Haldane Centenary International Conference on Human GeneticsCalcutta, India, December 1992, Group Travel Award in U.S. and Indian Currencies

描述：该项目为美国代表团参加在印度举行的国际会议--“1992年12月在印度加尔各答举行的霍尔丹人类遗传学百年会议”提供支持。为期五天的会议将纪念J.B.S.霍尔丹诞辰一百周年，目的是：回顾霍尔丹对人类种群遗传学各个领域的贡献，特别是他们对当前量化思维的影响；审议在人类数量遗传学、进化、种群结构和遗传流行病学方面的最新进展；介绍了人类遗传学理论方面的最新进展的应用，并讨论了关于基因和环境相互作用的一些当前问题，以期描绘出一些值得人类遗传学家立即给予科学关注的主要领域。这次会议将在加尔各答的印度统计研究所(ISI)举行，预计除美国和印度外，还将有来自英国、日本、荷兰、德国、澳大利亚、巴西和加拿大的科学家参加。范围：这项活动是为了纪念霍尔丹，他是人类遗传学领域的先驱，在英国建立了声誉，后来移居印度，在加尔各答的三军情报局继续他的工作。ISI被认为是世界上最重要的统计培训和研究中心之一，无论是理论上的还是应用上的，包括生物统计学。这次会议将促进印度的生物统计学研究，特别是在设计统计方法分析人类人口和家庭的分子遗传数据方面。它应该提高来访的科学家对印度内婚制人口的社会结构、他们所处的环境以及由此导致的基因在人口中传播的认识。印度和印度以外的科学家之间可能会发起合作研究建议，特别是在人类遗传学的数量方面。

Description: This project provides support for a U.S. delegation to an international conference in India, the"Haldane Centenary Conference on Human Genetics, Calcutta, India, December 1992". The five days meeting will mark the birth centenary of J.B.S. Haldane with the aims of: reviewing Haldane's contribution to the various areas of human population genetics, focusing especially on their impacts on current quantitative thinking; deliberating on recent advances in quantitative human genetics, evolution, population structure and genetic epidemiology; presenting applications of recent advances in theoretical aspects of human genetics; and, deliberating on some current issues concerning the interaction of genes and environment with a view to delineate some thrust areas that deserve immediate scientific attention of human geneticists. The meeting, which will be held at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Calcutta, is expected to be attended by scientists from the U.K., Japan, the Netherland, Germany, Australia, Brazil and Canada in addition to the U.S. and India. Scope: This activity commemorates Haldane, a pioneer in the field of human genetics who established his reputation in England, before moving to India in the later part of his life, where he continued his work at the ISI in Calcutta. The ISI is considered one of the foremost centers in the world for training and research in statistics, both theoretical and applied, including biostatistics. The conference will have the effect of promoting biostatistic research in India especially in devising statistical methods for analyzing molecular genetic data on human populations and families. It should increase the awarness of the visiting scientists to the social structure of the endogamous populations of India, the environment they live in and the resulting spread of genes within the populations. Initiation of collaborative research proposals between Indian and scientists from outside India, especially in the quantitative aspects of human genetics, is likely to result.