Gastrointestinal Meeting on Intestinal Metaplasia in the Esophagus and Stomach

 描述（由申请人提供）： 此应用程序请求支持阿加詹姆斯W.弗雷斯顿单一主题会议题为“肠化生在食管和胃：起源，差异，相似性和意义”将于2016年8月19日至21日在芝加哥举行。这次会议将聚集一个国际研究小组，他们对食管和胃肠上皮化生的发病机制、细胞和分子生物学以及临床特征感兴趣。会议的具体目标是提供关于肠上皮化生发病机制的分子和细胞机制的最新知识总结，就胃和食管肠上皮化生之间的差异和相似性进行科学对话，确定科学合作的机会和预防胃和食管腺癌的新策略，并生成“白色文件”，以提出标准化术语并描绘上消化道化生研究的未来方向。会议包括3种类型的演讲：1）邀请代表化生发病机制不同观点的专家演讲者，2）从提交的摘要中选择初级教师和学员的演讲，3）基于摘要提交的海报演讲。此外，会议还安排了许多机会，让年轻调查员/受训人员与高级调查员进行互动，包括互动式欢迎招待会（“为科学干杯吐司”），旨在鼓励年轻研究人员/受训人员和高级研究人员之间的对话，第1天和第2天的午餐安排了互动式座位分配，以便每张桌子上都有资深调查员和年轻调查员，以及在会议结束前一个小时的年轻研究者/受训者-高级研究者互动“科学咖啡场”会议。在这项提案中，我们寻求对旅行津贴的支持，以资助10名初级教员和15名受训人员的出席。

 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.