Eleventh International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tis

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的目的是为即将于2013年10月27日至11月1日在威斯康星州日内瓦湖举行的第十一届矿化组织化学和生物学国际会议（第11届ICCBMT）获得部分支持。在我们请求的支持中，超过65%是针对年轻调查员的旅行奖励。本次会议是一个论坛，旨在分享无脊椎动物和脊椎动物的贝壳，骨，软骨和牙齿等组织中矿物质，细胞外基质和细胞成分的结构，功能和相互作用的最新研究进展，同时鼓励来自临床和基础科学学科的与会者之间的交流和合作。具体目标是：1。聚集一个多学科和不同的科学家群体，对生物矿化有共同的兴趣; 2.传播关于脊椎动物和无脊椎动物组织中矿物质、基质和细胞成分的结构、功能和相互作用的最新交叉学科信息; 3.提供一个论坛，促进跨不同科学学科的研究人员之间的合作; 4。通过旅行奖励和论坛支持初级调查员和学生学员的参与和指导，为这些人提供一个平台，展示他们的工作，与高级调查员互动，获得职业发展和资助机会方面的知识; 5.通过在同行评审的期刊上发表的ICCBMT会议记录来传达已确定的知识，将重要发现的访问范围扩大到其他科学家和临床医生。这些成果将促进NIH/NIAMS的基本使命，通过高质量的新研究提供新知识，以改善我们国家的骨骼健康，促进与矿化相关的多个领域的科学家的互动和合作，为该领域的初级科学家和学生提供网络和培训，并广泛公开传播会议的发现。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This purpose of this application is to obtain partial support for the upcoming Eleventh International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues (11th ICCBMT) on October 27-November 1, 2013 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. More than 65% of our requested support is targeted to young investigator travel awards. This meeting is a forum to share the newest research advances on the structure, function, and interactions of the mineral, extracellular matrix, and cellular components in invertebrates and vertebrates in tissues such as shells, bone, cartilage and tooth while encouraging communication and collaboration among attendees from clinical and basic science disciplines. Specific aims are to: 1. Assemble a multidisciplinary and diverse group of scientists with a common interest in biomineralization; 2. Disseminate state-of-the-art cross-discipline information about the structure, function, and interactions of the mineral, matrix and cellular components in vertebrate and invertebrate tissues; 3. Provide a forum that fosters collaborations among investigators across diverse scientific disciplines; 4. Support participation and mentoring of junior investigators and student trainees though Travel Awards and forums, providing these individuals a platform to present their work, interact with senior investigators an obtain knowledge on career development and funding opportunities; and 5. Communicate the ascertained knowledge through a published ICCBMT meeting proceedings in a peer- reviewed journal, broadening the access of important findings to other scientists and clinicians. These outcomes will foster the basic mission of the NIH/NIAMS by providing new knowledge to improve the skeletal health of our nation through high quality novel research, by facilitation of interactions and collaborations of scientists across multiple fields related to mineralization, by providing networking and training to junior scientists and students in the field, and by broad open dissemination of the meeting's findings.