Conference on Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology; San Diego, CA - October 5-8, 2014

该奖项为将于2014年10月5日至8日在加州圣地亚哥举行的美国生理学会（APS）比较与进化生理学跨社会会议提供参与者支持。该APS跨社会会议将是每四年举行一次的比较与进化生理学系列会议中的第六次会议。这是一个非常成功的系列会议，吸引了400-600名与会者，其中国际、女性和青年科学家的比例很高。美国科学学会比较与进化生理学跨社会会议是为数不多的专门致力于传播这一多样化和令人兴奋的领域的最新概念和技术进步的国际会议之一。会议的主题是“生理学重大挑战的比较方法”。这个主题强调了克拉夫原理在解决重大生理问题中的应用，并以美国国家科学基金会提出的“大挑战”概念为特色。这些挑战的例子包括评估动物对不断变化的环境的机械反应，利用基因组为生理学提供信息，反之亦然，理解人类疾病的动物模型的好处（和假设），以及向下一代科学家教授综合动物生理学。该奖项的支持将包括：1)资助“变化环境下生理学教学的挑战：创新与资源”和“比较生理学家的非传统职业道路”培训讲习班；2)通过设立nsf资助的旅行奖，促进青年科学家参与这次跨社会会议。预计这次会议将对比较与进化生理学领域产生巨大影响，并对该领域青年科学家的发展产生重大影响。学员研讨会将为职业发展和教学方法提供宝贵的见解，以确保生理学这一重要领域的持续进步和活力。除了旅游奖励外，该提案还将通过以下方式扩大会议的影响范围：(a)吸引更多的与会者参加会议；(b)表彰在这一领域最有价值的年轻研究人员的研究贡献。这些资金将增加APS对旅行和少数民族机会奖的捐款，从而改善对青年和少数民族调查人员的支持，并扩大APS社会间会议的影响。

This award provides participant support for an American Physiological Society (APS) Intersociety Meeting on Comparative and Evolutionary physiology to be held October 5-8, 2014, in San Diego, CA. This APS Intersociety Meeting will be the sixth in a series of meetings, held every four years, on the topic of comparative and evolutionary physiology. This has been a highly successful series, attracting 400-600 attendees, with a high proportion of international, female, and junior scientists. The APS Intersociety Meeting on Comparative and Evolutionary Physiology is one of only a limited number of international meetings solely dedicated to the dissemination of recent conceptual and technological advances in this diverse and exciting area. The theme of the meeting will be "Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology." This theme emphasizes the application of the Krogh Principle to solve major physiological questions and features the "grand challenges" concept articulated by the National Sciences Foundation. Examples of such challenges include evaluating the mechanistic responses of animals to changing environments, using genomes to inform physiology and vice versa, understanding the benefits (and assumptions) of animal models of human disease, and teaching integrative animal physiology to the next generation of scientists. Support from the award will: 1) fund trainee workshops on "The Challenge of Teaching Physiology in a Changing Environment: Innovations and Resources" and "Non-Traditional Career Paths for Comparative Physiologists;" and 2) promote the participation of young scientists in this Intersociety Meeting through the establishment of NSF-funded travel awards. This meeting is anticipated to have tremendous impact on the field of comparative and evolutionary physiology and considerable influence on the development of young scientists in this area. The trainee workshops will provide valuable insights into career development and teaching methods that will ensure continued progress and vitality of this important area of physiology. Along with travel awards, this proposal will extend the reach of this meeting by (a) attracting a larger number of participants to this meeting and (b) recognizing the most meritorious research contributions by young investigators in this area. The funds will augment the APS contribution to travel and minority access awards, thereby improving support for young and minority investigators and broadening the impact of this APS Intersociety Meetings.