2011 Lung Development, Injury and Repair Gordon Research Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：我们正在申请资金，以部分支持将于2011年8月14日至19日在罗德岛新港举行的第一届戈登肺发育、损伤和修复研究会议。由于损伤和修复通常使用相似的途径，了解共同的生物学原理将有助于开发针对肺部疾病的创新治疗方法。新的戈登会议将强调肺发育、损伤和修复的机制，并关注这些领域的新进展，如microRNA、系统生物学和生物工程。这次新的戈登研究会议的主要目标是：1。为在肺发育、损伤和修复等广泛领域工作的顶尖和年轻科学家提供一个国际论坛。2 .为学生、博士后实习生和初级教师提供职业关系网和职业发展论坛，并促进他们与知名研究人员的互动；鼓励创造性和多学科的方法，最终促进创新和有效的治疗肺损伤和修复的发展。我们计划了九个会议，包括(1)肺的进化观点(2)肺的构建模块，(3)平衡行为：修复出错，(4)破坏肺(5)终身伤痕累累？纤维化和基质重塑，(6)眼见为实：肺成像，(7)恢复之路：修复途径(8)干预：重建肺，(9)干预：固定肺。除了受邀演讲者的演讲外，年轻的新研究者将根据提交的摘要进行简短的演讲。会议还将包括四个海报环节：发展、伤害、修复和干预，以进一步加强非正式互动和思想交流。通过将不同的杰出的年轻和成熟的科学家研究人员聚集在一起，展示这些相关领域的最新进展，我们希望鼓励创造性和多学科方法，最终促进创新和有效疗法的发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting funds in partial support of the 1st Gordon Research Conference on Lung Development, Injury and Repair, which will be held Aug, 14-19, 2011, in Newport, Rhode Island. Because injury and repair often utilize similar pathways, understanding the common biological principles will facilitate developing innovative treatments for lung disease. The new Gordon Conference will emphasize mechanisms in lung development, injury and repair and focus on new advances in these fields such as microRNA, systems biology, and bioengineering. The principal objectives of this new Gordon Research Conference are 1. to provide an international forum for the interaction among the premier and young scientists working in the broad fields of lung development, injury and repair, 2. to provide a forum for career networking and career advancement for students, postdoctoral trainees, and junior faculty and facilitate their interaction with established investigators, and 3. to encourage creative and multidisciplinary approaches that will ultimately facilitate development of innovative and effective therapies in lung injury and repair. We have planned nine sessions which include (1) Evolutionary view of the lung (2) Building Blocks of the Lung, (3) Balancing Act: Repair gone awry, (4) Destroying the Lung (5) Scarred for life? Fibrosis and matrix remodeling, (6) Seeing is believing: Imaging the lung, (7) The Road to Recover: Pathways in Repair (8) Intervention: rebuilding the lung and (9) Intervention: fixing the lung. Besides the presentations of the invited speakers, shorter presentations will be given by young, new investigators based on submitted abstracts. The meeting will also include four poster sessions: Development, Injury, Repair, and Interventions to further enhance informal interactions and sharing of ideas. By bringing a diverse and outstanding group of young and established scientist's investigators together to present the most up-to-date advances in these related fields, we hope to encourage creative and multidisciplinary approaches that will ultimately facilitate development of innovative and effective therapies.