Conference: The Biology and Chemistry of Vision, Tucson, AZ, Summer 2003

这是视觉生物化学系列的第九次会议，来自美国实验生物学学会联合会（FASEB），自1985年以来每两年举行一次会议，每次都有不同的主题来强调广阔视野的进步。 与会者约有120-160名科学家，其中至少包括10%的初级科学家。 会议是高度跨学科的方法讨论，包括分子生物学，生理学，生物化学和遗传学。 在这个特别的会议上，重点是感光细胞成分参与发展，视觉转导，暗适应和细胞维护。 该格式包括讲座，广泛的非正式讨论期间，和持续的海报会议相结合，强调来自不同领域的工人之间的互动。两年一次的时间安排提供了一个很好的视角，今年对光感受器和遗传学的关注与视觉研究的前沿相匹配，并增加了受欢迎的进化主题。 这次会议的潜在影响是高的几个子视野领域，因为在会谈和海报的讨论，有可能是互动和介绍年轻的调查人员的职业发展至关重要。更广泛的影响还包括提高年轻研究人员对视觉神经科学的兴趣和知名度，这似乎可能导致新型的跨学科合作互动。

This is the ninth meeting of the series on the Biology & Chemistry of Vision, from the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB), which has met biennially since 1985, with varying topics each time to stress advances in the broad field of vision. Attendance ranges from around 120-160 scientists, with the specific inclusion of at least 10% of junior scientists. The conference is highly interdisciplinary in the approaches discussed, including molecular biology, physiology, biochemistry and genetics. In this particular conference, the stress is on photoreceptor cell components involved in development, visual transduction, dark adaptation, and cell maintenance. The format includes a combination of lectures, periods for extensive informal discussion, and ongoing poster sessions, emphasizing interactions between workers from different fields. The biennial timing allows a good perspective, and this year's focus on photoreceptors and genetics is well matched to the leading edges of visual research, with the welcome addition of evolutionary topics. The potential impact of this conference is high in several subfields of vision, because of the discussions at the talks and at the posters, where there are likely to be interactions and introductions essential to career development of young investigators. Broader impacts also include raising the interest and visibility of young investigators in visual neuroscience, and it seems likely lead to new kinds of collaborative interdisciplinary interactions.