The Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology 2010

描述（由申请人提供）：研究人员正在组织圣克鲁斯发育生物学（SCDB）会议，主题是“发育中的多样化策略”。 SCDB会议的目标是通过传播和讨论当前数据和新兴概念，教育社区了解发育生物学的最新重大进展。 同时，这些会议促进了发育生物学家在其职业生涯的各个阶段建立科学网络。 这是可能的，因为会议的规模相对较小，并促进互动，但科学的口径是非常高的。 组织者还汇集了一群不同的科学家，他们使用基因组，遗传，生物化学，分子，细胞和经典胚胎学方法来研究植物，动物和微生物模型系统的最重要的发展方面。 这次大会是一个单一平台式的会议，为期一个晚上和三整天，由七届会议组成。每场会议包括四个25分钟的特邀演讲和三个15分钟的演讲摘要。 所有28位受邀发言者在收到邀请后都给予了热情、肯定的答复。 其中7人是会议主席，是从各自领域的领导人中征聘的。 为了向最广泛的发言者提供机会，组织者将从摘要中另外选择21个平台介绍。 从摘要中选出的发言者将优先考虑学生，博士后研究员和早期研究人员，组织者的目标是性别平等。 项目叙述：发育生物学的研究对我们理解先天性疾病、干细胞生物学、肿瘤学和再生医学领域做出了重大贡献。 了解发育过程的细胞和分子控制将有助于我们破译出生缺陷的原因，并最终导致新的诊断和治疗技术。 在2010年的SCDB会议上，组织者将了解各个领域如何取得重大突破，以及这些突破如何进一步加速发育生物学领域的科学进步

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): The investigators are organizing the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology (SCDB) Meetings around a theme, "Diverse Strategies in Development". The goals of the SCDB Meetings are to educate the community about the latest major advances in developmental biology through the dissemination and discussion of current data and emerging concepts. Simultaneously, the meetings facilitate scientific networking among developmental biologists at all stages of their careers. This is possible because the meeting size is relatively small and fosters interactions, yet the caliber of science is exceptionally high. The organizers also bring together a diverse group of scientists who use genomic, genetic, biochemical, molecular, cellular, and classical embryological approaches to bear on the most important aspects of development across the full range of plant, animal, and microbial model systems. This assembly is a single-platform style meeting occurring over a period of one evening and three full days, and is comprised of seven sessions. Each session consists of four 25-minute invited talks and three 15-minute talks selected from the abstracts. All 28 of the invited speakers gave enthusiastic, affirmative responses upon receiving invitations to participate. Seven of them are session chairs and have been recruited from the ranks of the leaders in their fields. In order to provide the opportunity for the widest range of speakers, the organizers will choose an additional 21 platform presentations from the abstracts. Speakers selected from abstracts will preferentially be students, postdoctoral fellows, and early stage investigators, and the organizers aim for gender parity. PROJECT NARRATIVE: Research in developmental biology has contributed significantly to our understanding of the fields of congenital diseases, stem cell biology, oncology, and regenerative medicine. Understanding the cellular and molecular control of developmental processes will help us decipher the causes of birth defects, and ultimately lead to new techniques for diagnosis and treatment. In the 2010 SCDB meetings, the organizers will learn how various fields are making major breakthroughs and how these can further accelerate the progress in science in fields under the umbrella of developmental biology