Center for Innovative Wound Healing 2008 Symposium: Fibrosis and Scarring

描述（由申请人提供）：位于芝加哥的伊利诺斯大学的NIH/NIGMS创新伤口愈合研究中心寻求对其第一届年度研讨会的支持，题为“纤维化和瘢痕”。这次为期一天的研讨会将于2008年5月16日在伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC）举行。本次研讨会旨在成为年度系列中的第一次，每个系列都将突出伤口愈合过程的一个特定方面，并介绍该领域的最新研究成果。瘢痕和纤维化是影响数百万人的关键公共卫生问题，本次会议旨在探索各种组织中纤维化过程的共性。计划举办三次会议，重点介绍纤维化和瘢痕形成的新概念：1）细胞可塑性和串扰，2）生物工程和纤维化反应的预防，以及3）皮肤纤维化和瘢痕形成。演讲者和主题的组合已经选定，具体目的是激发组织纤维化和瘢痕形成领域的新想法和合作。会议发言人将被要求强调新的未发表的结果，并在计划中包括重要的讨论时间。除了受邀演讲者外，海报会议还将为学生和研究员提供展示研究成果的机会，并与其他科学家和临床医生讨论他们的结果。该研讨会旨在根据美国国立卫生研究院指定的创新伤口愈合研究中心的使命，将个人和学生聚集在一起，作为伤口愈合多学科和转化研究的促进者。由于这是该中心的首届研讨会，本次会议还将向来自中西部及其他医疗/研究机构的许多学生和专业人士介绍该中心及其资源。将鼓励青年科学家和代表性不足的少数群体参与，并将提供奖学金支持他们的参与。对该计划的支持将确保会议将包括顶级科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The NIH/NIGMS Center for Innovative Wound Healing Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago seeks support for its first annual symposium, entitled "Fibrosis and Scarring". This one day symposium will be held on May 16, 2008 on the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) campus. This symposium is intended to be the first in an annual series each of which will highlight a particular aspect of the wound healing process and present the latest research findings in that area. Scarring and fibrosis is a critical public health problem which affects millions of persons, and this conference seeks to explore the commonality among fibrotic processes in various tissues. Three sessions are planned which highlight emerging concepts in fibrosis and scar formation: 1) Cellular Plasticity and Cross-talk, 2) Bioengineering and Prevention of Fibrotic Responses, and 3) Fibrosis and Scar Formation in Skin. The combination of speakers and topics has been selected with the specific intention of stimulating new ideas and collaborations in the field of tissue fibrosis and scar formation. The session speakers will be asked to emphasize novel unpublished results, and significant time for discussion is included in the program. In addition to invited speakers, a poster session will give students and fellows the opportunity to present research findings and to discuss their results with other scientists and clinicians. The symposium seeks to bring together individuals and students in accordance with the mission of the NIH designated Center for Innovative Wound Healing Research as a facilitator of multidisciplinary and translational research in wound healing. Since this is the inaugural symposium of the Center, this meeting will also serve to introduce the Center and its resources to many students and professionals from other medical/research facilities in the Midwest and beyond. Participation by young scientists and underrepresented minorities will be encouraged, and scholarships to support their involvement will be offered. Support of this program will assure that the meeting will include top-level scientists.