2001 Gordon Research Conference on Neural Plasticity

描述(申请人提供)：戈登神经学研究会议 自1977年以来，可塑性活动每隔一年举行一次。我们要求 部分支持计划于7月15日至20日举行的神经可塑性会议， 2001年在里约热内卢纽波特的Salve Regina大学学习。戈登研究 会议的设立是为了促进非正式的科学交流 布景。会议的非正式性质促进了交流，通过 中用于问答时间的大量时间 科学会议，以及在其他会议上进行讨论的许多机会 环境，如用餐、海报会议和结构化和非结构化社交 活动。戈登研究会议规则禁止发表或 会议和演讲的引用促进了对 最新成果和当前想法。此格式在以下方面特别有用 神经可塑性会议，一个高度跨学科的会议 探索神经系统的可修饰性的主题在 分子、细胞、系统和计算水平。2001年会议 将有9个科学会议和理查德·莫里斯博士的主旨演讲， 处于学习和记忆前沿的科学家。科学会议将 涵盖一系列当前对神经可塑性感兴趣的主题，从蛋白质 在可塑性过程中被奖赏系统修改的大脑回路的运输。这个 发言者和会议主席都是各自领域的世界领袖。饱满 会议与会者的参与受到多方面的鼓励。午后 海报会议为所有感兴趣的参与者提供了一个机会 介绍并讨论他们的工作。每届科学会议将包括，在 除了预定的演讲者外，还有一到两个初级的简短演讲 参与者，从提交的摘要中挑选出来。这是一件 运作良好，并在1999年受到与会者的高度评价。 问答时间安排得很慷慨。社交活动允许新的 与会者与演讲者和主席非正式会面。美丽的环境 由Salve Regina校园提供，吸引了演讲者和 参与者在每次会议结束后都要逗留很长时间。过去的参与者 我发现这些非正式的互动是 戈登会议，促成了一次令人兴奋和富有成效的会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Gordon Research Conference on Neural Plasticity has been held in alternate years since 1977. We are requesting partial support for the Neural Plasticity Conference planned for July 15 to 20, 2001 at the Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. The Gordon Research Conferences were established to stimulate scientific interchange in an informal setting. Interchange is promoted by the informal nature of the conference, by the large amount of time committed to question and answer periods in the scientific sessions, and by the many opportunities for discussion in other settings, such as meals, poster sessions and structured and unstructured social activities. The Gordon Research Conference rule prohibiting publication or citation of the meetings and presentations promotes open discussion of the latest results and current ideas. This format has been particularly useful for the Conference on Neural Plasticity, a highly interdisciplinary meeting in which the subject of modifiability of the nervous system is explored at molecular, cellular, systems, and computational levels. The 2001 Conference will have 9 scientific sessions and a keynote talk by Dr. Richard Morris, a scientist at the forefront of learning and memory. The scientific sessions will cover a range of topics of current interest in Neural Plasticity, from protein trafficking during plasticity to brain circuits modified by reward systems. The speakers and session chairs are all world leaders in their fields. Full participation by conference attendees is encouraged in several ways. Afternoon poster sessions provide an opportunity for all interested participants to present and discuss their work. Each scientific session will include, in addition to the scheduled speakers, one or 2 short talks by junior participants, selected from the submitted abstracts. This is something that worked very well, and was highly rated by conference participants in 1999. Question and answer periods are generously scheduled. Social events permit new participants to meet speakers and chairs informally. The beautiful environment provided by the Salve Regina campus is an attractant for speakers and participants to linger long after the end of each session. Past participants have found these informal interactions to be the distinct advantage of the Gordon Conference, giving rise to a stimulating and productive meeting.