2003 Bones & Teeth Gordon Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：戈登骨骼和牙齿细胞和分子生物学研究会议起源于1954年，作为骨骼研究领域新思想的试验场，具有杰出的历史，研究嗜钙激素及其与骨骼生物学的关系。骨与牙齿会议被认为是独一无二的，因为它涵盖了软骨、骨骼和牙齿的生理学和分子生物学的新发展。戈登研究会议的形式与几乎所有其他科学会议的不同之处在于，它为开放、自由和非正式的讨论提供了广泛的机会。参加人数限制在130人左右，参加者包括该领域的国际领袖、青年研究者、博士后研究员和学生。戈登会议作为讨论最新研究进展的论坛取得成功，是由于其规模有限、地理位置偏僻和总体结构。2003年会议将集中讨论在过去两年中出现重要新发展的领域。会议内容包括：维生素D作用、成骨细胞信号、破骨细胞和骨吸收、颅面生物学和牙齿发育、甲状旁腺激素（PTH）和PTH相关蛋白、骨量的遗传决定因素、骨骼发育和骨细胞外基质。这项提议的目的是请拨资金部分支付发言者的交通费和生活费。这些资金，如果获得批准，将有助于使戈登研究会议履行其职能，进一步激发骨，软骨和牙齿研究的创造力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Gordon Research Conference on the Cell and Molecular Biology of Bones and Teeth originated in 1954 and has a distinguished history as a proving ground for new ideas in the field of skeletal research and the study of calciotropic hormones and how they relate to bone biology. The Bones and Teeth Conference is said to be unique in the breadth and depth of its coverage of new developments in the physiology and molecular biology of cartilage, bones, and teeth. The Gordon Research Conference format differs from virtually all other scientific meetings in providing an extensive opportunity for open, free, and informal discussion. The number of participants is limited to about 130, and attendees include international leaders in the field, young investigators, postdoctoral fellows and students. The success of the Gordon Conference as a forum for the discussion of state-of-the-art research advances is attributable to its limited size, geographical isolation and overall structure. The 2003 Conference will focus on areas in which important new developments have occurred within the past two years. It will include sessions on: vitamin D action, osteoblast signaling, osteoclasts and bone resorption, craniofacial biology and tooth development, parathyroid hormone (PTH) and PTH-related protein, genetic determinants of bone mass, skeletal development, and bone extracellular matrix. The purpose of this proposal is to request funds to partially defray the costs of speakers' transportation and subsistence. These funds, if granted will aid in allowing the Gordon Research Conference to fulfill its function to stimulate further creativity in bone, cartilage and tooth research.