Workshop on Developmental Physiology, November 2004 in Arlington, VA

总结 建议举办一个研讨会来讨论发育生理学的范围和目标，并确定在发育生物学和生理学的界面上投资这一新兴领域的科学机会。 研讨会将于2004年11月15日和16日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿的假日酒店举行。 智力优势 多年来，发育生物学家一直致力于通过选择相对较少的模式生物来理解胚胎发育，这些模式生物在遗传上是易处理的，并且可以用于在遗传、分子和细胞水平上研究发育的基本过程。 这些努力往往导致详细了解的遗传机制，参与控制许多过程中的胚胎发育。 另一方面，发育生理学家一直专注于胚后发育，不愿意采用相对较少的模式物种，部分原因是将科学紧密结合在一起的生理学原理，如功能的调节和控制，已知在物种之间存在差异。 越来越清楚的是，遗传学和生理学的发展方法是互补的，充分了解发展，可以说是生物学中最复杂的问题，将需要一个研究计划，整合两种方法。 该研讨会汇集了在发育生理学领域具有公认专业知识的生物学家，以及从事现代发育遗传学的生物学家和从事进化发育生物学工作的生物学家。 这些参与者将有助于确定和制定发育生理学领域的当前范围和未来目标，并在发育生物学和生理学的界面上确定这一重要新兴领域的研究机会。 本次研讨会的主要目的将是探讨发育生理学的许多方面，并制定一套有组织的和连贯的发展生理学研究目标。 本次研讨会将汇集来自许多不同学科的研究人员，讨论发育生理学的目标，并确定如何最好地将发育生理学与其他理解动物发育的方法相结合。 这些讨论将导致制定一套广泛而连贯的建议，以供在这一迅速发展的生物学领域进行研究。 因此，预计本次研讨会将对生理学和发育界面的研究产生重大影响，并将有助于为这一快速发展的领域建立有效的基础设施。

Summary A workshop is proposed to discuss the scope and goals of developmental physiology, and to identify the scientific opportunities for investment in this emerging field at the interface of developmental biology and physiology. This workshop will be held on November 15 and 16, 2004, at the Holiday Inn, Arlington ,VA. Intellectual Merit Developmental biologists have, for many years, focused their efforts in understanding embryonic development by selecting a relatively few model organisms that are genetically tractable, and that can be used to study the fundamental processes of development at the genetic, molecular and cellular levels. These efforts have often led to a detailed understanding of the genetic mechanisms that are involved in the control of many processes in embryonic development. Developmental physiologists, on the other hand, have focused on postembryonic development and have been reluctant to adopt use of a relatively few model species, in part because the physiological principles that bind the science cohesively, such as the regulation and control of function, are known to differ between species. It is becoming increasingly clear that genetic and physiological approaches to development are complementary, and that a full understanding of development, arguably the most complex problem in biology, will require a research program that integrates both approaches. The workshop brings together biologists with acknowledged expertise in the area of developmental physiology with biologists who practice modern developmental genetics, and with biologists who work in evolutionary developmental biology. These participants will help to identify and frame the current scope and future goals of the field of developmental physiology and to identify the opportunities for research in this important emerging field at the interface of developmental biology and physiology. The primary aim of this workshop will be to explore the many aspects of developmental physiology and to develop an organized and coherent set of goals for research in developmental physiology. Broader Impacts This workshop will bring together researcher from many different disciplines to discuss the goals of developmental physiology and to determine how best to integrate developmental physiology with other approaches to understanding animal development. These discussions will result in the formulation of a broad and coherent set of recommendations for research in this rapidly growing field of biology. This workshop is therefore expected to have a substantial impact on research at the interface of physiology and development, and will be an aid in developing an effective infrastructure for this rapidly growing field.