Biennial Meeting of the American Society for Matrix Biology

项目概述/摘要我们要求部分支持第六届美国基质生物学学会（ASMB）全国会议，该会议将于2012年11月11日至14日在圣地亚哥喜来登码头举行，作为与糖生物学学会（SfG）的联合会议。第六届ASMB会议在上届会议的基础上取得了成功，上届会议吸引了来自学术界和工业界不同领域的400多名与会者，历时4天，就基质生物学的广泛主题进行了激烈的讨论，交换了意见。我们打算在这一成功的基础上进一步扩大。为此，我们召集了一个由来自不同领域的杰出科学家组成的全体会议，这些科学家直接或间接地影响细胞外基质（ECM）生物学和糖生物学。会议将以美国国家科学院院士Carolyn Bertozzi博士的主题演讲开场，她将就促进人类健康和疾病的细胞表面相互作用发表演讲。接下来的三天将包括六个全体会议，重点讨论免疫学，生物材料和ECM工程，祖细胞，ECM发育，遗传疾病，ECM合成和组装等主题，以及六个单元的三个摘要驱动的并发会议。会议将包括来自不同领域的演讲者，包括糖生物学，以促进思想的交流。ASMB是由基质生物学发展而来的各种专业学科的独特集会。与大型学会会议不同，ASMB会议有一个主导主题，与专题讨论会不同，它努力涵盖该主题的所有排列，包括新出现的问题，尚未准备好的黄金时间主题，以及令人兴奋的新研究领域。本次会议将特别强调最先进的技术，这些技术可以回答与ECM生物学和病理学相关的问题，这些问题无法用现有方法解决。总之，ASMB/SfG会议为参与的科学家提供了一个集中论坛的独家机会。这不仅适用于成熟的研究人员，也适用于年轻的科学家和学生，包括少数民族，我们非常重视他们的参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary/Abstract We request partial support for the 6th National Meeting of the American Society for Matrix Biology (ASMB), to be held at the Sheraton Marina, San Diego on 11-14 November, 2012 as a joint meeting with the Society for Glycobiology (SfG). The 6th ASMB meeting builds on the success of the previous meeting, which drew over 400 participants from diverse fields in academia and industry and spent 4 days in intense discussion to exchange ideas within the broad topic of matrix biology. We intend to expand on that success. To this end we have assembled a plenary program consisting of distinguished scientists from diverse areas that impinge directly or indirectly on extracellular matrix (ECM) biology and glycobiology. The meeting will open with a Keynote Address by Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, who will speak on cell surface interactions that contribute to human health and disease. The following 3 days will consist of six Plenary Sessions focused on topics such as Immunology, Biomaterials and ECM Engineering, Progenitor Cells, the ECM in Development, Genetic Diseases, ECM Synthesis and Assembly, and six blocks of three abstract-driven Concurrent Sessions. Sessions will include speakers from diverse fields, including glycobiology, to promote cross-fertilization of ideas. The ASMB is a unique convocation of the varied, specialized disciplines that have developed out of matrix biology. Unlike large society meetings, the ASMB meeting has a dominant theme, and unlike symposia it strives to encompass all permutations on this theme, including emerging issues, not- ready-for-prime-time topics, and exciting new areas of research. In particular, this meeting will emphasize state of the art technologies that can answer questions pertinent to ECM biology and pathology that could not be tackled with existing methodologies. In summary, the ASMB/SfG meeting provides an exclusive opportunity for engaged scientists to meet in a concentrated forum. This is true not only for established investigators but also for young scientists and students, including minorities, on whose participation we place great emphasis. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Narrative The ASMB meeting provides an exclusive opportunity for scientists interested in the extracellular matrix to meet in a focused forum. This meeting places great emphasis on the congregation and communication of young scientists and students, including minorities, with established investigators.