细胞和分子生物学， 以及对脂类研究有共同兴趣的生物医学研究，以及研究导致研究脂类的研究者，因为它们具有多效性功能。这次会议有很好的记录。 作为主旨演讲人的是知名和世界知名的研究人员，但主要侧重于研究生和博士后研究员的演讲。因此，会议不仅为促进合作和传播该领域的新进展提供了一个有效的论坛，而且还成为青年科学家的培训平台，特别强调来自代表性不足群体的演讲者。该主题领域得到了美国国立卫生研究院相当大的支持，有3,400多个正在进行的项目，到目前为止，该领域已经出版了900,000种出版物。这项提议所要求的资金将用于向初级调查人员，包括任职人数偏低的少数群体的个人提供旅费奖励，并将为支助本次会议作出宝贵贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks partial funding for the South Eastern Regional Lipid Conference (SERLC) to be held on November 13-15, 2013 at the High Hampton Inn, Cashiers, North Carolina. This will be the 48th annual conference on this subject. This year's special focus will be inflammation not only as a deliberate attempt to engage new researchers who might not otherwise attend the conference, but also given the research interests of the organizers this year. These funds will be used specifically to support the registration and travel expenses of junior investigators, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students who will be attending the conference and presenting their work as invited short talks or posters. The funds will also be used for travel expenses related to the Keynote speakers and for fees related to the hosting site. The broad goal of this successful and established conference is to provide a platform for annual review and discussion of the most recent and late breaking research on the analysis, detection, regulation, function and biomedical relevance of lipids. Lipid enzymes play central roles in many aspects of cell regulation by producing or modulating bioactive lipids and lipid-derived mediators. For example, phospholipases A generate fatty acids (FA) and lysophospholipids. These enzymes initiate production of lipid ligands, including the eicosanoid metabolites of arachidonic acid and exert important functions in inflammation. In addition, the conference will include presentations on the most recent understanding of enzymes that synthesize and degrade sphingolipids pertaining to cellular processes, apoptosis and autophagy, as well as sessions dedicated to groundbreaking up-dates on lipid analysis, biochemistry, transport and signaling. The conference brings together scientists and physician scientists in diverse disciplines including genetics, biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, and biomedical research with a shared interest in lipid research as well as investigators whose research led to study lipids, given their pleiotropic functions. The conference has a strong record of established and world-renowned investigators as Keynote speakers, but mainly focuses on presentations by graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Thus, the conference not only provides an effective forum for promoting collaborations and disseminating new advances in the field, but also serves as a training platform for young scientists with a special emphasis on presenters from underrepresented groups. The subject area is one that receives considerable support from the NIH with over 3,400 active projects and to date, this field has generated >900,000 publications. The funds requested in this proposal will be used to provide travel awards to junior investigators including individuals from underrepresented minorities and will make an invaluable contribution to the support of this conference.