2009 Biomaterials Gordon Research Conference

戈登生物材料研究会议的目标一直是汇集150名世界一流的临床医生，科学家和工程师，致力于疾病修复和组织修复的材料相关策略。2009年会议的主题将是"工程愈合：从分子调解组织 构建，"特别强调分子介导，细胞信号传导， 用于设计、表征和实施治疗应用的组织组件。该提案寻求对将于2009年7月19日至7月24日在新罕布什尔州普利茅斯的Holidays学校举行的生物材料：生物相容性和组织工程戈登研究会议的支持。2009年的会议计划汇集了一个由高级和初级思想领袖组成的学术和工业演讲者和讨论领袖的多元化团体，他们以其工作的新颖性和质量而闻名。2009年的计划也坚持严格举行积极的正式和非正式的讨论之间的生物材料和组织工程，会议的初级与会者，研究人员从代表性不足的群体，即妇女，少数民族和残疾人的显着调查的GRC指令。申请的资金将用于支持教师，博士后研究员和研究生的旅行和注册，谁参加会议， 优先支持代表性不足群体的成员出席会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the inherently interdisciplinary Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials has always been to bring together 150 world-class clinicians, scientists and engineers working on materials-associated strategies for disease remediation and tissue repair. The theme of the 2009 conference will be "The Engineering of Healing: From Molecular Mediation to Tissue Constructs," which focuses particular emphasis on molecular mediation, cellular signaling, and tissue assemblies for the design, characterization, and implementation of therapeutic applications. This proposal seeks support for the Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials: Biocompatibility and Tissue Engineering to be held July 19 through July 24, 2009 at the Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire. The 2009 conference program brings together a diverse group of academic and industrial speakers and discussion leaders comprised of senior and junior thought-leaders who are notable for the novelty and quality of their work. The 2009 program also adheres stridently to the GRC directive of holding vigorous formal and informal discussions between prominent investigators in biomaterials and tissue engineering, junior attendees of the conference, and researchers from underrepresented groups, i.e. women, minorities and persons with disabilities. Requested funds will be used to support the travel and registration for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students, who attend the conference, with priority going to the support the attendance of members of underrepresented groups.