Conference: Graduate Student Support to Attend the Conference, MIP2010: The Future of Molecular Imprinting, August 8-12, 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana

化学和生物分离计划的NSF奖项为美国研究生提供部分旅行支持，以参加2010年8月8日至12日在路易斯安那州新奥尔良举行的MIP 2010：第六届分子印迹国际会议。 MIP 2010是一年两次的论坛，来自学术界、政府和工业界的国际研究人员聚集在一起，审查该领域的进展，并确定未来的研究领域。本次会议将首次在美国举行。在美国举行这次会议的重要性怎么强调都不为过。现任主席（路易斯安那州立大学的大卫斯皮瓦克和欧文市的加州大学的肯尼思J.谢伊）参加了前五次国际会议，美国科学家的出席率从2000年在威尔士卡迪夫举行的第一次会议的大约30/130（23%）急剧下降; 2008年在日本举行的会议上，225名科学家中只有3名美国科学家（1.3%）。为了鼓励年轻科学家参加今年的国际会议，PI将提供研究生旅行奖，以抵消会议的部分旅费。《分子识别杂志》（JMR）已签约出版一份专门针对MIP 2010会议的特刊。PI还与John Wiley and Sons合作，组织在MIP 2010会议上提交的演讲者论文。研究生学习分子印迹或相关领域的主题将有机会与国际研究生和分子印迹领域的专家进行互动。讨论不仅将提高他们对分子印迹的理解，也将促进研究合作的发展。此外，这是一个重要的机会，研究生在国际会议上介绍他们的工作。

This NSF award by the Chemical and Biological Separations program provides partial travel support for US graduate students to attend MIP2010: The 6th International Conference on Molecular Imprinting held August 8-12, 2010 in New Orleans, LA. MIP2010 is a biannual forum where international researchers from academia, government, and industry meet to review advances in the field, and define areas for future investigations. For the first time, this conference will be held in the United States. The importance of having this meeting in America cannot be emphasized enough. Both current chairs (David Spivak of Louisiana State University and Kenneth J. Shea of the University of California in Irvine) have attended all five previous international meetings, where attendance by U.S. based scientists has fallen drastically from approximately 30 out of 130 (23%) persons at the first meeting in Cardiff, Wales in 2000; down to 3 U.S. scientists out of 225 (1.3%) at the meeting in Japan in 2008. To encourage the participation of young scientists at this years international Conference, the PI will offer Graduate Student Travel Awards to offset a portion of the travel expenses to the conference. Broader Impacts The Journal of Molecular Recognition (JMR) has contracted to publish a special edition dedicated to the MIP2010 conference. The PI is also working with John Wiley and Sons, to organize papers submitted from presenters at the MIP2010 conference. Graduate students studying the subject of molecular imprinting, or related fields will have the opportunity to interact with international graduate students and experts in the molecular imprinting field. Not only will discussions enhance their understanding of molecular imprinting, it will also promote the development of research collaborations. Also, this is an important opportunity for the graduate students to present their work at an international conference.