CONFERENCE: C. elegans Development, Cell Biology and Gene Expression Meeting being held June 7-10, 2012 in Madison, Wisconsin.

秀丽隐杆线虫的发育、细胞生物学和基因表达主题会议将于2012年6月7日至10日在美国威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校举行。这次会议预计将吸引来自世界各地的500名科学家，将汇集初级和高级研究人员，讨论秀丽隐杆线虫发育、细胞生物学和基因表达研究的最新发现。秀丽隐杆线虫专题会议每两年在不同地点举行一次，是小型会议，鼓励与会者通过简短的口头报告、长海报会议、研讨会和共享用餐等方式进行频繁互动。一个具有广泛经验和背景的组织委员会将从提交的摘要中选择最佳演讲，特别注意突出研究生和博士后的工作，并保持演讲者名单的多样性。我们将鼓励学生、博士后以及在科学领域未被充分代表的人士在本次会议上展示他们的研究成果，以促进他们的科学和职业发展。本次会议将包括七个专题会议。每一次会议都将以一位著名秀丽隐杆线虫研究人员的主题演讲开始，其中包括一位诺贝尔奖获得者，他将把他们的工作放在历史背景下，以造福该领域的新研究人员，并强调导致秀丽隐杆线虫发展研究增长的生物学不同子领域之间的相互联系。更广泛的影响本次会议将促进优秀的科学，并将支持年轻科学家的职业发展。会议的发现将通过发布会议摘要和在会议上介绍的数据收集与公众分享，这是一个支持线虫研究的精心策划的网站WormBase （www.wormbase.org）。美国国家科学基金会的支持将允许美国科学家派遣他们的初级学员参加会议，包括本科生，研究生和博士后研究员，以及残疾实验室成员和/或在科学领域代表性不足的人，他们可能无法参加这次会议。在四名会议组织者中，有三名是女性，其中两名在科学界的代表人数不足。组委会由来自世界各地的男性和女性组成，其中年轻教师的比例很高。

Intellectual MeritThe C. elegans Development, Cell Biology and Gene Expression Topic Meeting will be held at the U. Wisconsin, in Madison, from June 7th to 10th, 2012. This meeting, expected to attract 500 scientists from around the world, will bring together junior and senior researchers to discuss the latest findings in C. elegans development, cell biology and gene expression studies. The C. elegans Topic Meetings, held every two years at diverse locations, are smaller meetings that encourage frequent interactions between meeting attendees through short oral presentations, long poster sessions, workshops and shared meals. An Organizing Committee with a breadth of experience and background will select the best talks from submitted Abstracts with particular attention to highlight the work of graduate students and postdocs and to keep the speaker list diverse. Students and postdoctoral fellows, and persons underrepresented in science will be encouraged to present their research at this meeting to promote their scientific and career development. This meeting will include seven thematic sessions. Each will begin with a Keynote Address from a leading C. elegans researcher, including one Nobel Laureate, who will place their work in historical context for the benefit of new researchers in the field and to highlight the interconnections between different subfields of biology that have led to the growth of research in C. elegans development, cell biology and gene expressionBroader ImpactsThis meeting will promote excellent science and will support the career development of younger scientists. The findings from the meeting will be shared with the public through the posting of meeting Abstracts and of data collections introduced at the meeting via WormBase (www.wormbase.org), a well-curated web site that supports research in C. elegans. Support from the NSF will allow scientists in the U.S. to send their junior trainees to the meeting including undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, as well as lab members with disabilities and/or persons underrepresented in science, who may otherwise not be able to attend this meeting. Of the four meeting organizers three are women, including two underrepresented in science. The Organizing Committee includes men and women from around the world, with high representation by junior faculty.