2008 Oceans and Human Health Gordon Research Conference

描述(由申请人提供) 这项提议是对新的戈登研究会议、2008年海洋与人类健康戈登会议(GRC)及其之前的研究生研究研讨会：海洋与人类健康(GRS)的支持。这些会议将于2008年6月28日至29日(GRS)和6月29日至7月4日(GRC)举行。海洋与人类健康的主题涉及医学、基因组学和海洋学学科的交叉学科，以及对人类健康和福祉的影响和影响。这些影响往往反映了复杂的过程，其阐明需要整合来自医学、海洋和社会科学的信息和知识。海洋毒素和病原体的来源和影响，包括对人类健康的影响和经济后果，在海洋和人类健康这一发展中领域继续令人极为关切。日益令人关切的是，暴露于海洋生态系统中广泛存在的物质[包括合成有机化学品、多环芳烃(PAHs)、金属(包括引入的和人为的)]对人类健康的影响。此外，关于全球变暖和与海岸和海洋有关的极端事件对人类健康的影响的共识越来越多。积极的一面是，海洋生物，特别是海洋微生物，是用于治疗人类疾病和饮食不足的药物和其他药理活性产品的基本上未开发的来源，而鱼类和贝类是人类饮食中优质蛋白质和omega-3多不饱和脂肪酸的重要来源。 关于海洋和人类健康的戈登研究会议(及其相关的研究生研究研讨会)的目的和范围是提供一个多学科平台，讨论海洋和人类健康这一迅速发展、高度跨学科的领域的知识现状，确定和辩论悬而未决的问题，并讨论新的研究方向。会议和研究生研究研讨会将汇集不同背景的专家和学生，包括藻类和微生物生物学、物理和生物海洋学、流行病学和公共卫生、基因组学和蛋白质组学、毒理学、药理学和经济学。调查人员建议涵盖的主题包括涉及广泛和重点领域的这些学科的各个方面。通过正式陈述、海报会议和科学家与学生之间的非正式互动，会议将有助于定义和推动该领域向前发展。拟议的戈登研究会议及其相关研究生研究研讨会的一个重要动机是，作为一门新的科学学科，海洋与人类健康没有一个论坛来促进参与与海洋和人类健康有关的研究的科学家和学生之间的互动和对话。该领域的重要性体现在NIEHS和国家科学基金会对海洋和人类健康中心的支持上。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) This proposal is support for a new Gordon Research Conference, the 2008 Oceans and Human Health Gordon Conference (GRC) and its preceding Graduate Research Seminar: Oceans and Human Health (GRS). These meetings will take place June 28-29, 2008 (GRS) and June 29-July 4, 2008 (GRC). The subject of Oceans and Human Health concerns science at the intersection of medical, genomic and oceanographic disciplines, and the implications for and effects on human health and wellbeing. These effects often reflect complex processes whose elucidation requires an integration of information and knowledge from the medical, marine, and social sciences. Sources and impacts including human health effects and economic consequences of marine toxins and pathogens continue to be of great concern in this developing area of Oceans and Human Health. Of growing concern are human health effects from exposure to substances that occur widely in marine ecosystems [including synthetic organic chemicals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), metals (both introduced and anthropogenic)]. In addition, increasing consensus exists concerning the human health impacts of global warming and extreme events associated with the coasts and oceans. On the positive side, marine organisms, including in particular marine microbes, are a largely unexplored source of pharmaceuticals and other pharmacologically active products for the treatment of human diseases and dietary deficiencies, and fish and shellfish are important sources of high quality protein and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the human diet. The purpose and scope of the Gordon Research Conference (and its associated Graduate Research Seminar) on Oceans and Human Health are to provide a multidisciplinary platform for discussing the current state of knowledge of the rapidly evolving, highly interdisciplinary field of Oceans and Human Health, to identify and debate unresolved questions, and to discuss new research directions. The Conference and the Graduate Research Seminar will bring together experts and students with diverse backgrounds including algal and microbial biology, physical and biological oceanography, epidemiology and public health, genomics and proteomics, toxicology, pharmacology, and economics. The topics the investigators propose to cover include aspects of these disciplines involving broad and focused areas. Through formal presentations, poster sessions and informal interactions between scientists and students, the Conference will help define and move the field forward. An important motivation for the proposed Gordon Research Conference and its associated Graduate Research Seminar is that as a new scientific discipline, Oceans and Human Health does not have a forum to facilitate interactions and dialogue among the scientists and students involved in research relevant to oceans and human health. The significance of the field is reflected by the support of Centers for Oceans and Human Health by the NIEHS and the National Science Foundation.