2013 Cartilage Biology and Pathology: Formation, Structure, Function, and Regener

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个支持的请求在一个非常成功的系列戈登研究会议上Carcinoma生物学和病理学的第六次会议，将在戈登会议网站在'Les Diablerets，瑞士'，2013年4月7日至12日举行。在以往会议成功的基础上，会议汇集了优秀的高级和初级科学家，特别强调高级研究生和博士后研究员，为期4.5天的正式演讲，海报会议和密集的非正式讨论。参与者对软骨生物学和病理学有共同的兴趣，但代表了广泛的学科，包括遗传学，发育和分化，生物化学，细胞和分子生物学，组织工程，变性和再生，合成生物学，流变学和骨科。当软骨失败时，后果可能是严重的，从出生时的死亡到儿童时期骨骼生长减少，以及成年人的退行性关节疾病和身体残疾。随着世界人口的老龄化，成人软骨疾病的患病率正在增加。近年来，控制软骨形成的基因及其作用机制的鉴定取得了很大进展。同样，全面的调查加速了易患退行性疾病的位点的鉴定。与此同时，干细胞和组织工程技术的快速发展正在增加受损软骨修复和再生的选择。然而，基础知识转化为转化医学仍有待改善，需要科学家与不同专业领域的密切互动。本次会议将汇集来自广泛的成熟和新兴科学学科的专家，以解决我们今天在理解软骨疾病的基本机制和治疗潜力方面的立场，以及正在进行的发展。这是唯一一次在非正式环境中汇集如此广泛的研究人员的会议，可以进行广泛的互动和讨论。会议每隔一年举行一次，在欧洲和美国的一个地点之间交替举行，最大限度地增加与世界各地同事互动的机会。该会议的独特之处在于它能够为初级科学家，博士后研究员和高级研究生提供与高级科学家广泛接触的机会，从而能够进行指导，建立网络和建立合作。会议一直被与会者评为“杰出”。因此，为非正式讨论提供充足时间的基本形式与我们以前非常成功的会议相比保持不变。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a request for support for the sixth meeting in a highly successful series of Gordon Research Conferences on Cartilage Biology and Pathology, to be held at the Gordon Conference site at 'Les Diablerets, Switzerland', April 7-12, 2013. Building on the success of the previous conferences, the meeting brings together outstanding senior and junior scientists, with a special emphasis on advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, for a 4.5-day program of formal presentations, poster sessions, and intensive informal discussions. The participants share an interest in cartilage biology and pathology, but represent a broad range of disciplines, including genetics, development and differentiation, biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, tissue engineering, degeneration and regeneration, synthetic biology, rheumatology, and orthopaedics. When cartilage fails, the consequences can be severe, ranging from death near the time of birth to reduced growth of the skeleton during childhood, and degenerative joint diseases and physical disability in adults. The prevalence of adult diseases of cartilage is increasing in the aging population of the world. During recent years, great strides have been made in the identification of genes, which control cartilage formation, and the mechanisms by which they act. Similarly, comprehensive investigations have accelerated the identification of loci that predispose to degenerative diseases. At the same time, the rapid development of stem cell and tissue engineering technologies are increasing the options for repair and regeneration of damaged cartilage. However, the transfer of basic knowledge into translational medicine has still to be improved and requires the intensive interaction of scientist with different fields of expertise. This meetin will bring together experts from a wide spectrum of established and emerging scientific disciplines, to address where we stand today with respect to understanding the basic mechanisms and therapeutic potentials of cartilage diseases, and what developments are in the pipeline. This is the ONLY meeting that brings together such a broad spectrum of researchers in an informal setting, where it is possible to interact and discuss extensively. The conference is held every other year, alternating between a site in Europe and a site in the US, maximizing opportunities for interactions with colleagues around the world. The meeting is distinctive in its ability to provide junior scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students extensive access to senior scientists, enabling mentoring, networking, and establishment of collaborations. The conference has consistently been rated as "outstanding" by the participants. The basic format, providing ample time for informal discussions, remains thus unchanged from our previous highly successful conferences.