Society for Developmental Biology 62nd Annual Meeting; Summer 2003; Boston, MA

[03:15 . 324]要求雷曼基金为将于2003年7月30日至8月3日在波士顿万豪科普利广场举行的第62届发育生物学学会年会提供部分支持。这是发育生物学的重要会议。2003年，国际发展生物学家协会的出席将加强国际参与。所提议的活动的智力价值是什么？与会者将介绍他们最重要和最新的数据，其中许多仍有待发表，为该领域的知识进步做出贡献。由于它已经成为一个成功的传统，科学会议涵盖了包括植物，无脊椎动物和脊椎动物在内的各种生物的工作。两位诺贝尔奖得主悉尼·布伦纳博士和埃里克·坎德尔博士是已经接受邀请的63位演讲者之一，他们将向我们介绍他们在以下领域的一些最新发现：细胞增殖和大小控制的调控，迁移和引导，干细胞发育和医学，从神经元到大脑，生命和死亡作为模式的手段，细胞-细胞信号传导的分子机制，整合信号，器官发生，性别和基因组，远程信号传导和形态梯度，不对称：从细胞到生物体，再生，基因调控- RNA，发育和进化，以及从突触到行为。另外30位演讲者将从提交的摘要中选出，进行简短的演讲，以便包括最新的研究成果，并为博士后和研究生提供向大量听众发表演讲的机会。2. 建议的活动有何更广泛的影响？教育研讨会和小组讨论将为科学家提供一个机会，学习如何更有效地向所有人（K-16和公众）进行沟通，以及评估科学进步带来的潜在社会影响。教育研讨会将集中讨论如何在不同的环境中，在大型大学、教学学院、大学预科和广大公众中教授发育生物学。一个关于干细胞和克隆的小组讨论将为科学家和伦理学家、观众和小组成员之间的思想交流提供一个独特的机会。我们预计将有超过900人出席，其中大多数人将在每天的海报会议上展示他们的新数据。这种形式提供了一个论坛，汇集了初级和高级研究人员，并允许他们就科学、教育和科学在当今社会中的作用交换意见。旅游奖将提供给未被充分代表的少数民族，学生和博士后研究员，以及拉丁美洲的教师和学生参加会议。

0315324LehmannFunds are requested for partial support of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology, to be held July 30 - August 3, 2003 at Boston Marriott Copley Place. This is the major meeting in the subject of Developmental Biology. In 2003, the international participation will be enhanced by the presence of the International Society of Developmental Biologists. 1. What is the intellectual merit of the proposed activity?Participants will be presenting their most significant and current data, many still to be published, contributing to advancement of knowledge in the area. As it has become a successful tradition, the scientific sessions encompass work on diverse organisms including plants, invertebrates and vertebrates. Two Nobel laureates, Dr. Sydney Brenner and Dr. Eric Kandel, are among the 63 speakers who have already accepted the invitation to tell us about some of their latest findings in the following areas: Regulation of cell proliferation and size control, Migration and guidance, Stem cells in development and medicine, From neuron to brain, Life and death as means of patterning, Molecular mechanisms of cell-cell signaling, Integrating signals, Organogenesis, Sex and the genome, Long range signaling and morphogen gradients, Asymmetry: From cell to organisms, Regeneration, Gene regulation- RNA, Development and evolution, and From synapse to behavior. Additional 30 speakers will be chosen from submitted abstracts for short talks, allowing the inclusion of the latest results and providing an opportunity for postdoctoral fellows and graduate students to address a large audience. 2. What are the broader impacts of the proposed activity?The Education Symposium and the Panel Discussion will offer an opportunity for scientists to learn how to be more effective communicators to all, K-16 and public levels, as well as to evaluate potential societal effects resulting from scientific advances. The Education Symposium will center on how to teach developmental biology in different environments, at large universities, teaching colleges, pre-college and to the public at large. A panel discussion on the very current topic of Stem cells and Cloning will provide a unique opportunity for exchange of ideas among the scientists and ethicists, audience and panelists. We expect an attendance of over 900 people, and most of them will present their new data in the poster sessions each day. This format provides a forum to bring together junior and senior investigators, and to allow them to exchange ideas on science, education and the role of science in today's society. Travel awards will be available to bring underrepresented minorities, students and postdoctoral fellows, as well as Latin American faculty and students to attend the meeting.