Model Organisms and Approaches in Developmental Biology

描述（申请人提供）：请求提供资金，支助科学家和学生（15名在美国，15名在拉丁美洲）参加“发育生物学中的模式生物和创新方法”，这是拉丁美洲发育生物学学会第二次国际会议的附属短期课程，2005年4月27日至5月4日在巴西圣保罗Juquehy举行。 本课程将让学生了解发育生物学中使用的基本问题和研究工具。 选择讲师主要是因为他们在各自领域的研究卓越，并愿意在课程结束后继续合作。 他们将给出几个不同的，主流的，以及新兴的模式生物和技术的潜力和局限性的平衡的观点。 作为一个特色，五个拉丁美洲发言人与土著生物的基因组和形态方面的工作将提出他们的结果，让学生的机会，利用拉丁美洲生物群落的多样性的第一手资料。 圆桌会议和海报会议将为参与者提供额外的机会，讨论他们的项目的细节，以及不同的方法来教授发育生物学。 学生将根据以前的经验和对该领域的兴趣，从美国研究生和博士后研究员以及拉丁美洲研究生，博士后研究员和新教师提交的申请中挑选。 短期课程的目的如下：1）在美洲培训一批新的调查人员，他们渴望使用创新方法和土著模式生物来扩大知识基础和对发展过程的理解。 2)培养高级和初级调查人员在相互支持的联盟中建立无国界合作的文化，这将进一步推动该领域的发展。 3)提供一个公开论坛，讨论与参与国和西半球教育和科学政策相关的发育生物学当前主题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested for support of scientists and students (15 United States-based and 15 Latin America-based) to participate in "Model Organisms and Innovative Approaches in Developmental Biology," a satellite short course of the Second International Meeting of the Latin American Society of Developmental Biology (LASDB) in Juquehy, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 27-May 4, 2005. The course will expose the students to the fundamental questions and research tools used in developmental biology. The lecturers were selected primarily for the excellence of their research in respective fields, and willingness to continue collaborative efforts after the course. They will give a balanced view of the potentials and limitations of several different, mainstream, as well as emerging model organisms and technologies. As a special feature, five Latin American speakers working with genomic and morphological aspects of indigenous organisms will present their results, giving the students a first-hand view of the opportunities available to exploit the diversity of the Latin American Biome. The roundtable and poster sessions will provide additional opportunities for participants to discuss specifics of their projects, as well as different methods to teach developmental biology. Students will be selected from applications submitted by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the United States, and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and new faculty from Latin America, based on previous experience and interest in the field. The short course serves the following purposes: 1) Training of a cadre of new investigators in the Americas eager to use innovative approaches and indigenous model organisms to expand the knowledge base and understanding of developmental processes. 2) Fostering senior and junior investigators to a culture of borderless cooperation in mutually supportive alliances that will further advances in the field. 3) Providing an open forum for discussion on current topics in developmental biology of relevance to education and science policy in the participating countries and the Western Hemisphere.