Gordon Research Conference on the Chemical Senses

描述（由申请人提供）：要求提供资金，以协助2001年 戈登化学感觉研究会议，7月1日至6日，Salve Regina 位于罗德岛州纽波特的大学。 NIDCD的财政支持将用于 支付应邀发言者的部分旅费和会议费用， 讨论者和会议组织者。 此外，登记和旅行 奖学金要求年轻的研究人员（博士后和学生）， 优先考虑少数民族申请人。 会议将包括全体会议 演讲由克雷格文特尔（生物学在后基因组千年），一个研讨会上， 生物信息学和基因组学，以及七个突出未来的重点会议 化学感应研究的成果 会议的主题和名称，化学 在后基因组时代的意义，是特别及时，鉴于最近 完成了C.线虫、果蝇和 人类 所选择的主题正在经历快速的技术和概念发展。 所有受邀的演讲者和讨论负责人都是该领域的专家， 化学感受或基因组学，或者来自辅助领域。 相对于其他 涉及化学感官研究人员的会议，如年度 化学感受科学协会的会议，即将到来的戈登 化学感觉研究会议将在范围和 出席情况. 这一特点沿着非传统的会议形式， 旨在促进无拘无束和深入的讨论， 对未来研究的见解和方向。 需要一个专门的 化学感官全国会议，重点是后基因组方法 这一领域反映了基因组学和 化学感官和相应的人才数量的增长 研究人员致力于解决这些问题。 我们的目标是有一个开放的 论坛，由戈登研究会议格式提供独特的，其中 该领域的专家可以分享他们最新的发现，想法， 猜测 因此，这将进一步促进化学感受性 研究和协助NIDCD的总体使命。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to assist in the 2001 Gordon Research Conference on the Chemical Senses, July 1-6, Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. Financial support from the NIDCD will be used to defray partially the travel and meeting costs incurred by the invited speakers, discussants, and session organizers. In addition, registration and travel scholarships are requested for young investiga-tors (postdocs and students) with preference given to minority applicants. The meeting will consist of a plenary lecture by Craig Venter (Biology in the Postgenomic Millennium), a workshop on bio-informatics and genomics, and seven focused sessions highlighting the future of chemosensory research. The theme and title of the conference, Chemical Senses in the Postgenomic Era, is particularly timely given the recent completion of the DNA sequences of the genomes of C. elegans, Drosophila and human. Topics chosen are undergoing rapid technological and conceptual growth. All of the invited speakers and discussion leaders are experts in the field of chemoreception or genomics, or are from ancillary fields. In contrast to other meetings involving researchers of the Chemical Senses, such as the annual meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, the upcoming Gordon Research Conference on the Chemical Senses will be restricted in both scope and attendance. This feature along with the unconventional meeting format is designed to promote uninhibited and penetrating discussion and to generate new insights and directions for future research. The need for a specialized national meeting in the Chemical Senses with emphasis on post-genomic approaches to this field reflects the rapid evolution of knowledge within both genomics and the Chemical Senses and a corresponding growth in the number of talented researchers devoting themselves to these problems. Our aim is to have an open forum, offered uniquely by the Gordon Research Conference format, whereby experts in the field can share their most recent findings, thoughts, and speculations. Consequently, this should further progress in chemosensory research and aid the overall mission of the NIDCD.