Student Travel to the 2015 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) - Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Conference

这项资助为参加2015年生物医学工程学会(BMES)-细胞和分子生物工程（CMBE）会议的学生/研究员和年轻独立研究者（新星）提供旅行奖励。力学生物学研究接触、拉伸、压缩和剪切对生物系统发展的作用。这些基本反应影响胚胎的发育、伤口的愈合、心脏、皮肤和身体其他器官的基本功能，也影响从细菌到哺乳动物等非人类生物对生命机械压力的基本反应。这种支持将有助于培养这一领域的新生和新星，他们将在未来几年从事这一领域的研究。了解机械载荷对生物系统的影响是生物力学和机械生物学项目的直接利益：支持这一领域年轻研究人员的发展对未来成功的研究至关重要。2015年会议的主题是“从子宫到坟墓：产生、再生和退化的机械生物学”。这与生物力学和机械生物学项目的使命直接相关，也与生物医学工程的使命一致，生物医学工程部分支持这一要求。组委会将选出16名研究生/博士后获得学生/研究员奖，并进行简短的演讲，这些演讲将纳入会议。此外，将选出6名初级独立调查官参加在会议第一天举行的特别新星会议，展示他们的工作成果。来自NSF的支持将用于为学生、博士后研究员、年轻研究者（新星）和未被充分代表的少数群体提供部分支持。

This grant provides funding to support travel awards for student/fellows and young independent investigators (Rising Stars) for the 2015 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)-Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) conference. Mechanobiology studies the role that touch, stretch, compression and shear has on the development of biological systems. These fundamental responses affect the development of embryos, the healing of wounds, the basic function of heart, skin and other organs of the body and also fundamental responses of non-human organisms from bacterial to mammal to the mechanical stresses of life. This support will aid in the training of new students and rising stars in this area who will do research in this area in years to come. Developing an understanding of the effects of mechanical loading on biological systems is of direct interest to the Biomechanics and Mechanobiology program: Supporting the development of young investigators in this area is of fundamental importance to succesful future research.The theme of the 2015 conference is 'From Womb to Tomb: Mechanobiology of Generation, Regeneration and Degeneration.' This is directly related to the mission of the Biomechanics and Mechanobiology program and also is in line with the mission of Biomedical Engineering which is partially supporting this request. Sixteen graduate students/postdoctoral fellows will be selected by the organizing committee to receive Student/Fellow Awards and present short talks, which will be integrated into the sessions. In addition, six junior independent investigators will be selected for a special Rising Star session, which will take place on the first day of the meeting in order to showcase their work. Support from the NSF will be used to provide partial support to students, post-doctoral fellows, young investigators (Rising Stars), and under-represented minorities.