International Symposium on Neural Regeneration

第十五届神经再生国际研讨会计划于2013年12月11日至15日在加利福尼亚州太平洋格罗夫的Asilomar会议中心举行。从1985年开始，每两年在阿西洛马举行一次类似的专题讨论会。自1987年以来，NIH一直是该研讨会的共同赞助者。克雷格·h·尼尔森基金会已经为2013年的会议捐赠了资金，支持申请已经或将提交给美国瘫痪退伍军人协会、加州再生医学研究所和Mission Connect。研讨会的主要目的是介绍当前神经再生方面的工作，特别是那些最近取得了一些显著进展或提出了一些特别有趣的问题的研究领域。第二个目的是在研究者之间，或者经验丰富的研究者和学生之间，营造一种既刺激又有利于思想自由交流的氛围。更长远的计划是继续隔年在同一地点举行这些专题讨论会，并改变连续专题讨论会的计划，以便在一段时间内尽可能广泛地覆盖神经再生研究的广泛领域。这些国际神经再生专题讨论会已经建立，定期举行的活动，学生和国际公认的神经再生领域的专家都有很高的出席率。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Fifteenth International Symposium on Neural Regeneration is planned for December 11 through 15, 2013 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California. Similar symposia have been held every two years at Asilomar beginning in 1985. NIH has continuously co-sponsored the symposia since 1987. The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation has already donated funds for the 2013 conference and applications for support have been or will be submitted to the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine and Mission Connect. The primary purpose of the symposium is to present current work in neural regeneration, especially in those areas of research in which there has been some notable recent progress or in which some particularly interesting issues have been raised. A secondary purpose is to foster an atmosphere that is both stimulating and conducive to a free interchange of ideas among investigators, or between seasoned investigators and students. The longer-range plan is to continue to hold these symposia on alternate years at the same site, and to vary the programs of successive symposia, so that coverage of the broad field of neural regeneration research over a period of years will be as extensive as possible. These International Neural Regeneration Symposia have become established, regularly occurring events with high attendance by both students as well as internationally recognized experts in the field of neural regeneration.