2007 Cellular Osmoregulation: Sensors, Tranducers & Regulators Gordon Research Co

描述（由申请人提供）： 第三届戈登细胞渗透调节会议：传感器，转运蛋白和调节器将于2007年6月3日至8日在法国Aussois的Paul Langevin中心举行。该会议提供了一个论坛，用于研究细胞体积变化的传感机制，以及用于调节这些体积的无机和有机渗透剂的运输和调节。此外，渗透剂与水和细胞大分子和膜的物理化学相互作用的解决，与生物学研究表明，许多有机渗透剂保护生物分子免受非渗透干扰。会议通过涵盖生命的范围，从微生物到藻类到植物到动物，以及从生物物理化学到膜生理学到基因调控的多层次研究，促进跨学科协同作用。细胞膜对渗透压紊乱的调节是一种基本现象，是NIDDK使命中许多问题的基础。许多参与者由NIH资助，许多人从事与人类肾脏和疾病相关的肾脏调节方面的工作。此外，了解渗透剂的性质对于探索使用这些溶质保存生物分子，治疗蛋白质折叠疾病和作物遗传修饰的研究至关重要。通过9次科学会议，组织者计划了一个高度跨学科的项目，介绍来自世界各地的研究人员的最新研究。2007年会议将 以人类疾病中渗透失衡的新主题为特色，从一位主旨发言人开始。除了受邀的演讲者和讨论领导者外，申请参加会议的人将在海报会议上介绍他们目前的工作，或者，如果组织委员会选择，在适当的会议上进行简短的演讲。这些选择将以提交的海报摘要为基础，以作品的价值和实现性别、年龄和少数群体地位多样性的目标为基础。第三次会议的一个主要目标是继续扩大研究人员的参与，从所有领域的监管，特别是汇集研究人员谁否则永远不会遇到对方。将特别注意增加初级研究人员的参与：研究生，博士后和研究人员在他们职业生涯的早期阶段。年轻人是新思想和新技术的重要来源。在会议的所有方面，组织者都在努力促进妇女、少数民族和残疾人的参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The third Gordon Conference on Cellular Osmoregulaton: Sensors, Transporters and Regulators will be held June 3-8, 2007 at the Centre Paul Langevin in Aussois, France. The conference provides a forum for the study of mechanisms involved in the sensing of cell volume changes and transport and regulation of inorganic and organic osmolytes used to adjust those volumes. In addition, the physical-chemical interactions of osmolytes with water and cellular macromolecules and membranes are addressed, in concert with biological studies showing that many organic osmolytes protect biomolecules from non-osmotic disturbances. The conference fosters interdisciplinary synergy by encompassing the scope of life, from microorganisms to algae to plants to animals, and multiple levels of investigation from biophysical chemistry to membrane physiology to gene regulation. Cellular osmoregulation in response of osmotic disturbances is a basic phenomenon underlying many of the issues that pertain to NIDDK's mission. Many of the participants are funded by NIH, and many work on aspects of osmoregulation related to human kidneys and diseases. Moreover, understanding the properties of osmolytes is crucial to studies exploring the use of these solutes for preserving biomolecules, treating protein-folding diseases, and genetic modifications of crop plants. Through 9 scientific sessions, the organizers have planned a highly interdisciplinary program of presentations about the most current research by investigators from around the world. The 2007 conference will feature a new theme of osmotic imbalances in human diseases, beginning with a keynote speaker. In addition to invited speakers and discussion leaders, those applying to the conference will present their current work in poster sessions, or, if selected by the Organizing Committee, in a short talk in the appropriate session. These selections will be based on submitted poster abstracts, based on the merit of the work and on the goal of achieving diversity in terms of gender, age and minority status. A primary goal of this third conference is to continue widening the involvement of researchers from all areas of osmoregulation, in particular bringing together investigators who would otherwise never encounter each other. Particular attention will be paid to increasing the participation of junior researchers: graduate students, postdocs, and investigators in the early stages of their careers. This younger population is an important source of new ideas and techniques. In all aspects of the conference, the organizers are working to promote the involvement of women, minorities and people with disabilities.