Symposium: "Integrative Aspects of Epithelial Structure and Function," in Chicago, Illinois, on January 4-7, 2001

这笔资金将用于支持2001年1月4日至7日在芝加哥举行的综合与比较生物学学会年会上的研讨会。研讨会的题目是“上皮结构和功能的综合方面”。本次研讨会将以垂直多样化的实验方法为特色，从分子分析，到上皮结构和功能，再到整个动物的生产性能。上皮由细胞片组成，在多细胞生物中起着至关重要的作用。许多上皮细胞（如皮肤、肠道和血管内壁）起着至关重要的屏障作用。这些同样的屏障在将重要分子运送进出体内的过程中同时起着至关重要的作用。演讲者将讨论与囊性纤维化等疾病有关的上皮功能的最新发现，激素功能的新机制，以及细胞对环境应激的保护。演讲者名单因其多样性而被挑选出来。它包括该领域的资深和成熟的人物，以及没有很多机会展示他们的工作的新研究者。它包括终身教授和非终身教授，研究生和研究人员。因此，这次研讨会是新颖的，无论是在上皮结构和功能的广度上，还是在上皮结构、机制和控制的综合观点上，将资深科学家和杰出的新研究人员并置于一起。

This grant will provide funding in support of a symposium to be presented at the annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Chicago on January 4-7, 2001. The symposium is entitled "Integrative Aspects of Epithelial Structure and Function". The symposium will feature great vertical diversity of experimental approaches, ranging from molecular analyses, through epithelial structure and function, to whole animal performance. Epithelia, which consist of sheets of cells, serve vital functions in multi-cellular organisms. Many epithelia (i.e. skin, gut, and the lining of blood vessels) serve a vital function as barriers. These same barriers simultaneously play a crucial role in transporting important molecules into and out of the body. The speakers will discuss recent findings regarding the functions of epithelia that relate to diseases such as cystic fibrosis, novel mechanisms of hormone function, and cellular protection against environmental stresses. The speaker list has been selected for its diversity. It contains senior and well-established figures in the field, as well as new investigators who have not had numerous opportunities to present their work. It includes tenured faulty as well as non-tenured faculty, graduate students and researchers. The symposium is novel, therefore, both for the breadth with which epithelial structure and function are approached, and for the juxtaposition of senior established scientists and outstanding new researchers, in a comprehensive view of structure, mechanism and control in epithelia.