2013 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的目的是为2013年细胞和分子生物工程（CMBE）会议的学生/研究员和年轻独立研究者（新星）寻求旅行奖励资金。CMBE最近作为生物医学工程学会（BMES）内的一个特殊兴趣小组（SIG）成立，代表了生物和医学物理调节学会（SPRBM）与BMES的合并。这将是该会议第一次作为CMBE SIG的主要会议举行，BMES将提供更多的曝光和成员。2013年联合会议的具体主题是“细胞和组织的梯度、界面和时空控制”。在这个中心主题中，广泛的孤立群体从不同的学科聚集在一起，但没有任何社区意识。这次会议的需要在于提供一个独特的机会，让这些研究人员第一次聚集在一个房间里，交流思想，集思广益，探讨推动再生医学领域向前发展的新的时空策略。这个R13应用程序的具体目标有两个。一是为提交的论文在科学价值基础上被选中发表的初级研究人员、博士后和研究生提供支持，并促进该领域代表性不足的群体和女性科学家的个人。因此，会议将为长期跨学科互动的发展提供一个平台，并使生物工程，生物学和医学的研究人员在CMBE的融合下接触到最新的想法和机会。这个R13应用程序的第二个目标是促进CMBE迅速发展的子领域的出现和成长。本次CMBE会议的具体目标是：目标1：建立再生医学中细胞和组织的梯度、界面和时空控制的现状。受邀的领导人将从分子生物学到有机生物学和生物工程方法的总体主题中概述他们的工作，并全面强调分子/细胞/组织功能和组织/器官再生。目标2：头脑风暴CMBE研究中的知识缺口和问题领域，重点关注细胞/分子力学、运动性、功能矩阵和组织再生的作用。这将为我们的组织提供关于CMBE领域的未来方向，以及CMBE领域的指导方针和蓝图，总的来说，广泛的CMBE社区。会议的结果将发表在《细胞与分子生物工程》杂志的特刊上。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this application is to seek funding for travel awards for students/fellows and young independent investigators (Rising Stars) for the 2013 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Conference. CMBE was recently created as a special interest group (SIG) within the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) and represents a merger of the Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine (SPRBM) with BMES. This will be the first time that this conference is held as the primary meeting for the CMBE SIG, and BMES will provide enhanced exposure and membership. The specific theme of 2013 joint conference will be 'Gradient, Interfacial and Spatiotemporal Control of Cells and Tissues'. Within this central theme, a broad spectrum of isolated groups have converged from disparate disciplines, but without any sense of community. The need for this conference lies in the unique opportunity to bring these investigators together in one room for the first time to exchange ideas and brainstorm new spatiotemporal strategies for moving the field of regenerative medicine forward. The specific objectives of this R13 application are two-fold. The first is to provide support to junior investigators, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students whose submitted papers have been selected for podium presentation on the basis of scientific merit, and promote individuals from underrepresented groups and women scientists in the field. The meeting will thus provide a platform for the development of long-term interdisciplinary interactions, and expose researchers in bioengineering, biology and medicine to the latest ideas and opportunities at the confluence of CMBE. The second objective of this R13 application is to foster the emergence and growth of the burgeoning sub-field of CMBE. The specific aims of this CMBE Conference are: Aim #1: Establish the current status of gradients, interfaces and spatiotemporal control of cells and tissues in regenerative medicine. Invited leaders who address this overarching theme from molecular biology to organismal biology and bioengineering approaches will give an overview of their work, with an overall emphasis in molecular/cellular/tissue functions and tissue/organ regeneration. Aim #2: Brainstorm gaps in knowledge and problem areas in CMBE research with a focus on the role of cellular/molecular mechanics, motility, functional matrices and tissue regeneration. This will provide keystone future directions regarding the field of CMBE and guidelines and blueprints for the CMBE field to our organizations, and in general, broad CMBE communities. The outcomes of the conference will be published in a special issue of the journal of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering.