NEUROPEPTIDES 2003: STUDENT TRAVEL

描述(由申请人提供)： 代表美国夏季神经肽会议，国家药物滥用研究所请求支持2003年美国夏季神经肽会议和欧洲神经肽俱乐部的第三次联席会议，以支持神经肽的几个竞争性青年研究人员奖。这次联合国际会议将于2003年6月8日至12日在美国纽约蒙托克举行。具体地说，我们要求提供4500美元的资金，以帮助支付几名研究生和博士后实习生的会议费用，他们将参加会议，并在与国家药物滥用问题研究所的使命有关的领域与知名领导人进行互动。在与NIDA相关的研讨会上，会议题为《神经肽在疼痛的发病和控制中的作用》，该领域的领先科学家将介绍神经肽在疼痛病因和维持中的作用的最新研究。这将是一个极好的工具，通过它，有前途的研究生和博士后实习生可以在亲密的环境中接触到积极从事NIDA相关研究的资深科学家。美国夏季神经肽会议已经举办了13个年头，欧洲神经肽俱乐部也已经举办了13个年头，成为神经肽研究的主要国际会议。这些会议突出了神经肽研究的重大新进展，吸引了来自世界各地学术界和工业界的资深和初级参与者。强烈鼓励研究生和博士后学员以及妇女和少数族裔科学家积极参与。本次联席会议的形式包括上午、下午和傍晚早些时候的研讨会、海报会议、颁奖仪式和会议宴会，以及国际著名科学家的专题演讲。这种形式，再加上非正式的环境，为传播和交流当前的信息以及在参与者之间发展新的合作提供了一个理想的论坛。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): On behalf of the American Summer Neuropeptide Conference, request is being made from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to support several competitive young investigator awards to NEUROPEPTIDES 2003, the 3rd Joint Meeting of the American Summer Neuropeptide Conference and the European Neuropeptide Club. This joint international meeting will be held in Montauk, New York, USA from June 8- 12, 2003. Specifically, we are requesting funds in the amount of $4,500 to help defray meeting expenses of several graduate student and postdoctoral trainees who will participate in the conference and interact with established leaders in fields related to the mission of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In the NIDA related symposium at the meeting, "Neuropeptides in the Pathogenesis and Control of Pain", leading scientists in the field will present the latest state-of-the-art research on the role of neuropeptides in the etiology and maintenance of pain. This will be an excellent vehicle by which promising graduate student and postdoctoral trainees are exposed to senior scientists actively engaged in NIDA-related research in an intimate setting. The American Summer Neuropeptide Conference, now in its thirteenth year, and its counterpart the European Neuropeptide Club, also in its thirteenth year, have become the premier international meetings for neuropeptide research. The conferences highlight major new advances in neuropeptide research and attract a good mixture of senior and junior participants from academia and industry from throughout the world. Active participation by graduate and postdoctoral trainees, as well as by women and minority scientists, is strongly encouraged. The format of the present joint conference involves morning, afternoon and early evening symposia, poster sessions, an award ceremony and conference banquet, and special lectures by distinguished international scientists. This format, coupled with the informal setting, provides an ideal forum for the dissemination and exchange of current information and the development of new collaborations among the participants.