Soc for Molecular Imaging 3rd Annual International Mtg

描述（由申请人提供）：分子成像学会第三届国际年会将于2004年9月9日至9月12日在圣路易斯举行。这次会议是由华盛顿大学的一个小组组织的。组委会由David Piwnica-Worms、Michael J. Welch和Joseph J. h . Ackerman组成。体内细胞和分子成像领域正在爆发新的方法，揭示生物体内的生物学方面，包括癌症，直到最近才进入调查。在第三届分子成像学会年会上描述的快速发展的成像技术旨在揭示体内的生物变化，因此可用于改善生物学和疾病的研究，加速新治疗方法的开发，并将这些技术的使用扩展到广泛的学科领域。会议环境将是一个我们广泛讨论成像的地方，将包括生物学，化学，临床成像，基因组学，技术进步和工业应用领域的讲座和讨论，通过成像解决体内分子功能映射的核心问题。通过成像实现的对哺乳动物生物学的新见解将是会议的重点。包括特邀演讲人、讨论负责人、参加者在内，预计将有800多人参加。本提案要求资金为来自北美和海外的应邀参加者、少数民族教员和年轻研究人员提供旅费和生活费用的部分支助。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Society for Molecular Imaging Third Annual International Meeting will be held from Sept 9 - Sept 12, 2004, in St. Louis. The meeting is being organized by a group at Washington University. The Organizing Committee is David Piwnica-Worms, Michael J. Welch and Joseph J.H. Ackerman. The field of in vivo cellular and molecular imaging is exploding with new approaches that reveal aspects of biology in the living body, including cancer, that were until recently inaccessible to investigation. The rapidly evolving imaging technologies to be described at the Third Annual Meeting of the Society for Molecular Imaging are designed to reveal biological changes in vivo, and thus can be used to improve the study of biology and disease, accelerate the development of new therapeutic approaches and expand the use of these technologies to a wide range of disciplines. The meeting environment will be one where we discuss imaging broadly, and will include talks and discussion in areas of biology, chemistry, clinical imaging, genomics, technical advancements and industrial applications that address central issues in the mapping of molecular functions in vivo through imaging. New insights into mammalian biology that have been realized through imaging will be a key focus of the meeting. The number of participants is expected to be approximately 800 including invited speakers, discussion leaders, and participants. This proposal requests funds to provide partial support for travel and subsistence expenses for invited participants, minority faculty and young investigators from North America and overseas.