2003/2005 INTERNATIONAL C. ELEGANS MEETINGS

描述(由申请人提供)： 线虫的研究范围从研究整个神经系统的电路和功能以及基因组的组织等全球性问题，到研究参与基因表达控制和单个细胞命运指定的元件。线虫已经成为研究动物生物学多个方面的重要实验生物，特别是发育和行为的遗传和分子基础。该国际会议自1979年以来每两年举行一次，是唯一一次专门讨论线虫的国际会议。我们正在申请资金，以帮助支付6%的与会者参加2003年在加州大学洛杉矶分校举行的线虫国际会议的费用和旅费。我们还要求为将在待定地点举行的2005年会议提供类似的资金。组委会将根据1)申请者对会议的潜在贡献、2)申请者将从出席会议中获得的好处以及3)少数族裔地位来对支持申请进行排名。由于这是唯一一次专门研究线虫研究的国际会议，委员会特别急于鼓励妇女和少数族裔参与。以前的线虫会议导致了知识、思想、方法、突变体和克隆的交流，并在培养这一领域的兴奋感以及共事和合作方面发挥了至关重要的作用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research on the nematode worm C. elegans ranges from investigating such global problems as the circuitry and function of an entire nervous system and the organization of a genome, to investigating elements involved in control of gene expression and specification of the fates of individual cells. C. elegans has become an important experimental organism for the study of many aspects of animal biology, particularly the genetic and molecular bases of development and behavior. The international meeting has run biennially since 1979 and is the only International meeting dedicated to C. elegans. We are requesting funds to help cover costs and travel of six percent of participants to attend the international C. elegans Meeting to be held at the University of California in Los Angeles, CA, in 2003. We are also requesting similar funds for the 2005 meeting to be held at a location to be determined. The Organizing Committee will rank applications for support, basing their funding decisions on 1) the potential contributions of the applicants to the meeting, 2) the benefits the applicants will receive from attending the meeting and 3) minority status. As this is the only international meeting dedicated to C. eIegans research, the committee is particularly anxious to encourage participation of women and minorities. Previous C. elegans meetings have led to the exchange of knowledge, ideas, methods, mutants, and clones and have been vital in fostering the sense of excitement and the collegiality and cooperativity that characterize this field.