1988 Midwest Regional Developmental Biology Conference at the University of Illinois, Urbana, June 2-4, 1988

这项提案是对将于6月2日至4日在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校举行的1988年中西部地区发展生物学会议的请求。将介绍的主题包括：1)发育过程中基因表达的控制，2)肢体发育和再生的细胞和分子方面，3)神经元和肌肉的发育和再生；4)胚胎组织和图案的形成。主要的重点将是研究生、博士后研究员和本科生的参与，因为这次会议为学生第一次接触到他们自己实验室之外的关键听众提供了一个理想的环境。不过，有些发言者将由常设调查员担任，以确保平台发言的质量。%会议的目的是为交流发育生物学各方面的信息提供一个论坛。区域发育生物学会议是专业学会定期会议的重要补充，原因有几个。因为它比全国会议规模更小，不那么正式，结构也不那么僵化，区域会议提供了一种环境，鼓励研究生和博士后研究员积极参与，包括与现有调查人员的非正式互动。此外，由于会议通常在靠近与会者所在机构的大学设施中举行，这笔费用并不妨碍旅行预算有限的学生和调查人员参加。

This proposal is a request for support for the 1988 Midwest Regional Developmental Biology Conference to be held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from June 2-4. The topics to be represented include: 1) Control of Gene Expression During Development, 2) Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Limb Development and Regeneration, 3) Neuronal and Muscle Development and Regeneration, and 4) Embryonic Organization and Pattern Formation. The primary emphasis will be on participation by graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and undergraduates since this Conference provides an ideal setting for first-time exposure of students to a critical audience outside their own laboratory. Some of the speakers, however, will be established investigators in order to insure the quality of the platform presentations. %%% The purpose of the meeting is to provide a forum for exchange of information on all aspects of developmental biology. The Regional Developmental Biology Conference constitutes an important supplement to regular meeting of professional societies for several reasons. Because it is smaller, less formal, and less rigidly structured than a national meeting, the Regional Conference provides an environment that encourages active participation by graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, including informal interactions with established investigators. Moreover, because the conference is generally held at a university facility close to the home institutions of the participants, the cost does not prohibit attendance by students and investigators with limited budgets for travel.