AHR 2016: The aryl hydrocarbon receptor as a central mediator of health and disease

 描述（由申请人提供）：本申请要求资金支持将于2016年8月3日至6日在纽约州罗切斯特举行的题为“AHR 2016：芳烃受体作为健康和疾病的中央介质”的国际会议。具体来说，从这个R13应用到NIEHS的资金将用于支持弱势代表性差和/或初级研究人员谁提交研究摘要，并希望参加会议，但谁否则可能无法参加。他们的参与无疑将加强会议和整个外地。本次会议涵盖了一个与毒理学和环境健康科学高度相关的主题，也得到了其他部门的极大关注，包括基础免疫学，发育生物学，药理学和制药学。然而，没有定期的（或据我们所知，计划的）科学会议专门关注AHR。鉴于该领域的快速但缺乏综合性的进展，迫切需要将毒理学家，基础生物学家和临床/翻译研究人员聚集在一起，他们都对AHR及其许多配体感兴趣。因此，除了促进初级研究人员，妇女，少数群体和残疾人的参与外，本次会议的其他目标包括：促进不同背景的科学家之间的更多互动;创造讨论前沿科学的机会，并为跨学科的交流和合作奠定基础，以推进该领域。本次会议将通过确定关键的知识差距和制定解决这些问题的战略，确定对环境健康和临床医学的关键影响，并就解决与这些问题有关的具体研究优先事项达成共识，来推动科学的步伐。作为这些目标的结果，预计会议将公布尖端信息，这些信息将促进新的发现，以改善健康和福祉。此外，作为一项更具体的产出，组织委员会计划编写一篇评论文章，在会议结束后提交。根据会议出席情况，演讲和讨论，组织者将评估基于本次会议的更广泛的研究和/或评论文章的潜力，并评估未来关于此主题的会议的潜力。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funds to support an international conference entitled "AHR 2016: The aryl hydrocarbon receptor as a central mediator of health and disease" which will be in Rochester, NY in August 3-6, 2016. Specifically, funds from this R13 application to the NIEHS will be used to support disadvantaged poorly represented and/or junior investigators who submit research abstracts and wish to participate in the meeting, but who otherwise might not be able to attend. Their participation will undoubtedly strengthen the conference and the field as a whole. This conference covers a topic that is highly relevant to toxicology and environmental health sciences, and which is also gaining tremendous attention from other sectors, including basic immunology, developmental biology, pharmacology, and pharmaceutics. However, there are no regular (or as far as we know, planned) scientific conferences focused solely on the AHR. Given the rapid but poorly integrated advancements in the field, there is pressing need to bring together toxicologists, basic biologists, and clinical/translational researchers who are all interested in the AHR and its many ligands? Therefore, in addition to fostering the participation of junior investigators, women, minority groups, and the disabled, other goals of this conference include the following: promoting greater interactions among scientists of diverse backgrounds; creating the opportunity to discuss cutting-edge science, and building the foundation for cross- disciplinary communication and collaborations to advance the field. This conference will advance the pace of science by identifying key knowledge gaps and developing strategies to address them, pinpointing critical implications for environmental health and clinical medicine, and building consensus for addressing specific research priorities that relate to these issues. As a consequence of these goals, the meeting is expected to promulgate cutting-edge information that will catalyze new discoveries to improve health and well-being. Also, as a more tangible output, the Organizing Committee plans to develop a review article to be submitted after this conference. Based upon meeting attendance, presentations, and discussion, the organizers will assess the potential for a more expanded set of research and/or review articles based on this conference, as well as evaluate the potential for a future conference on this topic.