15th International Xenopus Conference

第15届国际爪蟾会议

• 批准号: 8785924
• 负责人: John B Wallingford
• 金额: $ 1.46万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8785924
• 关键词: Animal Model; Animals; Biological; Biological Models; Biology; Biomedical Research; Cell physiology; Cells; Cellular biology; Clinical Trials; Communities; Developmental Biology; Discipline; Disease model; European; Fostering; France; Funding; Genomics; Human; International; Laboratories; Learning; Marines; Methods; Modeling; Molecular Biology; Neurobiology; Neurosciences; Proteomics; Rana; Request for Applications; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Resources; Science; Scientist; Students; System; Technology; Thinking; Training; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Wood material; Work; Xenopus; base; in vivo; interest; meetings; member; new technology; public health relevance; symposium; tissue culture

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Xenopus is a widely-used model organism for basic biomedical discovery. This application requests funds to support the 15th International Xenopus Conference. Held every two years since 1984, this biennial meeting's prime objective is to provide a forum for information exchange and interaction amongst researchers using Xenopus as a model organism for biomedical research. The last iteration of this meeting (in France) being attended by over 350 researchers from all over the world. In addition to serving as a platform for information exchange, this meeting will also provide 1) a venue for introducing younger scientists to more established members of the field, 2) an opportunity for the Xenopus community to learn about the latest technologies and to coordinate its infrastructure, and 3) an opportunity to introduce this powerful model organism to students from under-represented groups. This meeting will have a significant impact because Xenopus is widely used in developmental biology, cell biology, molecular biology, and neurobiology, and many of the most exciting discoveries now are coming from the interfaces between these disciplines. By bringing together researchers with divergent research interested, but a common model system, the meeting should foster outstanding interdisciplinary thinking. Modern biology demands that we be well-informed, broad-based, organized, and collaborative in our approaches, and the International Xenopus Conference will facilitate exactly that style of science.

描述（由申请人提供）：非洲爪蟾是一种广泛用于基础生物医学发现的模式生物。此申请要求资金支持第15届国际爪蟾大会。自1984年以来每两年举行一次，这个两年一度的会议的主要目标是为使用非洲爪蟾作为生物医学研究模式生物的研究人员提供一个信息交流和互动的论坛。这次会议的最后一次迭代（在法国）由来自世界各地的350多名研究人员参加。除了作为一个信息交流的平台，这次会议还将提供1）一个场地，介绍年轻的科学家更成熟的成员领域，2）一个机会，为非洲爪蟾社区了解最新的技术，并协调其基础设施，和3）一个机会，介绍这种强大的模式生物的学生从代表性不足的群体。这次会议将产生重大影响，因为非洲爪蟾被广泛用于发育生物学，细胞生物学，分子生物学和神经生物学，现在许多最令人兴奋的发现都来自这些学科之间的接口。通过将有兴趣进行不同研究的研究人员聚集在一起，但有一个共同的模型系统，会议应培养杰出的跨学科思维。现代生物学要求我们在研究方法上做到信息灵通、基础广泛、有组织、协作，而国际非洲爪蟾会议将促进这种科学风格的发展。