Conference of Specialized Centers in Neurosciences

描述(申请人提供)：夏威夷大学已被选为第三届SNRP年会的东道主，会议将于2003年5月27-29日在夏威夷火奴鲁鲁举行。这些SNRP年会的总体目标是展示不同NINDS支持的少数族裔机构内的各种研究项目和计划，向神经科学界的领导人介绍年轻的SNRP研究人员，并为SNRP调查人员提供机会，向关键而又支持他们的观众展示他们的工作。这次会议的精选性质将明确解决以下目的和目标：1)使SNRP研究人员有机会在全国范围内向同行展示他们的研究；2)促进来自不同SNRP项目的SNRP研究人员之间的合作，并鼓励探索新的研究领域；3)讨论和传播关于第二届SNRP奖项重新竞争的信息；以及4)邀请杰出的神经科学家介绍他们在其专业领域的概述知识和前沿进展。 第三届SNRP年会将遵循前两届SNRP年会的基本形式。在第一天，项目总监和NINDS将讨论感兴趣的话题，如SNRP奖项的重新竞争(AIM 3)。在第一天同时举行的“神经科学技术和方法创新”会议将为那些正在探索研究工作新方法的SNRP研究人员提供AIM 2。第二天和第三天的四个主要科学会议将讨论目标1和目标2，并将具有精选小型研讨会的质量。此外，将对海报会议进行分类，以与平台会议相关。最后，为了实现本提案的目标4，每一次会议(或分节)将由一位杰出的神经科学家介绍和主持，在SNRP调查人员15分钟的陈述之前，这位科学家将提供研究领域的专家概述。鉴于我们目前不确定将出席本次会议的发言者人数，采用了这种形式；尽管如此，实现上述目的和目的的可能性很大。

Description (provided by the applicant): The University of Hawaii has been selected to be the host of the 3rd Annual SNRP Meeting to be held on May 27-29, 2003 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The overall objectives of these SNRP annual meetings is to showcase the various research projects and programs within the different NINDS supported minority institutions, to introduce the young SNRP investigators to leaders of the neuroscience community, and to provide opportunities for SNRP investigators to present their work before a critical, yet supportive audience. The select nature of this meeting will explicitly address the following aims and objectives: 1) To allow SNRP investigators the opportunity to present their research to their peers in a national setting; 2) To stimulate collaborations between SNRP investigators from different SNRP programs and to encourage exploration of new areas of study; 3) To discuss and disseminate information on the re-competition of the second series of SNRP awards; and 4) To invite distinguished neuroscientists to present their overview knowledge and cutting-edge progress in their areas of expertise. This 3rd Annual SNRP Meeting will follow the basic format of the two previous Annual SNRP meetings. In Day 1, the Program Directors and NINDS will discuss topics of interest such as the re-competition of the SNRP awards (AIM 3). A concurrent session on "Innovations in Neuroscience Techniques and Methods" in Day 1 will facilitate AIM 2 for those SNRP investigators who are exploring new approaches to their research work. The four major scientific sessions in Days 2 and 3 will address AIM 1 and AIM 2, and will have the quality of a select mini-symposium. In addition, the poster sessions will be sorted to relate to the platform session. Finally, to achieve AIM 4 of this proposal, each session (or subsection) will be presented and moderated by a distinguished neuroscientist, who will provide an expert overview of the area of study prior to the fifteen-minute presentations given by SNRP investigators. This format was adopted, given our present uncertainties as to the number of presenters who will be attending this meeting; despite this, there is a great likelihood that the above aims and objectives will be achieved.