American Society for Intercellular Communication (ASIC)

摘要： 美国细胞间通讯协会(ASIC)是由主要研究人员创建的 来自美国和加拿大，目标是创建一个涵盖新兴市场的研究之家 超越现有社会范围的细胞间通信(IC)的介体和途径。 组织者将重点放在定期的年度会议上，对细胞外小泡、颗粒和 RNA(EV/EP/ExRNA)等复杂的分子交换途径。我们相信，拥有 ASIC作为北美一家声誉卓著的组织意义重大，因为它将提供一个智力之家 面向对基础科学感兴趣的年轻科学家，以及与电动汽车和非电动汽车相关的床边工作台 研究。会议的地点(博尔格中心；马里兰州波托马克)提供了一个平台，允许 PI与来自对电动汽车感兴趣的政府机构的项目官员之间的直接沟通 研究包括NIH、NIST、FDA和NSF。会议和协会在许多方面都是创新的 包括会议主题涵盖了广泛的IC工艺，远远超出了现有 在很大程度上被外显体相关研究主导的社会。相比之下，ASIC打开了大门 用于研究所有超分子通讯途径，包括EV/EP/ExRNAs，细胞间 突触、纳米和微管和其他机制。此外，会议的成本相对较低， 这包括注册、餐饮和住宿，使更多的学生、博士后和初级教师能够 出席。为了进一步促进纳入代表性不足的少数群体，并减少 由于性别或其他偏见的影响，ASIC成立了多样性和包容性ASIC委员会(DIAC) 在朱莉·索格斯塔德博士的领导下。沿着这些路线，我们的目标集中在一起 来自不同基础科学和临床领域的研究人员讨论和增进对 EV/EP/ExRNA在诊断、治疗中的多因素影响以及对 正常状态与疾病状态的生物发生；在EV/EP/ExRNA领域吸引年轻的新研究人员 和他们成为独立的成功同事的进步，并将感兴趣的人聚集在一起 缔约方将讨论与信息和通信技术有关的相关重要议题，并在 会议面向广大科学界以及医疗保健提供者和普通民众 公开的。

Summary: The American Society for Intercellular Communication (ASIC) was created by principal investigators from the United States and Canada with a goal of creating a home for research encompassing emerging mediators and pathways of intercellular communication (IC) beyond the scope of the existing societies. Organizers have focused on regular yearly meetings with interest in extracellular vesicles, particles, and RNA (EV/EP/ExRNA) and other complex pathways of molecular exchange. We believe that having ASIC as a reputable organization in North America is significant since it will provide an intellectual home for young scientists who are interested in basic science and bench to bedside related EV and non-EV research. The location of the meeting (Bolger Center; Potomac, MD) provides a platform that allows direct communication between PIs and program officers from government agencies with interest in EV research including NIH, NIST, FDA, and NSF. The meeting and the Society are innovative in many ways including that the meeting topics cover a broad range of IC processes far beyond the focus of existing societies that have been largely dominated by exosome-related research. In contrast, ASIC opens the door for studies on all supramolecular pathways of communications including EV/EP/ExRNAs, intercellular synapses, nano- and microtubes and other mechanisms. In addition, the relatively low cost of the meeting, which includes registrations, meals, and hotel, enables more students, postdocs, and junior faculty to attend. In order to further promote the inclusion of Under Represented Minorities (URM) and reduce the impact of gender or other bias, ASIC has formed the Diversity and Inclusion ASIC Committee (DIAC) under the leadership of Dr. Julie Saugstad. Along these lines our Aims focus on bringing together investigators from diverse basic science and clinical fields to discuss and advance understanding of the multifactorial impact of EV/EP/ExRNA in diagnostics, treatments, and a basic understanding of the biogenesis of normal vs. diseases states; engage young new investigators in the field of EV/EP/ExRNA and their advancement in becoming independent successful colleagues, and bring together interested parties to discuss relevant key significant topics regarding IC, and disseminate information presented at the conference to the scientific community-at-large as well as to health care providers and the general public.