15th Biennial Meeting of the ISDN

描述（由申请人提供）：在本申请中，我们请求支持选定的受邀演讲者子集以及学生和博士后研究员参加将于2004年8月4日至7日在爱丁堡举行的国际发育神经科学学会第15届两年一度的会议。 近年来，我们对调节神经系统发育基本过程的细胞和分子机制的理解取得了重大进展。 本次会议将突出发展的具体领域，我们在基本理解方面的进展已经开始阐明疾病的潜在机制和/或阐明治疗方法的新途径。 例如，计划的会议范围从自闭症的动物模型，通过发育中的CNS中的线粒体改变到干细胞在发育和修复中的作用。 该计划旨在吸引从事神经发育的基础科学家以及从事神经疾病领域工作的医生科学家。 此外，发展神经科学领域的长期健康发展取决于培养年轻的研究人员，将有2个会议专门针对年轻的研究人员，并从提交的摘要中选择简短的谈话。 此外，妇女将主持大约三分之一的大会。 这是发展神经科学的一个激动人心的时刻，这次会议提供的科学互动类型将有助于通过将不同但相关领域的工作者聚集在一起来促进我们的理解。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this application we are requesting support for a selected subset of invited speakers as well as students and postdoctoral fellows to attend the 15th biennial meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience to be held in Edinburgh 4-7th of August 2004. Recent years have seen substantial advances in our understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate processes fundamental to development of the nervous system. This meeting will highlight specific areas of development where our advances in the basic understanding have begun to elucidate underlying mechanisms of disease and/or illuminate novel avenues for therapeutic approaches. For example, planned sessions range from animal models of Autism, through mitochondria alterations in the developing CNS to the role of stem cells in development and repair. The program is aimed at attracting basic scientists working in neural development as well as physician scientists working in areas of neurological disease. In addition, the long-term health of the field of developmental neuroscience is dependent on fostering young investigators and 2 sessions will be dedicated to young investigators with short talks selected from submitted abstracts. Furthermore, women will chair approximately one third of the general sessions. This is an exciting time in developmental neuroscience and the types of scientific interactions afforded by this meeting will help to advance our understanding by bringing together workers in distinct but related areas.