Conference: 2002 FASEB Summer Research Conference on Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems; Saxtons River, Vermont

FASEB生物系统草酸钙夏季研究会议将于2002年8月3日至8日在佛蒙特州萨克斯顿河的佛蒙特学院举行。本次会议的主要目标是提供一个多学科论坛，讨论自然界中各种形式的草酸钙结晶的最新进展和未来研究方向。预计将有100多名科学家参加这次会议。会议的具体目标包括：1)促进以草酸钙为共同焦点的不同学科的科学家之间的思想、信息和方法的科学交流；2)讨论有争议的领域，并确定草酸钙研究中需要调查的新领域；3)促进思想的交流，促进跨学科合作；4)整合来自会议参与者的主题和学科所涵盖的不同系统的信息。5)促进和鼓励年轻和新的研究者进入草酸钙研究的各个领域。在会议计划中，已经做出了特别的努力，包括来自代表性不足群体的新的年轻研究人员和科学家。预定的演讲者中有17位是新的年轻研究人员，其中包括9位女性，占整个项目的37%。此外，本次会议共有14位女性参加，其中包括三位组织者中的两位，这一数字比之前关于这一主题的会议大幅增加。本提案所要求的资金将专门用于支持年轻调查人员和代表性不足群体的参与。

Conference FASEB Summer Research Conference on Calcium Oxalate in Biological Systems will be held from August 3 - 8, 2002 at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, Vermont. The primary goal of this conference is to provide a multidisciplinary forum to discuss recent advances and future directions for research on all manner of calcium oxalate crystallization that occur in nature. More than 100 scientists are expected to attend this conference. Specific objectives of the conference include the following: 1) to promote scientific exchange of ideas, information, and methodologies among scientists from diverse disciplines whose common focus is calcium oxalate, 2) to discuss areas of controversy and to identify new areas requiring investigation in calcium oxalate research, 3) to foster cross-fertilization of ideas and facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations, 4) to integrate information from diverse systems encompassed by the topics and disciplines of conference participants, and 5) to promote and encourage entry of young and new investigators into all areas of calcium oxalate research. Special efforts have been made to include new young investigators and scientists from underrepresented groups in the conference program. Seventeen of the scheduled speakers are new young investigators, including nine women, comprising 37% of the total program. In addition, the conference program includes a total of fourteen women, including two of the three organizers, a substantial increase over the previous conference on this topic. Funds requested by this proposal will be applied specifically to support the participation of young investigators and underrepresented groups.