17th Annual Meeting of the PanAmerican Society of Pigment Cell Research

第十七届泛美色素细胞研究学会年会

• 批准号: 8400005
• 负责人: SANCY ANN LEACHMAN
• 金额: $ 2.5万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-08-01 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8400005
• 关键词: Address; Affect; African American; Albinism; American; Animal Model; Animals; Area; Argentina; Award; Basic Science; Biology; Brazil; Canada; Cells; Cellular biology; Chloasma; Chronic; Cities; Clinical; Clinical Research; Clinical Sciences; Clinical Trials; Collaborations; Communities; Congresses; Data; Development; Developmental Cell Biology; Diagnosis; Discipline; Disease; Drug Industry; Education; Educational workshop; Experimental Genetics; Fees; Future; Genetic; Genomics; Goals; Grant; Health; Hispanic Americans; Human; Individual; Institutes; Interdisciplinary Study; International; Laboratory Scientists; Lead; Melanoma Cell; Mexico; Mind; Minority; Mission; Mus; National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Natural Selections; Oral; Pathogenesis; Patients; Phenotype; Physiology; Pigmentation physiologic function; Pigments; Population; Prevention; Public Health; Publications; Recording of previous events; Research; Research Personnel; Scientist; Skin; Societies; Sodium Chloride; Therapeutic; Translational Research; Travel; UV induced; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Utah; Vitiligo; Work; abstracting; base; burden of illness; career; design; experience; improved; insight; interest; lectures; meetings; melanoma; member; novel strategies; posters; programs; symposium; trait; translational study; ultraviolet irradiation

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Pan-American Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) is preparing to hold its 17th Annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 19-22, 2012. The underlying theme of the meeting, "Genetics, Pigmentation and Disease", is prompted by the rich history and track record at the University of Utah for both forward genetics and experimental mouse genetics. The specific goals of this application for the 2012 conference are to (1) create an opportunity for basic and clinical scientists to interact fruitfully in ways that will lead to new insights into the diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment o pigmentary diseases in which UV- induced skin damage is a factor, primarily melanoma, (2) highlight recent advances in the areas of genetics and genomics as a common theme that underlies all the sessions and the invited speakers, and (3) bring together individuals from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise so as to provide both a rich intellectual experience, and opportunities for synergy. To accomplish these goals, a program has been designed to host 125-150 attendees for a 3 day conference that includes 4 workshops, 3 oral sessions, 2 special poster forums, and an honorary lecture by the recipient of this year's Aaron B. Lerner Award. Workshop topics include: Animal Models of Pigmentary Disorders, Natural Selection for Pigmentary Traits, Genetics and Genomics of Melanoma, and New Approaches to Melanoma Treatment. Our program also features 4 oral sessions based on submitted abstracts (Genetics and Developmental Biology, Cell and Whole Animal Physiology, Environmental Modulation of Pigmentary Phenotypes, and Translational and Clinical Studies) and 2 moderated poster sessions (Basic Science, and Translational/Clinical Science), for which a chair will select 4 - 5 posters to highlight and discuss as a group. The organizing committee will invite clinical experts and basic scientists with two objectives in mind: 1) education of basic biochemists, cell biologists, and geneticists about important problems and clinical opportunities; and 2) stimulation of translational work between clinicians and laboratory scientists to lead to new insights into disease pathogenesis and potential therapeutic approaches. Although members of PASPCR participate in other traditional discipline-oriented conferences, no forum other than PASPCR brings together the diversity of fields and interests represented in the current program. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE The 2012 PASPCR Meeting in Salt Lake City, with a theme of "Genetics, Pigmentation and Disease," will have relevance to public health by disseminating state-of-the-art data and information to basic and clinical scientists regarding the causes, treatment, and prevention of melanoma, and other pigmentary disorders including vitiligo, melasma, and albinism. We will also focus on how ultraviolet irradiation influences the development and progression of human melanoma, and how these influences can be mitigated to reduce the burden of disease. Finally, in addition to providing a forum for discussion and presentation of these topics to the international pigmentation research community, the meeting will also emphasize support of young investigators that will be needed to carry on these research efforts in the future.

简介（由申请人提供）：泛美色素细胞研究学会（PASPCR）将于2012年9月19日至22日在犹他州盐湖城召开第17届年会。会议的基本主题是“遗传学，色素沉着和疾病”，这是由犹他大学在向前遗传学和实验小鼠遗传学方面的丰富历史和记录所推动的。2012年会议的具体目标是：(1)为基础和临床科学家创造一个机会，以富有成效的方式进行互动，从而对紫外线引起的皮肤损伤（主要是黑色素瘤）的色素疾病的诊断、发病机制和治疗产生新的见解；(2)突出遗传学和基因组学领域的最新进展，作为所有会议和特邀演讲者的共同主题。(3)汇集来自不同背景和专业领域的个人，以提供丰富的知识经验和协同合作的机会。为了实现这些目标，我们设计了一个计划，邀请125-150名与会者参加为期3天的会议，其中包括4个研讨会，3个口头会议，2个特别海报论坛，以及今年Aaron B. Lerner奖获得者的荣誉讲座。研讨会主题包括：色素疾病的动物模型，色素性状的自然选择，黑色素瘤的遗传学和基因组学，以及黑色素瘤治疗的新方法。我们的项目还包括4个基于提交摘要的口头会议（遗传学和发育生物学，细胞和全动物生理学，色素表型的环境调节，转化和临床研究）和2个主持的海报会议（基础科学，转化/临床科学），主席将选择4 - 5个海报作为小组重点讨论。组委会将邀请临床专家和基础科学家，其目的有两个：1)教育基础生物化学家、细胞生物学家和遗传学家关于重要问题和临床机会的知识；2)促进临床医生和实验室科学家之间的转化工作，从而对疾病的发病机制和潜在的治疗方法产生新的见解。尽管PASPCR的成员参加了其他传统的以学科为导向的会议，但除了PASPCR之外，没有其他论坛能汇集当前项目中所代表的领域和利益的多样性。