Strategic Conference of Zebrafish Investigators

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议继续在美国阿西洛马举行的两年一度的斑马鱼研究者战略会议（SCZI）。这些会议使斑马鱼的主要研究人员能够讨论当前的研究，并促进以鱼类为模型系统的研究的协调发展。会议最多可容纳200名主要调查员。拟议的2013年会议将是第五次国际讲习班;该系列的后续活动将在2015年2月和2017年2月举行的第六次和第七次会议上进行。以往的会议一直得到与会者的高度评价; 2011年会议的所有调查答复者都计划出席或可能出席2013年会议。斑马鱼是脊椎动物发育遗传分析的主要模式生物之一。此外，斑马鱼已迅速被确立为人类疾病模型的杰出系统。在转基因、正向和反向遗传学、成像技术和化学筛选方面的最新进展已经在一个活跃的协作社区中广泛传播。拟议的会议将继续促进资源开发、建立协作和发展跨学科互动。过去的参与者中有三分之一是新的调查人员。除了有机会了解新的发现和建立合作，新的研究人员将有机会参加讨论会的主题，如赠款写作或平衡实验室和生活，由高级研究人员领导。过去的会议在吸收妇女和少数群体与会方面有着良好的记录。这笔赠款将用于一名应邀主旨发言人的登记和住宿，并为从提交的摘要中选出的30名与会者提供资助。这30名获得财政支持的人将根据其摘要的影响力和原创性以及性别，种族，职业阶段和需求进行选择。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a continuation of the biennial Strategic Conference of Zebrafish Investigators (SCZI), held in Asilomar, USA. These meetings allow zebrafish principal investigators to discuss current research and promote coordinated advancement of research using fish as a model system. The meeting will accommodate up to 200 principal investigators. The proposed 2013 meeting will be the fifth international workshop; continuation of the series will follow with the 6th and 7th meetings to be organized in February of 2015 and 2017. Previous meetings have consistently been highly rated by participants; all survey respondents from the 2011 meeting plan to attend or might attend the 2013 conference. The zebrafish is one of the premier model organisms for the genetic analysis of vertebrate development. Moreover, the zebrafish has quickly been established as an outstanding system in which to model human diseases. Recent advances in transgenesis, forward and reverse genetics, imaging techniques, and chemical screening have been widely disseminated throughout an active, collaborative community. The proposed meeting will continue to foster the development of resources, establishment of collaborations and development of interdisciplinary interactions. One third of past participants have been new investigators. In addition to having the opportunity to learn about new findings and establish collaborations, new investigators will have the opportunity to attend discussion sessions on topics such as grant writing or balancing lab and life that are led by senior investigators. Past meetings have had a solid record of inclusion of women and minority participants. This grant will support the registration and accommodation of one invited keynote speaker and provide financial assistance for 30 participants selected from the submitted abstracts. These 30 recipients of financial support will be chosen based on the impact and originality of their abstracts as well as on the basis of gender, race, career stage and need.