2015 Developmental Biology Gordon Research Conference

 描述(由申请人提供)：戈登发育生物学研究会议自1970年以来一直在举办，被公认为发育生物学中最重要和最负盛名的中型会议，聚集了大约150名杰出的高级和初级科学家，讨论该领域的最新进展。这次会议有几个使其独一无二的特点。它跨越了各种各样的实验系统，并专注于特别活跃或有希望的领域。这导致了卓有成效的比较分析，并提出了关于潜在机制的新问题。29位受邀发言者是根据他们对实地的创造性贡献和推动富有成果的讨论的能力挑选出来的，他们已确认出席。被邀请的演讲者中有一半是女性，两名是少数族裔。九场会议涵盖了该领域的经典主题和新兴领域：形态发生；表观遗传对发育的控制；细胞极性；干细胞生物学；发育中的小核糖核酸；细胞间信号转导；细胞内自组装；跨代遗传；转录和构图。对于每一次会议，都保留了一些时间，以便从与会者提交的摘要中选择发言者。通过充分利用正式讨论和非正式互动，戈登发育生物学会议将有助于定义该领域的现状和未来。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Gordon Research Conference on Developmental Biology has been running since 1970, and is recognized as the major and most prestigious mid-size meeting in Developmental Biology, bringing together ~150 outstanding senior and junior scientists for discussions of the recent advances in the field. The conference has several features that make it unique. It spans a wide variety of experimental systems and focuses on areas of exceptional activity or promise. This leads to fruitful comparative analyses and raises new questions about underlying mechanisms. 29 invited speakers, chosen based on their creative contributions to the field and their ability to promote fruitful discussions, have confirmd their attendance. Half of the invited speakers are women and two are minorities. The nine sessions cover classic topics and emerging areas in the field: Morphogenesis; Epigenetic Control of Development; Cellular Polarity; Stem Cell Biology; Small ncRNAs in Development; Intercellular Signaling; Self-Assembly within Cells; Transgenerational Inheritance; Transcription and Patterning. For each session, some time has been kept uncommitted to choose speakers from abstracts submitted by the participants. By maximizing both formal discussion and informal interactions, the Gordon Conference on Developmental Biology will help to define both the present state and the future of the field.