2009 Cilia, Mucus & Mucociliary Interactions Gordon Research Conference

描述(由申请人提供)： 题为“纤毛、粘液和粘液纤毛相互作用”的戈登研究会议将于2009年2月22日至27日在意大利Il Ciocco举行。这次会议已经得到了GRC委员会的批准，将是继2005年2月在加利福尼亚州Buellton和2007年2月在加利福尼亚州文图拉海滩成功举办由GRC赞助的同名会议之后的第三次会议。会议的总体组织是以前几届全球资源中心的既定和非常成功的模式为基础的，稍作改动，使会议形式变得更好。会议将在周日晚间开幕，由资深知名科学家发表两场演讲，他们将对该领域进行补充概述，列出未来的挑战，并为会议剩余时间的讨论提供框架。随后将从星期一上午至星期四晚上共举行8次全体会议；每一次上午会议至少有6名发言者，每一次晚间会议至少有4名发言者。其目标是提供尚未按照GRCS传统发布的新数据。每位演讲者和讨论负责人将是在纤毛、粘液或粘液纤毛相互作用领域拥有公认科学记录的个人，或提交杰出数据的年轻研究人员，通常代表该领域公认领导者的实验室工作。讨论负责人将从在主题领域有知识的个人中挑选出来，他们特别有能力保持重点和激发讨论。讨论负责人将对每一次会议进行简要介绍，以提供对将要讨论的主题的看法。一些较短演讲的演讲者将从提交的摘要中挑选出来，以便纳入最新的“热门”结果。除了全会平台介绍外，周一和周二下午将举行一次海报会议，周三和周四下午将举行第二次海报会议；这将为集中于海报演讲的互动留出充足的时间。海报也将在晚间会议结束后供人查看。申请者将有机会表明他们喜欢海报还是站台，而那些没有被选为站台展示的人将被派往海报展示会。上一届GRC总共有大约60张海报，这是一个可控的数字；我们预计这次会议的海报数量也是类似的。如果需要，还将为希望展示海报上不易显示的额外数据的个人提供笔记本电脑的空间，例如3-D分子建模、共焦图像的3-D重建、视频显微镜和延时显微镜电影，所有这些都特别适合纤毛和粘液纤毛研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Gordon Research Conference titled "Cilia, Mucus and Mucociliary interactions" will be held in Il Ciocco, Italy from February 22 to 27, 2009. The conference has been approved by the GRC committee and will represent the third meeting following the successful GRC-sponsored conferences of the same title that were held in Buellton, CA in February of 2005 and Ventura Beach, CA in February 2007. The general organization of the conference is based on the established and very successful formula of the previous GRCs, with minor changes to make the meeting format even better. The meeting will open Sunday night with two talks from senior, eminent scientists who will give complementary overviews of the field, lay out the challenges for the future, and provide a framework for discussions throughout the remainder of the conference. This will be followed by a total of 8 plenary sessions from Monday morning through Thursday evening; each morning session will have at least 6 speakers and each evening session will have at least 4 speakers. The goal is to present new data not yet published according to the tradition of GRCs. Each of the speakers and discussion leaders will be individuals with a recognized scientific record in the areas of cilia, mucus, or mucociliary interactions or young investigators presenting outstanding data, usually representing work from the laboratory of a recognized leader in the field. Discussion leaders will be selected from individuals knowledgeable in the topic areas who are especially capable of maintaining focus and stimulating discussion. Discussion leaders will give brief introductions to each session to provide a perspective on the topics to be covered. Speakers for some shorter talks will be selected from submitted abstracts in order to include the latest "hot" results. In addition to the plenary platform presentations, there will be one poster session on Monday and Tuesday afternoon and a second poster session on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon; this will allow ample time for interactions focused on the poster presentations. Posters also will be available for viewing following the evening sessions. Applicants will have the opportunity to indicate if they prefer a poster or platform venue, and those not chosen for platform presentation will be delegated to the poster sessions. The last GRC had a total of about 60 posters, which was a manageable number; we expect a similar number for this conference. If needed, room for laptops will be available for individuals who might wish to present additional data that cannot be easily shown on posters, such as 3-D molecular modeling, 3-D reconstruction of confocal images, video microscopy and time-lapse microscopy movies, all of which are particularly well-suited for cilia and mucociliary studies.