Second Meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms; May 9-12, 1990; Amelia Island, Florida

为优秀本科生和研究生参加生物节律研究学会会议提供旅费支持。在整个动物王国中，从分子到有机体，生物节律几乎在每一个组织水平上调节着生命系统的功能。在非人类的动物中，生物时间作为一个闹钟和日常活动的组织者。虽然起搏器被认为位于下丘脑的视交叉上核，但这次会议的一个事件是讨论其他起搏器的存在。在人类中，睡眠和清醒、认知和运动表现、体温、血压、血清激素水平和尿代谢都有节律地变化。人类昼夜节律、昼夜节律和季节节律的改变在许多临床病症中以及在应对时差和轮班工作活动中都很重要。这次会议汇集了具有多个领域专业知识的科学家，反映了生命系统中节奏现象的广泛覆盖范围。研究范围将从分子遗传学、生物化学和细胞生物学到神经生物学、神经内分泌学、生态学和临床人类应用。专题讨论会、讲习班、幻灯片演示和海报将为科学家和学生之间的广泛交流提供一种手段。其目标是促进科学信息的交流，这将导致重要的见解，并激发可能对生物节律领域产生重大影响的新想法。此外，科学计划旨在鼓励研究生和本科生参与，以帮助他们培养成为生物科学领域的未来科学家。

Travel support is provided to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students to attend the meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms. Biological rhythms regulate the function of living systems at virtually every level of organization, from molecular to organismal in animals throughout the Animal Kingdom. In non-human animals, biological timing serves as a wake-up clock and organizer of daily routine. While the pacemaker is believed to be located in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus, one event of this meeting is to debate the existence of other pacemakers. In humans, sleep and wakefulness, cognitive and motor performance, body temperature, blood pressure, serum hormone levels, and urinary metabolism all vary rhythmically. Alternations in human ultradian, circadian and seasonal rhythms are important in a number of clinical conditions as well as in coping with jet-lag and shift-work activities. This meeting reflects the broad coverage of rhythmic phenomena in living systems by bringing together scientists with expertise in a number of areas. The span of research will range from molecular genetics, biochemistry and cell biology to neurobiology, neuroendocrinology, ecology and clinical human applications. Symposia, workshops, slide presentations and posters will provide a means for extensive communication among the scientists and students. The goals are to facilitate an exchange of scientific information which will lead to important insights and stimulate new ideas that could have a major impact on the area of biological rhythms. Moreover, the scientific program is directed towards encouraging graduate and undergraduate student participation to help promote their training as prospective scientists in biological sciences.