Symposium: Synthesis of Physiologic Data from the Mammalian Feeding Apparatus using FEED, the Feeding Experiments End-User Database, Salt Lake City, Utah

哺乳动物摄食的生理学已被证明是实验生物学家研究的肥沃土壤。在过去的40年里，研究人员对理解哺乳动物区别于其他脊椎动物的两种行为的生理学和功能解剖学特别感兴趣：哺乳和咀嚼。在这次研讨会上，哺乳动物喂养生理学专家将重点介绍一个新开发的数据库--喂养实验终端用户数据库(F.E.E.D.)，介绍主要哺乳动物群体之间和内部的哺乳和咀嚼的比较和功能分析。一些演讲还将突出我们对哺乳动物摄食生理学的理解中的主要差距，着眼于在该领域产生新的研究途径和方法。F.E.E.D.被开发为一种存储和共享生理数据的手段，以促进实验室之间的合作，并支持哺乳动物摄食生理学的荟萃分析。研讨会的报告将包括世界各地主要研究实验室在F.E.E.D.上提供的数据。由于数据库的访问最终将向其他研究人员和公众开放，研讨会的一个主要目标是促进F.E.E.D.的使用。我们还将就数据库的功能和扩大到包括其他脊椎动物群体的可能性征求反馈。这项工作的其他更广泛的影响包括对研究生和博士后助理的培训，其中一些人是演讲的合著者或研讨会的演讲者。

The physiology of mammalian feeding has proven to be a fertile ground for research amongst experimental biologists. Over the last 40 years, researchers have been particularly interested in understanding the physiology and functional anatomy of two behaviors that distinguish mammals from other vertebrates: suckling and chewing. In this symposium, experts on mammalian feeding physiology will highlight a newly developed database, the Feeding Experiments End-User Database (F.E.E.D.), through presentations of comparative and functional analysis of suckling and chewing between and within the major groups of mammals. Some of the presentations will also highlight the major gaps in our understanding of mammalian feeding physiology, with an eye toward generating new research avenues and approaches in the field. F.E.E.D. was developed as a means of storing and sharing physiological data to promote collaborations across labs and support meta-analysis of mammalian feeding physiology. Presentations in the symposium will include data that will be made available in F.E.E.D. from the major research labs around the world. As access to the database will ultimately be made available to other researchers and the general public, a major goal of the symposium is to promote the use of F.E.E.D. We will also solicit feedback on database functionality and the potential for expansion to include other vertebrate groups. Additional broader impacts of this work include training of graduate students and post-doctoral associates, some of which are co-authors on talks or presenters in the symposium.