The Simian Collective Conference

项目摘要。 这个申请是一个资金的请求，以支持一个名为“猿猴集体”的会议， 非人类灵长类神经科学研究在美国，其独特的作用，作为一个翻译模型的人类 神经精神疾病，以及它如何寻求建立关键的社区努力，以解决关键的挑战 面向世纪的领域会议的战略组织强调，最大限度地发挥影响， 灵长类神经科学研究在现代需要科学，伦理学， 教育和宣传。由于灵长类大脑的共同功能组织，我们的猿表亲 是独特的强大模型，可以阐明人类大脑在健康和疾病方面的许多功能。这 尖端研究必须继续增长，并得到新的投资，才能蓬勃发展。会议还将 强调使用灵长类动物模型的系统发育优势，该模型具有许多独特的神经和 认知特征与人类，调查研究也必须平衡的关键 由于这些相似性，不可避免地会出现神经伦理学方面的考虑。此外，Simian 集体还将强调该领域的责任，教育我们的科学同事和一般 向人口中的灵长类动物研究的独特重要性，并倡导其意义。程序 会议的目的是强调这些核心原则之间的互补关系， 建立一个社区倡议，在未来几年建立和促进灵长类动物神经科学研究。

Project Summary. This application is a request for funds to support a conference entitled the ‘Simian Collective’ that highlights nonhuman primate neuroscience research in the United States, its unique role as a translational model of human neuropsychiatric disorders, and how it seeks to build crucial community effort to address the key challenges facing the field in the 21st Century. The conference is strategically organized to stress that maximizing the impact of primate neuroscience research in the modern era necessitates complementary goals of Science, Ethics, Education and Advocacy. Owing to the shared functional organization of the primate brain, our simian cousins are uniquely powerful models to elucidate many facets of human brain function in both health and disease. This cutting-edge research must continue to grow and receive renewed investments to prosper. The meeting will also emphasize that the phylogenetic advantages of using a primate model, which shares many unique neural and cognitive characteristics with humans, for investigative research must also be balanced by the crucial neuroethical considerations that inevitably emerge because of these similarities. Furthermore, the Simian Collective will also emphasize the responsibility of the field to educate our scientific colleagues and the general population about the unique importance of primate research and to advocate for its significance. The program of the meeting has been designed to emphasize the complementary relationship between these core tenets, and to build a community initiative to build and promote primate neuroscience research in the coming years.