Gastrointestinal Meeting on Intestinal Metaplasia in the Esophagus and Stomach

 描述(由申请人提供)： 本申请请求支持将于2016年8月19-21日在芝加哥举行的AGA James W.Freston题为“食道和胃中的肠化生：起源、差异、相似和意义”的单一主题会议。这次会议将召集一个对食道和胃肠化生的发病机制、细胞和分子生物学以及临床特征感兴趣的国际研究小组。会议的具体目的是提供关于肠化生发病机制的分子和细胞机制的最新知识的最新摘要，就胃和食道肠化生之间的异同进行科学对话，确定科学合作的机会和预防胃腺癌和食管腺癌的新策略，并生成一份《白皮书》，提出标准化术语和勾画上消化道化生研究的未来方向。会议包括三种类型的演讲：1)受邀的专家演讲者，代表了对化生发病机制的不同观点；2)初级教师和实习生的演讲将从提交的摘要中挑选出来；以及3)基于摘要的海报演讲。此外，会议还为青年调查员/受训人员提供了许多与高级调查人员互动的机会，包括专门为鼓励青年调查人员/受训人员与高级调查人员之间对话而设计的互动式欢迎招待会(“为科学干杯”)、第1天和第2天安排的午餐，安排交互式座位分配，以便每张桌子都有高级调查人员与青年调查人员小组配对，以及在会议结束前举行一小时的青年调查人员/见习人员-高级调查人员互动“科学咖啡场”会议。在这项提案中，我们寻求对旅费的支持，以资助10名初级教员和15名实习生的入学费用。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests support for an AGA James W. Freston Single Topic Conference entitled "Intestinal Metaplasia in the Esophagus and Stomach: Origins, Differences, Similarities and Significance" to be held in Chicago on August 19-21, 2016. This conference will assemble an international group of investigators interested in the pathogenesis, cellular and molecular biology, and clinical features of intestinal metaplasia in the esophagus and stomach. Specific aims of the conference are to provide state-of-the-art summaries of current knowledge on molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of intestinal metaplasia, to engage in scientific dialogue on the differences and similarities between intestinal metaplasia in the stomach and esophagus, to identify opportunities for scientific collaboration and new strategies to prevent gastric and esophageal adenocarcinomas, and to generate a "white paper" to propose standardized terminology and delineate future directions for research on metaplasia in the upper gastrointestinal tract. The conference includes 3 types of presentations: 1) invited expert speakers representing divergent views on metaplasia pathogenesis, 2) presentations from junior faculty and trainees to be selected from submitted abstracts, and 3) poster presentations based on abstract submissions. In addition, the conference has been arranged to provide numerous opportunities for young investigator/trainees to interact with senior investigators including an interactive welcome reception ("A Toast to Science") designed specifically to encourage dialogue between young investigator/trainees and senior investigators, lunches on days 1 and 2 arranged with interactive seating assignments so that each table will have senior investigators paired with groups of young investigators, and a one-hour young investigator/trainee-senior investigator interactive "Coffee Grounds for Science" session just before the conference conclusion. In this proposal, we seek support for travel stipends to fund the attendance of 10 junior faculty members and 15 trainees.