ISEH Annual Meeting: Young Investigator Programs

描述(申请人提供)：ISEH第38届年度科学会议将于2009年9月9日至12日在雅典(希腊)Divani Caravel酒店举行。与会者也将住在这家酒店。在以前的会议上，ISEH成员介绍了重大的科学突破，例如许多新的造血生长因子的克隆和表征研究，或导致唐·托马斯博士获得诺贝尔医学奖的工作的初步介绍。ISEH成员首先描述了每一种已知的体外和体内造血干细胞和造血祖细胞检测方法(体外集落形成单位-S、集落形成单位-C、淋巴细胞转化中心-IC、CAFC和创新的体内移植试验)。其他人已经开发并不断重新设计方法，从小鼠和人的骨髓和血液中纯化这种细胞。最近关于干细胞命运的改变、恶性血液病的信号转导和转录调节蛋白异常，以及非清髓性造血干细胞和祖细胞移植的发展等方面的最新发现，只是ISEH会场或出版物中展示的几个重要发现。青年研究人员是2009年会议的重要焦点，特别设计了一个方案和会议组织，为展示开创性的青年研究人员的研究提供场所，并促进与更有经验的同行的多重互动。与美国或世界其他地区的大型活动相比，这次会议的规模较小，确保了青年研究人员的突出地位，并使这一活动对他们和整个科学界更有价值。年轻的研究人员也有相当高的机会被选为抽象演示文稿，因为他们代表了与会者的相当大比例。 大多数青年调查人员发现，参加这个重要会议的费用太高，因为去欧洲的旅费，在当今的经济气候下，这种情况更加严重。通过这笔赠款，ISEH希望使来自美国的年轻调查人员能够参与其中，从而有机会展示他们的摘要，并在一个合适的环境中与同行建立网络。计划于2009年9月9日星期三下午4：30至9月12日星期六下午5：30举行19次会议，包括：1次主席会议，4名发言者；5次全体会议，每次4名发言者，其中包括几名青年调查员；6次分组会议，每次4名发言者，其中包括几名青年调查员；6次摘要介绍分组会议，可能包括青年调查员；1次青年调查员奖励会议(8个青年调查员奖)。选定的摘要不是口头报告的一部分，将作为“海报”报告的一部分。 血液学和干细胞学会(ISEH)年度科学会议是血液学和干细胞生物学领域交流和讨论原创、未发表和重大研究进展的年度论坛。这是一次独特而重要的世界性聚会，来自美国和其他国家的有前途的年轻研究人员有机会与来自世界各地的该领域的知名人物和领先研究人员会面、学习并向他们展示他们的发现。 通过这笔赠款，ISEH打算通过向这些美国研究人员提供旅费和食宿补贴，使来自美国的大量有代表性的青年研究人员和演讲者能够参加2009年9月9日至12日在雅典(希腊)举行的ISEH第38届年度科学会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The ISEH 38th Annual Scientific Meeting will be held from September 9 to 12, 2009 in Athens (Greece) at the Hotel Divani Caravel. Attendees will also be staying at this hotel. In previous meetings ISEH members have presented significant scientific breakthroughs such as research on cloning and characterization of many new hematopoietic growth factors, or the initial presentation of the work leading to Dr. Don Thomas' Nobel Prize in Medicine. ISEH members were first to describe every known in vitro and in vivo assay for hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells (in vitro CFU-S, CFU-C, LTC-IC, CAFC assays and innovative in vivo transplantation assays). Others have developed and continuously redesigned methods for the purification of such cells from murine and human marrow and blood. Recent findings regarding the redirection of the fate of stem cells, signal transduction and transcription regulatory protein abnormalities in hematologic malignancies, and development of non-myeloablative hemopoietic stem and progenitor transplantation are just a few of the important discoveries presented in ISEH venues or publication. Young Investigators are the important focus of the 2009 meeting, with a program and session organization especially designed to provide a venue for the presentation of research from ground-breaking Young Investigators and to foster multiple interactions with their more experienced peers. The small size of this meeting assures Young Investigators a prominent place, and makes this event more valuable to them and to the scientific community as whole, as compared to the larger events in the USA or other parts of the world. Young Investigators also have a considerably higher chance of being selected for an abstract presentation, because they represent a significant percentage of attendees. Most Young Investigators find it too expensive to attend this important meeting because of the travel expense of going to Europe, a situation even more serious in today's economic climate. Through this grant, ISEH wants to make it possible for Young Investigators from the US to participate and therefore have the chance to present their abstracts and to network with peers in a congenial environment. 19 sessions are planned, from Wednesday September 9, 2009 at 4:30pm to Saturday September 12 at 5:30pm, including: 1 presidential session with 4 speakers; 5 plenary sessions, each with 4 speakers, including several Young Investigators; 6 breakout session, each with 4 speakers, including several Young Investigators; 6 breakout sessions for abstract presentations, likely including Young Investigators; 1 Young Investigators awards session (8 Young Investigators awards). Selected abstracts not part of an oral presentation will be presented as part of a "poster" presentation. The Society for Hematology and Stem Cells (ISEH) Annual Scientific Meeting is the yearly forum for the exchange and discussion of original, unpublished and significant research advances in the area of hematology and stem cell biology. It is a unique and essential worldwide gathering where promising Young Investigators from the US and other countries have the opportunity to meet with, learn from and present their findings to prominent figures and leading researchers in the field from around the world. Though this grant, ISEH intends to make it possible for a large and representative number of Young Investigators and speakers from the USA to attend the Sep 9-12, 2009 ISEH 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in Athens (Greece) by offering those US researchers travel grants and contributions for lodging and meals.