Santa Cruz Meetings on Developmental Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：资金要求为圣克鲁斯会议发育生物学，将在2004年，2006年和2008年举行。 圣克鲁斯发育生物学会议（SCDB会议）为发育生物学家讨论当前研究提供了一个激励和重点论坛。 SCDB会议的范围是国际性的，并组织让初级教师，博士后研究员和研究生广泛参与。 主题以主题形式涵盖，并强调对发展的机械和实验分析。 2004年会议的主题包括：模式形成;形态发生和细胞迁移;进化和发育;干细胞;非编码RNA;细胞不对称性;器官发生;神经系统发育和疾病。 演讲者来自植物和动物发展领域。 SCDB会议为期五天，有40至50名平台发言人，其中5至10人是从提交给会议组织者的摘要中选出的。 平台会议的组织安排是为了留出充足的讨论时间;广泛的讨论时间被认为是SCDB以往会议的最佳特点之一。 会议期间不断展示海报，并安排了几次海报展示会以及非正式讨论时间。 2004年、2006年和2008年的SCDB会议将建立在该系列会议（1992年、1994年、1996年、2000年和2002年）的成功基础上，并将在偶数年举行（与戈登发育生物学研究会议交替举行）。 圣克鲁斯的加州大学（UCSC）主办SCDB会议。 会议场地的安排使平台会议，海报，住宿和餐饮设施非常接近; UCSC确保残疾人参与者的访问。 UCSC设置具有成本效益。 会议后勤由UCSC会议服务提供。 UCSC校园距离旧金山弗朗西斯科湾区不到一个小时的车程;从附近的机场出发很简单，但该地点足够孤立和舒适，演讲者和与会者倾向于在整个会议期间留在家中。 因此，SCDB会议，虽然模仿戈登研究会议，有几个额外的优势，使其成为一个受欢迎的场所发育生物学社区。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funding is requested for the Santa Cruz Meetings on Developmental Biology, to be held in 2004, 2006, and 2008. The Santa Cruz Meetings on Developmental Biology (SCDB meetings) provide a stimulating and focused forum for discussion of current research by developmental biologists. SCDB meetings are international in scope and are organized to allow extensive participation by junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students. Topics are covered in a thematic format, and emphasize mechanistic and experimental analysis of development. The topics for the 2004 meeting include: pattern formation; morphogenesis and cell migration; evolution and development; stem cells; non-coding RNAs; cellular asymmetry; organogenesis; development of the nervous system, and disease. Speakers are invited from both plant and animal development fields. SCDB meetings last five days and have 40 to 50 platform speakers, of which five to ten are chosen from abstracts submitted to the meeting organizers. The platform sessions are organized to allow ample time for discussions; the extensive discussion periods have been cited as one of the best features of previous SCDB meetings. Posters are continuously displayed and several poster sessions are scheduled in the meeting, as well as time for informal discussions. The 2004, 2006, and 2008 SCDB meetings will build on the success of previous meetings in this series (held in 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, and 2002) and will take place in even-numbered years (alternating with the Gordon Research Conference on Developmental Biology). The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) hosts the SCDB meetings. The conference site is arranged so that platform sessions, posters, accommodation, and dining facilities are in close proximity; access for disabled participants is ensured by UCSC. The UCSC setting is cost effective. Conference logistics are provided by UCSC Conference Services. The UCSC campus is within an hour's drive of the San Francisco Bay Area; travel from nearby airports is simple, but the site is sufficiently isolated and pleasant that speakers and participants tend to stay in residence for the entire meeting. Thus, the SCDB meeting, although modeled on a Gordon Research Conference, has several additional advantages that have made it a popular venue for the Developmental Biology community.