American Society for Neurochemistry 43rd Annual Meeting

描述(申请人提供)：目前的申请是为了支持将于2012年3月3日至7日在马里兰州巴尔的摩举行的第43届ASN年会。NIH为以前的ASN会议提供的资金对于支持我们的科学计划和增强我们让研究生和博士后研究人员参与ASN会议的能力来说是非常宝贵的。为了适应神经化学以及细胞和分子神经生物学的广度，并提供对特定主题的深入分析，ASN继续围绕四个相互交织但截然不同的主题建立其科学计划。选择这些主题是为了增加我们对神经发育和疾病的细胞和分子基础的理解。这些主题是：建立神经系统。代谢与细胞和分子神经科学。神经胶质机制和损伤。神经元变性与疾病。ASN会议为代表提供了许多交流思想和形成新合作的机会，因为总出席人数约为500人，我们的计划中有许多空间供代表非正式聚会。该会还设立了几个机制，以加强初级调查人员在会议期间的专业发展。我们组织与全体演讲者的午餐会，这让与会者有机会与演讲者讨论主题。这些午餐会的费用对学生和博士后研究员来说是降低的。有专门为学生和博士后研究员举办的晚宴，这被反复公认为结交朋友的绝佳机会。有一个名为“神经化学领域的女性”的午餐会，对所有参与者开放，初级调查人员降低了费用。从提交的摘要中选择最多6个会议，重点是从研究生和博士后研究员那里选择演讲。有为优秀研究生和博士后研究员提供的旅行奖励，以支付他们的入学费用。我们主办了一个招聘网站，学生们可以在会议期间与潜在的未来导师或同事见面。最近，我们为来访的高中生增加了一个半天的项目，让这些未来的科学家在他们成长的几年里参与进来。从年度离职调查结果中，我们了解到，ASN年度会议已经并将继续为尖端神经化学和促进年轻研究人员的职业生涯提供一个极好的场所。 与公共健康相关：该提案请求支持将于3月3日至7日在密苏里州圣路易斯举行的第43届美国神经化学学会年会。对这次会议的支持将为本学会公开展示神经化学的新发展提供宝贵的帮助。本次年会提供了分子和细胞神经生物学进展的最新信息。介绍了许多神经疾病的研究。今年举行了一个关于创伤性脑损伤的公共论坛，该论坛做了广告，重点是向公众展示信息。很大一部分支持 Requested将帮助年轻研究人员保持较低的注册费，并用于支持针对高中生、研究生、博士后、年轻研究人员、妇女和少数族裔的教育和网络活动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current application is for support for the 43rd annual ASN meeting to be held in Baltimore, MD from March 3rd to 7th, 2012. NIH funding for previous ASN meetings has been invaluable for supporting our scientific programs and for enhancing our ability to involve graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the ASN meeting. To accommodate the breadth of neurochemistry as well as cellular and molecular neurobiology and to provide in depth analyses of particular topics, the ASN continues to build its scientific program around four interwoven, but distinct, themes. These themes have been selected to increase our understanding of the cellular and molecular bases of neural development and disease. These themes are: Building the Nervous System. Metabolism and Cell & Molecular Neuroscience. Glial Mechanisms & Injury. Neuronal Degeneration & Disease. The ASN meeting provides numerous opportunities for delegates to exchange ideas and to form new collaborations because total attendance is approximately 500 and there are numerous spaces in our program for delegates to congregate informally. The Society also has several mechanisms to enhance the professional development of junior investigators during the meeting. We organize luncheons with the plenary speakers, which gives attendees a chance to discuss topics with the speakers. The fees for these luncheons are reduced for students and postdoctoral fellows. There is a dinner exclusively for students and postdoctoral fellows, which is repeatedly recognized as an outstanding opportunity to network. There is a luncheon entitled "Women in Neurochemistry", that is open to all attendees, and junior investigators have reduced fees. There are up to 6 sessions that are selected from abstracts submitted, with an emphasis on choosing presentations from graduate students and post doctoral fellows. There are travel awards for outstanding graduate students and post doctoral fellows to defray their costs of attendance. We host a job posting site and students can meet with potential future mentors or colleagues during the meeting. Most recently, we added a half-day program for visiting high-school students to engage these future scientists during their formative years. From results of yearly exit surveys, we know that the annual ASN meeting has and will continue to provide an excellent venue for cutting edge neurochemistry and for enhancing the careers of young investigators. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposal requests support for the 43rd annual meeting of the American Society for Neurochemistry taking place March 3rd to 7th in St Louis, MO. Support for this meeting will provide valuable assistance to this Society to publicly present new developments in neurochemistry. This annual meeting provides the latest information on advances in molecular and cellular neurobiology. Studies on numerous neurological diseases are presented. A Public Forum is held, which is advertised and focused on presenting information to the general public, this year on traumatic brain injury. A large part of the support requested will help keep registration fees low for young investigators and be used to support educational and networking events for high school students, graduate students, postdocs, young investigators, women and minorities.