2005 Molecular Membrane Biology Gordon Conference

描述(由申请者提供)：这笔赠款将部分资助受邀参加分子膜生物学戈登会议的演讲者和会议主席的旅费和会议注册费，该会议将于7月10日至15日在NH的安多弗的普罗科特学院举行。这次会议汇集了研究膜结构和功能的所有方面的科学家，包括囊泡运输和细胞器生物发生和结构、脂质生物学、膜蛋白结构和功能以及蛋白质转位。因此，MMB在社区中具有很大的价值，因为它促进了专注于了解膜功能复杂性的学科之间的详细讨论和科学交流。建议的主题包括：膜融合；不同的转位机制；细胞内分选机制；膜亚结构域的组织；膜的弯曲/分裂；膜的构象动力学；脂类和隔室的识别；细胞器的生物发生和动力学；以及运输载体的形成。我们邀请了不同的演讲者群体，其中许多人还处于职业生涯的早期，31%是女性。我们为从提交的摘要中选择的演讲者留出了多达18个名额，增加了我们听取最新和令人兴奋的结果的机会，并使我们的演讲者多样化。我们邀请了更多的高级领导人担任会议主席，并在每届会议结束时留出15分钟让主席总结会议，并就当前的争议、悬而未决的问题和将吸引大部分听众的未来方向进行一般性讨论。这次会议的认购量普遍超额，被认为是许多业内人士必须参加的会议。与会者进行的研究由几个NIH研究所资助，包括NIGMS、NCI、NIBIB、NIDDK、NIMH和NIAID。因此，所讨论的工作对人类健康和疾病具有普遍意义。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This grant will partially support travel costs and conference registration fees for Speakers and Session Chairs who have been invited to participate in the Molecular Membrane Biology Gordon Conference to be held July 10-15 at Proctor Academy in Andover, NH. This meeting brings together scientists working on all aspects of membrane structure and function, including vesicular trafficking and organelle biogenesis and structure, lipid biology, membrane protein structure and function, and protein translocation. Hence, MMB has great value in the community in that it facilitates detailed discussion and scientific exchange between disciplines focused on understanding the complexity of membrane function. Proposed session topics include: Membrane Fusion; Diverse Translocation Machineries; Intracellular Sorting Mechanisms; Organizing Membrane Subdomains; Membrane Bending/Fission; Conformation Dynamics at the Membrane; Lipids and Compartment Identity; Organelle Biogenesis and Dynamics; and Transport Carrier Formation. We have invited a diverse group of speakers, many are early in their careers, 31% are female. We have left open as many as 18 slots for Speakers chosen from submitted abstracts, increasing our opportunities for hearing the most recent and exciting results and diversifying our speakers. We have invited several more senior leaders to serve as Session Chairs, and have set aside 15 minutes at the end of each session for the Chairs to summarize the session and to lead a general discussion on current controversies, unresolved issues and future directions that will engage a large percentage of the audience. This meeting is generally oversubscribed and considered a 'must-attend' for many in the field. Research conducted by attendees is funded by several NIH institutes, including NIGMS, NCI, NIBIB, NIDDK, NIMH and NIAID. Thus, the work discussed is of general significance to human health and disease.