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描述（由申请人提供）：桶会议是运行时间最长的（现在在其第20年）卫星会议的年度社会神经科学会议。会议的重点是解剖学，生理学和行为的啮齿动物胡须到桶系统。该会议是不同实验室和不同科学领域研究人员之间互动的催化剂。会议出席人数平均每年超过125人，其中大多数是研究生和博士后研究员。今年的会议将在圣地亚哥当代艺术博物馆-拉霍亚校区的舍伍德礼堂举行，海报会议将在隔壁的拉霍亚妇女俱乐部举行。对于那些对发育、感觉编码和行为研究感兴趣的人来说，触须到桶通路已经成为神经科学中最常用的模型系统之一。桶会议是围绕一般主题安排的，今年包括：皮质抑制回路的作用，桶系统的分子发育和桶系统中的突触可塑性。对于每个主题，将有三个或四个邀请演讲（30分钟）由既定的研究人员提供，然后由更多的初级研究人员和研究生进行4-6个较短（15分钟）的演讲。此外，还有一个海报会议（通常每年提交50-60张海报）。这种长短不一的演讲和海报展示的混合为新研究人员提供了充分的机会，向国际科学同行展示他们的发现。桶会议一贯鼓励研究人员使用桶作为模型系统，以探索行为，发展，感觉和运动功能。每年，桶会议邀请来自“桶社区”以外的个人介绍他们的研究，以使社区了解新的和令人兴奋的发展。例如，今年，我们邀请了来自艾伦脑科学研究所的艾德·莱恩来谈论老鼠的基因组。Barrels会议在年度神经科学学会会议之前举行，这使得研究人员可以方便地连续参加两场会议，而无需制定额外的旅行计划。胡须到桶系统是现代神经科学中最广泛使用的模型系统之一，桶会议为使用不同技术和研究系统不同方面的研究人员提供了一个论坛，以便在有意义的对话中聚集在一起并进行互动，这在更大更分散的会议中是不常见的。桶会议是运行时间最长的卫星会议，每年的社会神经科学会议，现在在其第20个年头。会议计划由资深研究人员的长时间会谈（30分钟）和较年轻的个人的短时间会谈（15分钟）和海报会议组成。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Barrels meeting is the longest running (now in its 20th year) satellite meeting to the annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting. The meeting focuses on the anatomy, physiology and behavior of the rodent whisker-to-barrel system. The meeting serves as a catalyst for interactions between researchers in different laboratories and different scientific fields. Meeting attendance averages over 125 attendees annually with the majority being graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. This years meeting will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - La Jolla campus's Sherwood Auditorium and the poster session will be held next door at the La Jolla Women's Club. The whisker- to-barrel pathway has become one of the most utilized model systems in Neuroscience for those interested in development, sensory coding and behavioral studies. The Barrels meeting is arranged around general themes which this year includes: the role of cortical inhibitory circuits, molecular development of the barrel system and synaptic plasticity in the barrel system. For each theme there will be three or four invited presentations (30 min) delivered by established researchers, followed by 4-6 shorter (15 min) talks by more junior researchers and graduate students. In addition there is a poster session (typically 50-60 posters are presented annually). This mix of long and short talks and poster presentations provides ample opportunity for new researchers to present their findings to an international audience of scientific peers. The Barrels meeting consistently encourages researchers to use the Barrels as a model system to explore behavior, development, sensory and motor function. Each year, the Barrels meeting invite's individuals from outside the "Barrels community" to present their research in order to expose the community to new and exciting developments. This year, for example, we have invited Ed Lein from the Allen Brain Sciences Institute to talk about the mouse genome. The Barrels meeting is held just prior to the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting which allows researchers to conveniently attend both meetings consecutively without having to make additional travel plans. The whisker-to-barrel system is one of the most widely utilized model systems in modern neuroscience and the Barrels Meeting provides a forum for investigators using different techniques and studying different aspects of the system to come together and interact in meaningful dialogue which is uncommon at larger more fragmented meetings. The Barrels Meeting is the longest running satellite meeting to the annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, now in its 20th year. The meeting program is composed if long talks (30 min) by established researchers and shorter talks by more junior individuals (15 min) and a poster session.