Winter Neuropeptides Conference

描述(申请人提供)：本申请旨在为冬季神经肽会议提供支持，冬季神经肽会议是最古老的正在进行的神经肽会议。WPNC自1976年以来一直在开会，它是冬季大脑研究会议的产物，也是冬季会议的官方卫星。WNPC位于科罗拉多州的布雷肯里奇，自1981年以来一直留在那里，只有一个例外。它通常被称为“布雷肯里奇会议”。会议通常在2月份的第一个星期六开始，下周二晚上休会。2004年会议的日期是1月31日至2月3日。神经肽领域的许多开创性发现首先在WNPC上公布。在WNPC上，历史和当代都对神经肽与发育的关系感兴趣。例如，1997年WNPC的主题是“发育和衰老中的神经肽”，纽约科学院在其年鉴中公布了会议记录。这项申请将为每年两次会议提供支持，为期五年，重点关注发展问题。至少有两个完整的会议专门讨论发育问题(生殖内分泌学和生理学、怀孕、胎儿/婴儿发育、发育遗传学、进化生物学和发育内分泌学)。该应用程序的目的是在每次会议上为这些发展会议提供支助。2004年会议的主题是转化性研究--将研究结果从实验室转移到临床。发育会议被用来评估分娩过程中神经肽级联反应的模型，并讨论早期暴露于生长因子对行为障碍发展的影响。 WNPC有一个稳定的组织和一个指导委员会，他们共同努力制定每次会议的主题和计划，然后执行会议。申请书中列出了过去五年的项目，以及纽约科学院发布的会议纪要、多肽、药理学、生物化学和行为，以及过去20年的监管多肽。WPNC每年在同一地点举行，产生了几个好处。首先，WNPC保留了一名现场协调员的服务，协助当地安排。其次，由于WPNC是回头客，它能够获得优惠的住宿价格。第三，场地的一致性简化了与会者的规划和后勤工作。这次会议对所有群体都是包容的。一半的组织和指导委员会是妇女。努力将少数群体和残疾人包括在内。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is to provide support for the Winter Neuropeptide Conference, the oldest ongoing neuropeptide conference. The WPNC has met since 1976, and was an outgrowth from, and an official satellite of, the Winter Conference on Brain Research. The WNPC is located in Breckenridge, Colorado, and has remained there, with one exception, since 1981. It often is referred to as "The Breckenridge Conference." The meetings typically begin on the first Saturday in February and are adjourned on the following Tuesday evening. The dates for the 2004 meeting are January 31 to February 3. Many of the seminal findings in the field of neuropeptides were presented first at the WNPC. There has been, at the WNPC, both historical and contemporary interest in the relation between neuropeptides to development. For example, the theme of the 1997 WNPC was "Neuropeptides in Development and Aging", and the New York Academy of Sciences published the proceedings in its annals. This application is to provide support for two sessions each year, for five years, focused on developmental issues. At least two full sessions are devoted to issues of development (reproductive endocrinology and physiology, pregnancy, fetal/infant development, developmental genetics, evolutionary biology, and developmental endocrinology). The purpose of this application is to provide support for these developmental sessions at each conference. The theme of the 2004 meeting is translational research - moving findings from the laboratory to the clinic. Developmental sessions are proposed to assess models of neuropeptide cascades in the process of parturition, and to discuss the influence of early exposure to growth factors on the development of behavioral disturbance. The WNPC has a stable organization and a steering committee that work together to develop the themes and programs for each meeting and then to execute the meeting. Programs for the past five years are listed in the application as well as a list of proceedings published by the New York Academy of Sciences, Peptides, Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, and by Regulatory Peptides over the last 20 years. The WPNC is held each year at the same site resulting in several advantages. First, the WNPC retains the services of an on-site coordinator who assists with local arrangements. Second, because WPNC is a repeat customer it is able to secure excellent rates for lodging. Third, the consistency of the site simplifies the planning and logistics for attendees. The conference is inclusive for all groups. Half of the organizing and steering committees are women. Efforts are made to include minorities and persons with disabilities.