International Society for Zinc Biology Conference

简介（申请人提供）：国际锌生物学学会（ISZB）成立于2007年，是一个非营利性组织。我们的基本目标是汇集来自不同领域的科学家，他们对锌生物学的结构、生化、遗传、生理和医学方面有共同的兴趣。会员资格对任何国家的个人开放。我们的协会是一个基于共识的组织，强烈鼓励锌研究人员之间的信息和思想交流。为此，自2008年以来，ISZB一直组织和支持“独一无二”的两年一度的国际会议（ISZBC）。这些会议上的工作表明，锌生物学的基本机制对于理解包括但不限于癌症、免疫学、神经学以及代谢和内分泌紊乱在内的广泛的健康和疾病至关重要。将这些研究人员聚集在一起有助于这些领域的实质性进展，并促进了领域之间的新合作。与会者人数稳步增长，目前超过140人，其中包括研究生、博士后、初级教师和知名研究人员。第四届ISZBC将于2014年9月14日至19日在加利福尼亚州太平洋格罗夫的Asilomar举行，由一个多元化和经验丰富的调查团队组织。Asilomar非常适合这种规模的会议，选择它是因为它为参与者的互动和科学交流提供了一个特殊的环境。我们的会议是唯一专注于锌生物学领域的首要科学场所。ISZBC大力支持下一代研究人员的发展，包括那些来自代表性不足的人群的研究人员，并高度重视培训生的发展和多样性。ISZBC;1)鼓励交换未发表的数据；2)在年轻和成熟的研究者之间进行高度互动，以促进有意义的合作；3)促进来自世界各地的研究者、学员及其各自机构之间的联系。作为一个社会，我们是由创新和发现驱动的。为了证明这一点，我们有一个独立的科学计划委员会，该委员会招募了锌生物学已建立和新兴领域的高级和初级人才，而不考虑社会关系。2014年的会议将把初级教师/实习生的讲台演讲整合到每个科学会议中。从提交的摘要中选出的五名研究生或博士后也被邀请进行口头陈述，为这些学员提供一个宝贵的机会来展示他们的研究。我们建议从抽象的提交中选择10名美国学员进行注册豁免，重点关注代表性不足的少数民族。重要的是，今年的ISZBC将为学员提供一个专注于职业发展的互动论坛。一般来说，已经作出了特别努力，鼓励在科学领域代表性不足的少数群体，包括妇女参加。因此，ISZBC支持与国家卫生和公共卫生研究所的科学任务直接相关的各种活动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The International Society of Zinc Biology (ISZB) was founded in 2007, as a nonprofit organization. Our fundamental goal is to bring together scientists from diverse fields with common interest in the structural, biochemical, genetic, physiological and medical aspects of zinc biology. Membership is open to individuals from any nation. Our Society is a consensus-based organization that strongly encourages exchange of information and ideas among zinc researchers. To that aim, the ISZB has organized and supported "one of a kind" biennial international conferences (ISZBC) dating back to 2008. Work at these meetings has shown that fundamental mechanisms of zinc biology are of critical relevance to understanding health and disease across a broad spectrum that includes but is not limited to cancer, immunology, neurology, as well as metabolic and endocrine disorders. Bringing these investigators together has contributed to substantial advances in these fields, and promoted new collaborations between fields. The number of attendees has steadily grown and now exceeds 140 with an intentional balance of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and established investigators. The 4th ISZBC is being held in Pacific Grove, California at Asilomar from September 14th-19th, 2014, and will be organized by a diverse and experienced team of investigators. Asilomar is ideally suited for a meeting of this size and has been chosen because it provides an exceptional environment for participant interaction and scientific exchange. Our conference is the premier and only scientific venue focused exclusively on the field of zinc biology. The ISZBC strongly supports the development of the next generation of researchers including those from underrepresented populations and highly values trainee development and diversity. The ISZBC; 1) encourages the exchange of unpublished data; 2) is highly interactive between young and established investigators to foster meaningful collaborations; and 3) promotes networking between investigators, trainees and their respective institutions from around the world. As a society we are driven by innovation and discovery. As a testament to this, we have a separate scientific program committee that has recruited the top senior and junior talent in established and emerging areas of zinc biology regardless of society affiliation. The 2014 conference will integrate junior faculty/trainee podium presentations into every scientific session. Five graduate student or postdoctoral fellows chosen from submitted abstracts are also invited to present orally, providing these trainees with an invaluable opportunity to showcase their research. We propose to select from abstract submissions ten U.S. trainees for registration waivers, focusing on underrepresented minorities. Importantly, this year's ISZBC will have an interactive forum focused on career development for trainee attendees. Special efforts have been made in general to encourage attendance by underrepresented minorities in science, including women. Thus, the ISZBC supports a variety of activities that are directly relevant to the scientific missions of the National Institutes of Healh and public health.