2016 and 2018 Visual Systems Development Gordon Research Conference & Gordon Research Seminar

 描述(由申请者提供)：a 2016年戈登研究会议(GRC)以“视觉系统开发”为主题，为来自多个学科的初级和高级科学家提供了一个论坛，分享未发表的创新研究。这一两年一度的会议是在全球资源中心的赞助下于2000年设立的，该组织以其会议的高质量和尖端性质而闻名国际。下一届“视觉系统开发”GRC将于2016年8月7日至12日在佛蒙特州西多佛市的芒特斯诺会议设施举行，随之而来的戈登研究研讨会(GRS)将于2016年8月6日至7日举行。这是鼓励在大学气氛中进行紧张和充满活力的讨论的理想环境。科学家对视觉系统的发展有着共同的兴趣，但他们在不同的模型系统上工作，在这样一个专注的环境中很少有机会进行科学互动。具体目标是促进跨学科互动，促进视觉研究人员的社区意识，为来自其他领域的科学家提供进入视觉相关研究的跳板，并在支持性科学环境中指导学生。受邀的演讲者既包括杰出的学者，也包括将新方法应用于视觉系统和其他交叉领域的有前途的年轻科学家。除了被邀请的演讲者外，所有参与者都可以在高度互动的海报会议上展示他们的研究成果。还将选择简短的演讲 从提交的海报摘要中摘录，并纳入每届会议。视觉系统开发GRC已经建立了其领域领先会议的声誉，并继续获得非常积极的评价，特别是增加了学员组织的GRS预会。GRS召集了大约40-45名研究生和博士后实习生，在GRC开始之前介绍和讨论他们的研究。一些高级调查员将出席GRS，提供建议和反馈，从而培养我们未来主要调查员的职业生涯。保持这些会议的新鲜性和相关性的一个指导原则是，我们致力于探索新的主题，并为每一次后续会议召集全新的演讲者阵容。本申请中描述的具体程序旨在代表眼睛发育、功能、进化和疾病的广度，同时也描绘了主题焦点。因此，2016年的会议将突出具有翻译影响的及时议题，如“干细胞到器官”、“电路、突触和生物钟”以及“眼部疾病机制”。这次会议继续扩大其范围，促进发展生物学家和专注于视觉科学翻译方面的研究人员之间的相互交流。2016年GRC/GRS会议将鼓励更多地了解推动视觉系统开发和维护的基本原则，并预期这些发现将导致更好地治疗眼部和其他神经疾病。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A The 2016 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on "Visual Systems Development" provides a forum for junior and senior scientists from many disciplines to share unpublished, innovative research. This biennial meeting was established in 2000 under the auspices of the GRC, an organization internationally known for the high quality, cutting edge nature of its meetings. The next "Visual Systems Development" GRC will be held August 7-12, 2016, and the accompanying Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on August 6-7, 2016, at the Mount Snow Conference Facility, in West Dover, Vermont. This is an ideal setting for encouraging intense and invigorating discussions in a collegial atmosphere. Scientists, who share a common interest in the development of the visual system, but work on diverse model systems, have few opportunities to interact scientifically in such a focused setting. The specific objectives are to foster interactions across disciplines, promote a sense of community among vision researchers, provide a springboard into vision-related research for scientists from other fields, and mentor students in a supportive scientific setting. The invited speakers include both prominent scholars and promising young scientists who are applying new approaches to the visual system and other intersecting fields. In addition to the invited speakers, all participants can present their research at highly interactive poster sessions. Short talks will also be selected from the submitted poster abstracts, and integrated in each session. The Visual System Development GRC has established a reputation as the leading conference in its field, and has continued to garner extremely positive reviews, particularly for adding a trainee- organized GRS pre-meeting. The GRS assembles ~40-45 graduate and postdoctoral trainees to present and discuss their research immediately before the GRC begins. A few senior investigators will attend the GRS to provide advice and feedback, thereby nurturing the careers of our future principal investigators. A guiding principle that keeps these conferences fresh and relevant is our commitment to explore novel themes, and to gather a completely new cast of speakers, for each successive meeting. The specific program described in this application aims to represent the breadth of eye development, function, evolution and disease, yet also delineate thematic foci. Thus, the 2016 meeting will highlight timely topics with translational impact, like "Stem Cells to Organs," "Circuitry, Synapses and Biological Clocks," and "Ocular Disease Mechanisms." This meeting continues to expand its scope by promoting stimulating cross talk between developmental biologists and investigators focused on translational aspects of vision science. The 2016 GRC/GRS meetings will encourage greater understanding of the basic principles that drive the development and maintenance of the visual system, with the anticipation that these findings lead to better treatments for ocular and other neurological diseases.