2008 CSHL 73rd Symposium on Control and Regulation of Stem Cells

描述（由申请人提供）：冷泉港定量生物学研讨会每年6月初在纽约冷泉港的冷泉港实验室举行。他们汇集了来自世界各地的大约300-400名科学家，展示和评估生物研究快速发展领域的新数据和想法。每年选定的一个专题似乎处于需要进行全面和深入审查的阶段。 研讨会总是寻求把研究工作者从国外，以及美国，以确保方案的广度和深度，并利用它们的具体贡献。他们还寻求为优秀的年轻科学家，包括研究生和博士后研究员，提供参与和与更资深的科学家交流的机会。研讨会还寻求妇女和少数民族科学家的参与。研讨会汇集了使用各种方法的科学家，例如，遗传学、生物化学、分子生物学、细胞生物学和结构研究，以分析所讨论领域的问题。领先的链档案使视频记录的会谈立即提供给那些谁参加了同事，而座谈会的会议记录由实验室出版，从而提供给更广泛的观众比科学家谁参加会议。在研讨会期间对主要科学家进行的深入访谈提供了当前研究状况的另一种快照。 年度研讨会将继续计划，以进一步推动生物医学科学的进步。该提案要求为2008年的第73届冷泉港研讨会提供支持，该研讨会将重点关注“干细胞的控制和调节”。会议将讨论干细胞生物学在各种器官和生物体中的研究现状，以及它们在各种疾病状态中的潜在作用和用途。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology are held yearly at the beginning of June at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York. They bring together approximately 300-400 scientists from all over the world to present and evaluate new data and ideas in rapidly moving areas of biological research. Each year, a topic is chosen that seems to be at a stage where general and intensive scrutiny and review is needed. The Symposia always seek to bring research workers from abroad, as well as the U.S., so as to ensure the wide scope and depth of the program and to take advantage of their specific contributions. They also seek to provide outstanding younger scientists, both graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, with an opportunity to participate and communicate with more senior scientists. The Symposia also seek to have participation from women and minority scientists. The Symposia bring together scientists who use a variety of approaches, e.g., genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, and structural studies, to analyze problems in the area under discussion. The Leading Strand archive makes video recordings of the talks immediately available to colleagues of those who attended, while the proceedings of the Symposia are published by the Laboratory and thus made available to a wider audience than the scientists who attend the meeting. In-depth interviews with leading scientists undertaken during the Symposium provide an alternative snapshot of the state of current research. The annual Symposia will continue to be planned to further the progress of advancements in biomedical science. This proposal requests support for 2008 to cover the 73rd Cold Spring Harbor Symposium which will focus on "Control & Regulation of Stem Cells". The meeting will address the current state of research in stem cell biology in a variety of organs and organisms, and their potential role and use in a variety of disease states.