FASEB SRC on Liver Biology: Fundamental Mechanisms & Translational Application

描述（由申请人提供）：目前申请为美国实验生物学学会联合会（FASEB）夏季研究会议“肝脏生物学：基本机制和转化应用”寻求部分支持。在过去的20年里，这个会议每两年举行一次，现在被认为是世界上最重要的会议，涵盖了涉及肝脏的所有基础科学研究。会议将于2012年7月29日至8月3日在科罗拉多州斯诺马斯举行。会议的主要目标是i)整合肝脏生物学不同领域的研究进展，以促进国内和国际规模的新合作项目；ii)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current application seeks partial support for the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) summer research conference on "Liver Biology: Fundamental Mechanisms & Translational Applications". For the past 20 years, this meeting has been held biennially and is now recognized as the world's premier conference covering all aspects of basic science research involving the liver. The conference will be held from July 29-August 3, 2012 in Snowmass, Colorado. The main goals of the conference are to i) integrate the research advances offered by disparate areas of liver biology in order to foster new collaborative projects on both national and international scale, ii) encourage junior and early stage investigators, women and minority scientists to pursue liver research to ensure that the study of hepatic disease and biology remains vigorous and iii) accelerate translation of fundamental advances in liver biology into novel clinical treatments through the interactions of basic and clinical researchers. These goals will be achieved through specific programmatic strategies. The program is divided into nine major sessions and includes presentations from thirty-nine invited speakers. In addition, these sessions will accommodate multiple short 'late-breaking' talks that will be chosen to represent the most significant and timey research advances in liver research. Preference will be given to junior, minority and women investigators. The program also provides two poster sessions for one-on-one dialogue and several additional opportunities for informal, yet intimate scientific exchange among speakers and attendees throughout the stay and a newly added "meet-the-experts session that will be geared towards and will allow younger investigators an additional opportunity to network with the more established and senior investigators in the liver field. Specific session topics include liver differentiation and organogenesis, Regulation of hepatobiliary gene expression in health and disease, Liver growth and regeneration, Liver metabolism in health and disease, Angiogenesis, Injury and Hepatic fibrosis, Liver cancer, Liver stem cells: Implications in regenerative medicine and development and Hepatocyte, stem cell transplantation and tissue engineering. This conference advances the goals of the NIH action plan for liver disease research in a format that truly integrates multiple disciplines, clearly emphasizing the novelty and significance of the FASEB summer research conference. Thus, the program incorporates the most relevant and timely topics in basic and applied aspects of liver health and disease to promote scientific exchange, dissemination, education and collaboration and translation. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The FASEB summer research conference on "Liver Biology: Fundamental Mechanisms & Translational Applications" is the premier international conference on basic and translational research in liver biology. The goal of the conference is to broaden the attendees' understanding of liver biology in order to advance treatment and diagnosis of liver diseases.