Zebrafish Development and Genetics Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：我们提议召开三次两年一次的会议，讨论利用斑马鱼作为模式生物研究脊椎动物发育和疾病的进展。这些会议将于2012年6月、2014年6月和2016年6月举行，是1994年发起并自2000年以来得到该基金支持的成功系列会议的第十次、第十一次和第十二次会议。本次会议的目的是促进对一系列主题的最新研究与斑马鱼研究界的广泛交流。斑马鱼发育和遗传学国际会议为斑马鱼研究人员提供了一个分享他们最新发现和新技术的机会。演讲者由组织者和会议主席从提交的摘要中选择，基于影响力和新颖性，并强调未发表的数据。因此，会议在历史上对该领域产生了重大的“弹弓”效应，每两年就开启一个研究和发现的新时代。延续以往会议的传统，我们期望拟议的会议将成功地创造机会，分享成果和技术，建立合作，协调社区资源，并促进初级研究人员和学员的曝光和成功。从历史上看，会议吸引了男女斑马鱼研究人员的比例大致相等，在广泛的职业水平上，学生、博士后、初级和高级教师都有很强的代表性。这笔资金将用于支持从摘要中选出的一位特邀主题演讲者、20位特邀会议主席和25位平台主持人的注册和住宿。将根据摘要的影响力和独创性以及性别、种族、职业阶段和需要来选择这25位获得资助的人。)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a series of three biennial conferences discussing progress made using zebrafish as a model organism to study vertebrate development and disease. These conferences, to be held in June of 2012, 2014, and 2016, will be the tenth, eleventh and twelfth meetings in a successful series initiated in 1994 and supported by this grant since 2000. The goal of this meeting is to facilitate communication of recent studies on an array of topics to a wide cross-section of the zebrafish research community. ) The International Conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics provides an opportunity for zebrafish researchers to share their most recent discoveries and new technologies. Speakers are selected from the submitted abstracts by the organizers and session chairs, based on impact and novelty with a strong emphasis on unpublished data. Thus the Conference has historically had a major "slingshot" effect on the field, every two years launching a new era of research and discovery. Continuing in the tradition of previous conferences, we expect that the proposed conferences will succeed in creating opportunities for sharing results and technologies, forging collaborations, coordinating community resources, and fostering the exposure and success of junior investigators and trainees. The Conference has historically drawn zebrafish researchers of both genders in approximately equal proportions, at a wide range of career levels with strong representation of students, post-docs, and both junior and senior faculty. This grant will support the registration and accommodation of one invited keynote speaker, 20 invited session chairs and 25 platform presenters selected from the abstracts. These 25 recipients of financial support will be chosen based on the impact and originality of their abstracts as well as on the basis of gender, race, career stage and need. )