2006 Myelin Gordon Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：在此申请中，我们要求支持将于2006年2月12日至17日在美国加利福尼亚州文图拉举行的第八届戈登髓磷脂会议。我们对神经系统中髓鞘细胞生物学的了解继续迅速扩大。自2004年在意大利举行的上次会议以来，在利用髓鞘细胞的基本生物学发展和理解成人中枢神经系统髓鞘修复潜力方面取得了重大进展。成人中枢神经系统中含有能够产生新髓鞘的干细胞和神经前体，这一认识将髓鞘细胞的发生和分化研究推向了生物医学研究的前沿。第八届戈登髓磷脂会议“髓磷脂的发育和疾病”的计划旨在利用这些进展并进一步加速该领域的研究。我们已设法减少与前几次会议的发言者的重叠，并扩大将涉及的领域。髓磷脂生物学研究领域的健康发展取决于一个充满活力的研究团队，而这主要是由提拔年轻的、新独立的科学家来推动的。我们已经做出了一致的努力，邀请初级教师水平的研究人员在这次会议上发言。已鼓励较资深的调查人员担任会议主席并提供该领域的概述。这将使年轻的研究人员有一个独特的机会来展示他们的工作，并为他们的科学同行所知。很少有其他地方能提供这样的机会。我们还致力于培养髓磷脂生物学领域的学员，为了特别鼓励他们的参与，我们将在资金允许的情况下提供旅费和注册津贴。所有与会者将被要求作出口头报告或出示海报。我们认为，海报会议是促进具有不同专业知识的科学家之间富有成效的互动的关键因素。为了确保在海报会议上以及不同职业水平和不同专业知识的研究人员之间的广泛互动，我们将指定一组资深科学家作为“海报评委”，并为那些被认为是杰出的海报颁发一系列小奖品。与戈登会议的目标保持一致，这种相互作用将为髓磷脂生物学领域提供动力和方向。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this application we are requesting support for the eighth Gordon Conference on Myelin to be held in Ventura California, USA between February 12th and 17th 2006. Our understanding of the biology of myelinating cells in the nervous system continues to expand rapidly. Since the last meeting in Italy in 2004 there has been a significant move towards utilizing the insights gained from the basic biology of myelinating cells in the development and understanding of the potential for myelin repair in the adult CNS. The realization that the adult CNS contains populations of stem cells and neural precursors capable of generating new myelin has propelled studies on the genesis and differentiation of myelinating cells to the forefront of biomedical research. The program for the 8th Gordon Conference on Myelin "Development and Diseases of Myelin" is designed to capitalize on these advances and further accelerate research in this area. We have attempted to reduce overlap with speakers of previous meetings and expand the areas that will be covered. The health of the field of myelin biology research depends on a dynamic group of investigators and this is driven largely by promoting young, newly independent scientists. We have made a concerted effort to invite investigators at the junior faculty level to be speakers at this meeting. The more senior investigators have been encouraged to act as session chairs and provide overviews of the field. This will allow the young investigators a unique opportunity to present their work, and become known to their scientific peers. Few other venues offer such an opportunity. We are also committed to fostering trainees in the field of myelin biology and to specifically encourage their participation we will offer stipends for travel and registration as funds permit. All attendees will be expected to contribute to an oral presentation or present a poster. We believe that poster sessions are a key element in fostering productive interactions between scientists with different expertise. To ensure extensive interaction at the poster sessions and between researchers at different levels of their career and with different expertise we will designate a group of senior scientist to act as "poster judges" and award a series of small prizes to those posters considered to be exceptional. In keeping with the goals of the Gordon Conference such interactions will provide impetus and direction to the field of myelin biology.