Zebrafish Development & Genetics Conference

我们建议组织一系列的三个两年期会议，讨论使用斑马鱼作为 研究脊椎动物发育和疾病的模式生物。这些会议将于2000年6月举行， 2006年、2008年和2010年，将是2006年发起的成功系列会议的第七、第八和第九次会议。 1994.在过去的20年里，斑马鱼已经成为最重要的模式生物之一， 脊椎动物发育的遗传分析。重要的是，大量的人类出生缺陷和 疾病是由于基本发育过程的失败造成的。因此，对斑马鱼的研究 特别是与疾病模型的创建和疾病机制的剖析相关。 我们的目标是促进沟通的最新研究的一系列主题，以广泛的横截面的 斑马鱼研究社区在2006年的会议上，全体口头会议将突出最 令人兴奋的新发展的最广泛的兴趣在斑马鱼社区，组织成一般 类别包括：1）基因组学和遗传学，2）技术进步，3）神经生物学，4）器官 图案化和形态发生，5）器官功能和生理学，6）细胞迁移，7）细胞信号传导，以及 8)疾病模型其他口头会议，同时举行的对，将重点放在重要的发展 在特定的子领域，侧重于以下主题：1）生长控制和再生，2）行为，3） 轴突引导，4）轴形成，5）颅面发育，6）肠形成和诱导，7）神经 模式和神经发生，8）心血管系统，9）感染和免疫，10）比较 遗传学与进化，11）分割，和12）感觉器官。我们预计，几乎所有的 所提供的信息将是最新的和尚未公布的结果。我们将选择口头 来自尽可能多的不同实验室的演示文稿，我们将强调包括 初级研究人员和博士前和博士后学员的报告。额外的会议将 包括海报展示、技术和资源开发讲习班以及社区 会议我们期望拟议的会议将成功地为分享成果创造机会 和技术，建立合作，协调社区资源，并促进曝光和 初级调查员和受训人员的成功。

We propose to organize a series of three biennial conferences discussing progress made using zebrafish as a model organism to study vertebrate development and disease. These conferences, to be held in June of 2006, 2008, and 2010, will be the seventh, eighth, and ninth meetings in a successful series initiated in 1994. Over the last twenty years, the zebrafish has emerged as one of the premier model organisms for the genetic analysis of vertebrate development. Importantly, a large number of human birth defects and diseases result from the failure of fundamental developmental processes. Thus, studies in zebrafish are particularly relevant to the creation of disease models and the dissection of disease mechanisms. Our goal is to facilitate communication of recent studies on an array of topics to a wide cross-section of the zebrafish research community. At the 2006 conference, plenary oral sessions will highlight the most exciting new developments of broadest interest within the zebrafish community, organized into general categories including: 1) Genomics and Genetics, 2) Technological Advances, 3) Neurobiology, 4) Organ Patterning and Morphogenesis, 5) Organ Function and Physiology, 6) Celj Migration, 7) Cell Signaling, and 8) Disease Models. Additional oral sessions, held in concurrent pairs, will feature important developments in specific subfields, focusing on the following topics: 1) Growth Control and Regeneration, 2) Behavior, 3) Axon Guidance, 4) Axis Formation, 5) Craniofacial Development, 6) Gastrulation and Induction, 7) Neural Patterning and Neurogenesis, 8) Cardiovascular System, 9) Infection and Immunity, 10) Comparative Genetics and Evolution, 11) Segmentation, and 12) Sensory Organs. We anticipate that nearly all of the information presented will represent up-to-date and as yet unpublished results. We will select oral presentations from as many different laboratories as possible, and we will emphasize inclusion of presentations byjunior investigators and predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. Additional sessions will include poster presentations, workshops on technology and resource development, and a community meeting. We expect that the proposed conferences will succeed in creating opportunities for sharing results and technologies, forging collaborations, coordinating community resources, and fostering the exposure and success of junior investigators and trainees.