Pigmentation and Diversity Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：泛美色素细胞研究协会正准备在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行第14届年会，汇集参与色素沉着研究领域的研究人员和临床医生。在皮肤生物学的广阔领域，色素沉着是一个不断增长的研究领域，会议的主题是“色素沉着和多样性”。 涉及到独特的方面和公共卫生利益的不同主题，涉及到色素沉着的生物化学，黑素体和免疫识别，干细胞和恶性转化，基因表达和神经嵴发育，环境对色素沉着的影响，健康差异和色素性疾病，皮肤着色和社会生物学的遗传，以及动物模型和色素性疾病的治疗。这些研究主题共享共同感兴趣的领域，我们的年会允许基础研究人员和临床医生与色素沉着的主要或衍生利益交流新的和未发表的研究数据和治疗结果。这种在非正式环境中分享数据的做法必然有助于发展新的合作。在第14届年会上，我们建议吸引基础科学家和临床医生对色素性疾病感兴趣，并将现有知识应用于治疗服务不足的患者人群。一个芝加哥的位置为'07会议将允许相对容易和负担得起的访问会议为美国的研究人员和临床医生。目前申请资助泛美色素细胞研究会议2007年会议的目的概述如下：1]支持主题演讲者的旅行、住宿和注册安排，他们将为色素沉着研究提供新颖和广阔的视角2]支持年轻的研究人员（旅行，营养）在色素沉着研究领域的专家，他们将利用主题演讲者提供的研究概述，并分享他们对当前研究概念的新观点。3]通过提供CME认证、海报展示机会和最新的视听支持，包括电话会议和个别会议的现场技术援助，增强PASPCR '07会议体验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell Research is preparing to hold its 14th Annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois to bring together researchers and clinicians involved in the field of pigmentation research. Within the vast field of cutaneous biology, pigmentation is a growing area of research and the theme of the meeting, 'pigmentation and diversity' touches on unique facets and diverse topics of a public health interest that relate to the biochemistry of pigmentation, melanosomes and immune recognition, stem cells and malignant transformation, gene expression and neural crest development, environmental effects on pigmentation, health disparities and pigmentary disorders, inheritance of skin coloration and sociobiology, and animal models and treatment of pigmentary disorders. These research topics share conjoined areas of interest, and our Annual Meeting allows basic researchers and clinicians with a primary or derivative interest in pigmentation to communicate novel and unpublished research data and treatment outcomes. Such sharing of data in an informal environment inevitably contributes to the development of novel collaborations. At the 14th Annual meeting, we propose to attract both basic scientists and clinicians taking an interest in pigmentary disorders and in applying existing knowledge towards the treatment of underserved patient populations. A Chicago location for the '07 meeting will allow relatively easy and affordable access to the meeting for US based researchers and clinicians. The objectives of the current application for funding of the '07 meeting for the PanAmerican Meeting for Pigment Cell Research are summarized as follows: 1] To support travel, accommodations and registration arrangements for keynote speakers, who will provide novel and broad perspectives on pigmentation research 2] To support young investigators (travel, sustenance) in the field of pigmentation research who are expected to take advantage of the research overviews provided by keynote speakers and share their fresh perspective on current research concepts. 3] To enhance the PASPCR '07 meeting experience by offering CME accreditation, poster presentation opportunities and up-to-date audiovisual support, including teleconferencing and on-site technical aid for individual conference sessions.