2009 Red Cells Gordon Research Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：申请资金用于2009年戈登红细胞研究会议（GRC）的部分支持，这是自1979年以来每隔一年举行一次的一系列会议中的下一个会议。本次会议汇集了顶尖和最有前途的新研究者，他们正在研究红系细胞的各个方面，从其个体发育/环境控制，到其独特膜结构相关的细胞和形态发生方面，到其基因表达的转录/表观遗传调控，以及这些正常过程中变异引起的疾病。通过关注这些主题，红细胞GRC继续成为展示最新前沿基础和方法研究的主要场所，这些研究在其整个历史中都得到了展示，并因此而闻名。会议吸引了一群国际研究人员，并提供了一个活跃的论坛，在亲密的环境中积极参与和讨论，使高级和初级研究人员之间以及通常不容易互动的研究人员之间的互动变得容易。会议将于2009年6月28日至7月3日在缅因州的新英格兰大学举行，将召集约50名演讲者，共计约140名与会者。会议旨在包容妇女、少数民族和残疾人；重要的是，许多参与者将包括博士后研究员和研究生，以及处于学术生涯早期的研究人员。根据其主题的性质，红细胞GRC仍然与增强对红细胞成熟的正常进程和导致其病理变化的理解完全相关。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested for partial support of the 2009 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Red Cells, the next in a series of meetings that have been held every other year since 1979. This conference assembles the top established and the most promising new investigators who are working on all aspects of erythroid cells, from the developmental/environmental control of its ontogeny, to cellular and morphogenic aspects related to its unique membrane structure, to transcriptional/epigenetic regulation of its gene expression, to disorders that follow from variations in these normal processes. By focusing on these topics, the Red Cells GRC continues to be the primary venue for presentation of the latest cutting edge basic and methodological research that it has exhibited throughout its history and for which it has become famous. The meeting attracts an international coterie of researchers and provides a lively forum for active participation and discussion within intimate surroundings that makes interactions easy between senior and junior investigators, and between investigators that normally may not readily interact. The meeting will be held on June 28-July 3, 2009 at the University of New England, Maine, and will convene ~50 speakers with a total of ~140 participants. The conference aims to be inclusive for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities; importantly, many of the participants will include postdoctoral fellows and graduate students in addition to investigators who are early in their academic careers. By the nature of its subject matter, the Red Cells GRC remains fully relevant to enhancing the understanding of both the normal progression of erythroid cell maturation and the alterations that lead to its pathology.