SICB Symposium: "Insect Evolution" - Boston, MA, January 3-7, 2009

这笔资金将用于2009年1月3日至7日在波士顿举行的综合与比较生物学学会年会“昆虫进化”专题讨论会。研讨会讨论了比较生物学中两个活跃领域的界面：进化研究和生理生态学的进展。从历史上看，对昆虫进化模式的理解是基于化石和比较解剖学的数据。近年来，分子数据为昆虫进化的模式和过程提供了新的认识和新的假设。例如，关于不同昆虫群体之间关系的新信息已经出现。在本次研讨会上，研究人员将介绍新的进化见解如何告知昆虫的呼吸，飞行，社会结构，角质层，昼夜时钟，渗透调节和视觉的理解。这两个充满活力的领域的研究人员聚集在一起，将获得实质性的见解。在这个广泛而综合的科学社会中，由研究人员和教师组成的听众也将对这些主题非常感兴趣。本次研讨会将扩大其影响力，纳入多样化的演讲者计划，包括职业生涯早期阶段的演讲者、国际演讲者、女性演讲者以及在科学领域代表性不足的群体的成员。

This grant provides funding for the symposium "Insect Evolution" at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology held in Boston, January 3-7, 2009. The symposium addresses the interface of two active fields in comparative biology: the study of evolution and advances in physiological ecology. Historically, the understanding of the pattern of evolution in insects was based on data from fossils and comparative anatomy. Recently, molecular data have provided new insights and new hypotheses about pattern and process in insect evolution. For example, new information has arisen regarding the relationships between different groups of insects. In this symposium, researchers will present talks addressing how new evolutionary insights inform the understanding of respiration, flight, social structure, cuticle, diurnal clocks, osmoregulation and vision in the insects. Substantial insights will be gained by the coming together of researchers in these two vibrant fields. The topics will also be of great interest to a listening audience composed of researchers and teachers in this broad and integrative scientific society. The symposium will broaden its impact by including a diverse program of presenters, including speakers at early stages of their careers, international speakers, female speakers, and speakers who are members of under-represented groups in the sciences.