International Symposium on Neural Regeneration

描述（由申请人提供）：第十二届神经再生国际研讨会计划于2007年12月5日至9日在加州太平洋格罗夫的阿西洛马会议中心举行。从1985年开始，类似的研讨会每两年在阿西洛马会议中心举行一次。自1987年以来，NIH一直与主要赞助商退伍军人事务部共同赞助研讨会。2007年会议的支持申请已经或将提交给美国瘫痪退伍军人协会、克里斯托弗·里夫瘫痪基金会和联合脊柱协会，这些组织自1997年以来一直共同赞助该研讨会。研讨会的主要目的是介绍目前在神经再生方面的工作，特别是在那些最近取得了一些显着进展或提出了一些特别有趣的问题的研究领域。第二个目的是培养一种气氛，既刺激又有利于调查人员之间或经验丰富的调查人员和学生之间自由交换意见。长期计划是继续在同一地点隔年举办这些研讨会，并改变连续研讨会的计划，以便在几年内尽可能广泛地覆盖神经再生研究的广泛领域。这些国际神经再生研讨会已成为既定的，定期发生的事件，由学生以及国际公认的专家在神经再生领域的高出席率。研讨会的主要目的是介绍神经再生领域的前沿发展。它的独特之处在于它提供了一种既刺激又有利于调查人员之间或经验丰富的调查人员和学生之间自由交流思想的氛围。长期计划是继续在同一地点隔年举办这些研讨会，并改变连续研讨会的计划，以便在几年内尽可能广泛地覆盖神经再生研究的广泛领域。研讨会也是独特的，其发言人的努力，桥梁临床和基础研究方法，以解决广泛的神经再生问题。在这次研讨会上形成了许多翻译研究的合作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Twelfth International Symposium on Neural Regeneration is planned for December 5 through 9, 2007 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California. Similar symposia have been held every two years at the Asilomar Conference Center beginning in 1985. The NIH has continuously co-sponsored the symposia since 1987 with the primary sponsor, the Department of Veterans Affairs. Applications for support of the 2007 conference have been or will be submitted to the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation and the United Spinal Association, all of whom have co-sponsored the symposium since 1997. The primary purpose of the symposium is to present current work in neural regeneration, especially in those areas of research in which there has been some notable recent progress or in which some particularly interesting issues have been raised. A secondary purpose is to foster an atmosphere that is both stimulating and conducive to a free interchange of ideas among investigators, or between seasoned investigators and students. The longer-range plan is to continue to hold these symposia on alternate years at the same site, and to vary the programs of successive symposia, so that coverage of the broad field of neural regeneration research over a period of years will be as extensive as possible. These International Neural Regeneration Symposia have become established, regularly occurring events with high attendance by both students as well as internationally recognized experts in the field of neural regeneration. The primary purpose of the symposium is to present cutting-edge developments in the field of neural regeneration. It is unique in that it provides an atmosphere that is both stimulating and conducive to a free interchange of ideas among investigators, or between seasoned investigators and students. The longer-range plan is to continue to hold these symposia on alternate years at the same site, and to vary the programs of successive symposia, so that coverage of the broad field of neural regeneration research over a period of years will be as extensive as possible. The symposium is also unique in its speakers' efforts to bridge clinical and basic research approaches to address the broad spectrum of neural regeneration concerns. Many collaborations for translational studies are formed at this symposium.