14th Annual Joint Meeting of the Great Lakes GPCR Retreat and Club des Recepteurs

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请申请资金用于资助学员参加“大湖GPCR务虚会”和“跨膜领域研究俱乐部”（在申请中称为“GPCR务虚会”）第14届年度联合会议的注册费。GPCR会议的重点是我们对细胞如何通过G蛋白偶联受体（GPCR）相互交流和环境交流的理解的进展，GPCR是最大的一类膜蛋白，也是目前市场上最大的一类药物之一。这一膜蛋白家族的重要性在今年获得了2012年诺贝尔化学奖。自1999年第一次GPCR撤退以来，该活动已从当地会议发展成为吸引来自美国，加拿大和世界各地的研究人员的国际公认会议。GPCR静修将首次由凯斯西储大学赞助，于2013年10月17日至19日在俄亥俄州克利夫兰举办。会议的人数上限为200人，会议地点的选择为学生、博士后和学术界和工业界的主要研究人员提供了一个亲密的氛围，以讨论和辩论GPCR研究的最新发现。会议的一个主要重点是学员的参与。从历史上看，学员约占参会者的2/3。为了最大限度地促进学员的参与，这群年轻科学家的注册费通常得到补贴。目前的申请是要求提供资金，继续为受训者提供这种补贴。小灵通398/2590 （Rev. 06/09）页延续格式页

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The present application is a request for funds to subsidize the registration costs for trainees to attend the 14th Annual Joint Meeting of the "Great Lakes GPCR Retreat" and "Club des R¿cepteurs ¿ Sept Domains Transmembranaires du Qu¿bec" (referred to as "GPCR Retreat" in the application). The GPCR Retreat focuses on advances in our understanding of how cells communicate with each other and the environment via G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the largest class of membrane proteins and one of the largest classes of current drugs on the market. The importance of this family of membrane proteins was recognized this year by the awarding of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Since the first GPCR Retreat in 1999, the event has grown from a local meeting into an internationally recognized conference attracting researchers from the United States, Canada, and around the world. For the first time, the GPCR Retreat will be sponsored by Case Western Reserve University and will be hosted in Cleveland, OH from October 17th-19th, 2013. The meeting is capped at 200 participants and the venue chosen to ensure an intimate atmosphere for students, postdocs, and principle investigators in academia and industry to discuss and debate the most recent findings in GPCR research. A major emphasis of the meeting is on participation by trainees. Historically, trainees represent about 2/3 of the attendees. To promote maximal participation by trainees, registration fees are typically subsidized for this group of young scientists. The present application is a request for funds to continue this subsidization for trainees. PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 06/09) Page Continuation Format Page