Comparative Medicine Resource Center Director Meetings

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请申请资金用于支持第八届比较医学资源中心主任会议以及随后的两次两年一次的会议。这些会议的目的是为国家研究资源中心（NCRR）资助的资源中心主任提供一个论坛，讨论与履行NCRR使命有关的共同问题和问题，接受NCRR的投入和指导，并就共同的解决方案分享想法。第一次（第八次）会议将于2010年5月在贝塞斯达凯悦酒店举行，为期两天。随后的两年期会议也将在贝塞斯达举行。以前的会议在1999年（迈阿密大学/罗森斯蒂尔海洋与大气科学学院），2000年（美国类型文化收集，马纳萨斯，弗吉尼亚州），2001年（杰克逊实验室，巴尔港，缅因州），2002年（圣安东尼奥，得克萨斯州/西南地区灵长类动物研究中心），2004年（马里兰州贝塞斯达）；2006年（加州大学戴维斯分校）和2008年（马里兰州贝塞斯达分校）。这些会议的讨论和后续行动项目帮助资源主任认识到他们面临的许多问题的共性，并帮助他们处理各种共同关注的问题。第八次会议将讨论或提出的主题将包括：(1)加强CTSA计划和ARRA项目- NCRR资源互动的方法；(2)资源总监关于其项目的最新情况；(3) ncrr资助的新项目概要；（四）加强知识产权管理的途径；(5)生物信息学;(6)如何通过改善网站、电子mta和群发电子邮件来加强资源中心。今后两年期会议的主题事项将由代表各种资源的指导委员会制定。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funds to support the Eighth Comparative Medicine Resource Center Directors' Meeting, as well as two subsequent biennial meetings. The purpose of these meetings is to provide a forum for Directors of Resource Centers funded by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) to discuss common issues and problems relevant to fulfilling the mission of NCRR, to receive input and guidance from NCRR, and to share ideas for common solutions. The initial (Eighth) meeting will be held in Bethesda at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda for 2 days in May, 2010. The subsequent biennial meetings will also be held in Bethesda. Previous meetings have been held in 1999 (University of Miami/Rosenstielhl School of Marine and Atmospheric Science), 2000 (American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA), 2001 (The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME), 2002 (San Antonio, TX/Southwest Regional Primate Research Center), 2004 (Bethesda Maryland); 2006 (University of California, Davis), and 2008 (Bethesda Maryland). The discussion and follow up action items of these meetings have helped Resource Directors recognize the commonality of many of the issues they face and helped them to deal with a variety of common concerns. Topics to be discussed or presented at the Eighth meeting will include: (1) approaches to enhance CTSA programs and ARRA projects- NCRR resources interactions; (2) updates from Resource Directors on their programs; (3) synopses of new NCRR-funded programs; (4) approaches to better manage intellectual property matters; (5) bioinformatics; and (6) how to enhance Resource Centers by improving websites, electronic MTAs and mass e-mails. The subject matter of the subsequent biennial meetings will be developed by the Steering Committee that has representation of the diverse resources. Project Narrative This grant will support three conferences over the next five years to convene the Directors of Resource Centers funded by the National Institutes of Health National Center for Research Resources (NIH NCRR). The objectives of the conference are to provide a forum for Directors to discuss common issues and problems relevant to fulfilling the mission of NCRR, to receive input and guidance from NCRR, and to share ideas for common solutions.