Cellular Cytoskeleton Conference at Colorado State University

这是一个为期5天的关于细胞骨架的研讨会，将于2010年夏天在科罗拉多州立大学的Pingree Park举行，题为：细胞细胞骨架：有丝分裂、运动和细胞极化中的共同组织原则。这次会议的主要主题将是利用定量实验和理论来深入了解(I)复杂细胞骨架结构的行为是如何从组成它们的单个分子中产生的，以及(Ii)细胞如何在有丝分裂、运动和细胞极化过程中利用细胞骨架的这些动态特性。这次会议将汇集大约60名研究人员和研究生，他们对跨学科研究感兴趣、接触和/或培训，但不一定是细胞骨架动力学多个领域或技术的专家。研讨会将分上午和晚上进行，特邀演讲者包括细胞生物学、生物物理学、生物化学、显微镜、遗传学和理论建模方面的专家。目标是30%以上的女性受邀演讲者和40%以上的女性参与者。主办方将挑选少数族裔和/或残疾人申请者，并为他们提供支持。本次会议将通过促进来自不同地区的研究生之间的互动来实现扩大研究生教育的重要目标。组织者计划发布一份报告，总结会议期间产生的新颖想法和合作。

This is a 5-day workshop on the cytoskeleton to be held in Pingree Park, Colorado State University in the summer of 2010, entitled: The Cellular Cytoskeleton: Common Organizing Principles in Mitosis, Motility and Cell Polarization. The main theme of this meeting will be on using quantitative experiments and theory to gain insight into (i) how the behaviors of complex cytoskeletal structure arises from the individual molecules from which they are composed, and (ii) how these dynamic properties of the cytoskeleton are used by cells during mitosis, motility, and cell polarization. The conference will bring together a group of about 60 researchers and graduate students that have an interest, exposure and/or training in interdisciplinary research but who are not necessarily experts in multiples areas or techniques of cytoskeletal dynamics. The workshop will be organized into morning and evening sessions with invited speakers who are experts in cell biology, biophysics, biochemistry, microscopy, genetics and theoretical modeling. The target is more than 30% of women invited speakers and more than 40% women participants. The organizerss will select and provide support for applicants who are minorities and/or persons with disabilities. This conference will fulfill an important goal of broadening graduate student education by facilitating interactions of graduate students from diverse areas with each other. The organizers plan to publish a report summarizing the novel ideas and collaborations that developed during the meeting.