2023 Cell Contact and Adhesion Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar

项目摘要 该申请要求资金支持2023年戈登细胞接触与粘附研究会议 2023年6月25日至6月30日及其相关的戈登研究研讨会的本科生，研究生 6月24日至25日，在新罕布什尔州新伦敦的科尔比索耶学院，的 本次会议的目标是促进基础科学家之间的持久合作关系， 癌症研究人员将发现新的见解的分子机制，肿瘤 细胞侵袭和转移。为了实现这一目标，组委会招募了发言人， 是寻求了解发育和癌症中细胞-细胞粘附的国际领导者。扬声器 使用各种技术，模型系统，并研究不同的癌症亚型。此外， 发言者包括该领域的领导人以及“崭露头角”的新调查人员。目前 该方案由25名发言人组成，其中包括12名妇女（48%）和两名代表不足的科学家。七 受邀演讲者是初级教师（29%），9人来自美国以外的机构（36%）。的关键 在这次会议上促进互动是：（1）一个总的沉浸式体验，各级科学家不 不仅一起参加科学讨论，而且还相互居住和社交，（2） 在会议之前举办戈登研究研讨会，让年轻科学家聚集在一起， 分组并听取和讨论他们的同龄人的研究报告。

Project Summary This application requests funds to support the 2023 Gordon Research Conference on Cell Contact & Adhesion on June 25-June 30, 2023 and its associated Gordon Research Seminar for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows from June 24-25, both at Colby Sawyer College in New London, NH. The goal of this meeting is to catalyze durable collaborative relationships among basic scientists and cancer researchers that will uncover novel insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying tumor cell invasion and metastasis. To achieve this goal, the organizing committee has recruited speakers who are international leaders who seek to understand cell-cell adhesion in development and cancer. The speakers use a variety of techniques, model systems, and investigate different cancer subtypes. Additionally, the list of speakers includes the leaders in the field as well as “up-and-coming” new investigators. Currently, the program consists of 25 speakers, including 12 women (48%) and two under-represented scientists. Seven invited speakers are junior faculty (29%), and nine come from institutions outside the USA (36%). Key in fostering interactions at this conference is: (1) a total immersion experience in which scientists of all levels not only attend scientific discussions together, but also reside and socialize with one another, and (2) the incorporation of a Gordon Research Seminar prior to the conference in which junior scientists assemble as a group and listen and discussion research presentations by their peers.