Conference: FASEB Yeast Chromosome and Cell Cycle Conference 2024

该奖项是对将于2024年6月23-27日在马尼托巴省温尼伯举行的FASE B酵母染色体和细胞周期会议的支持。这是一次久负盛名的会议，每两年举行一次，在过去的30年里，虽然它关注的是最被理解的模型系统之一，发芽酵母和分裂酵母，但值得注意的是，即使在其他系统的研究取得进展的同时，它仍在继续推动该领域的概念和技术边界。会议将包括8个全体会议，每个会议将有5-8个20分钟的陈述。大约三分之二的演讲者是受邀的，其余的将从投稿的摘要中挑选出来，重点是早期的职业科学家。此外，几乎所有提供海报的与会者还将发表简短的海报初级演讲，向其他参与者介绍他们的海报主题和自己。本次会议将有代表职业生涯各个阶段的与会者，从学生到知名调查人员，并有许多促进网络联系的活动。组委会还将特别努力为不同的初级科学家提供全体发言机会。值得注意的是，NSF的所有资金将用于支持受训者和年轻研究人员的参与，重点是那些来自历史上代表性不足的群体以及有经济需求的人。会议计划有85%的演讲者在过去5年中没有发表过演讲(尽管该领域的许多知名高级研究人员将主持会议并鼓励讨论。一半以上的发言者将是女性，约20%的发言者将来自STEM历来代表性不足的群体。会议集中讨论了生物科学中广泛关注的主题，特别是“染色质与核组织”、“细胞周期调控”、“染色体复制”、“端粒与双链断裂修复”、“重组与基因组稳定性”、“基因组进化”、“染色体结构动力学”和“染色体分离机制”。课程还将包括课程开始时的结对导师/学员演讲。此外，在会议早期还将举行“与专家见面”和职业发展会议，高级演讲者被分配到桌子上，更多的初级参与者与他们一起进行非正式讨论，以鼓励和帮助职业生涯早期的科学家在该领域取得进步。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This award is for support of the FASEB Yeast Chromosome and Cell Cycle Conference, to be held June 23-27 2024 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This is a well-established conference that has occurred biennially for the past 30 years and, while it focuses on one of the most well-understood model systems, budding and fission yeasts, it is notable for continuing to push the conceptual and technological boundaries in this field, even as study in other systems advance. The meeting will include 8 plenary sessions, each of which will have 5-8 20 minute presentations. Approximately two-thirds of the speakers are by invitation, and the remainder will be selected from contributed abstracts, with an emphasis on early career scientists. In addition, nearly all attendees giving posters will also present short Poster Primer talks, introducing their poster topics, and themselves, to the other participants. This meeting will have attendees representing all career stages, from students to established investigators, with numerous activities to facilitate networking. The organizing committee will make a special effort to provide plenary speaking opportunities to diverse junior scientists as well. Notably, all NSF funds will be used to support participation by trainees and young investigators, with an emphasis on those from historically underrepresented groups as well as those with financial need.The conference program features 85% of speakers that have not presented in the past 5 years (though many high-profile, senior researchers in the field will chair sessions and stimulate discussion. Over half the speakers will be female, and ~20% of speakers will be from groups historically underrepresented in STEM. The conference focuses on topics of broad interest in biological sciences, notably "Chromatin and Nuclear Organization", "Cell Cycle Regulation", "Chromosome Duplication", "Telomeres and Double-strand Break Repair", "Recombination and Genome Stability", "Genome Evolution", "Dynamics of Chromosome Structure", and "Chromosome Segregation Mechanisms". Sessions will also include paired mentor/mentee talks at the beginning of the session. In addition, a "Meet the Expert" and a Career Development session will be held early in the conference in which senior speakers are assigned to tables where more junior participants join them for informal discussions to encourage and help early-career scientists progress in this field.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.