INA-14

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案要求部分支持将于2013年6月9日至13日在荷兰阿姆斯特丹西北7英里的小村庄Egmond aan Zee举行的“国际神经毒理学协会第14届神经毒理学健康与疾病神经发育基础双年会议”。会议的主要目标是：1)强调神经毒理学的最新发现；2)通过举办多个分支学科的专题讨论会来促进该领域的发展；3)为发展不同国家科学家之间的工作关系提供一个大学环境；4)招募和激励年轻的研究人员从事神经毒理学的事业。本次会议的具体目标是(1)召集来自全球的40位受邀演讲者，他们代表了神经毒理学研究的关键领域，总共有200名与会者

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests partial support for the "14th Biennial Meeting of the International Neurotoxicology Association The Neurodevelopmental Basis of Health and Disease in Neurotoxicology" to be held June 9-13, 2013 in Egmond aan Zee, a small village located 7 miles northwest of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The overarching objectives of the INA meetings are to: 1) highlight the latest findings in neurotoxicology, 2) promote the development of the field by hosting symposia from multiple sub-disciplines, 3) provide a collegial setting for developing working relationships among scientists from different countries, and 4) recruit and energize young investigators to pursue careers in neurotoxicology. The specific aims of this meeting will be (1) to convene 40 invited speakers from around the globe that represent critical areas of neurotoxicological research with a total of 200 participants for a five day conference in a relatively isolated setting; (2) to define future research needs in environmental and occupational causes of neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration; (3) to increase the involvement of young and promising neurotoxicologists in this field; and (4) to disseminate state-of-the-art findings in a timely manner. The program will commence Sunday evening with a keynote lecture by Dr. Peter S. Spencer, Director of the Oregon Global Health Center, presenting the Keynote Hooisma Lecture titled Neglected Neurological and Neurodegenerative Diseases Associated with Naturally Occurring Substances in Plants. The 11 symposia will broadly address current issues in the field. A detailed list of symposia titles, speakers and their titles is presented as Attachment #2 in the proposal. In addition, two symposia organized and presented by students participating in graduate programs in neurotoxicology will round out the oral presentations (Monday AM, June 10 and Wednesday AM, June 12). The significance of this application is that the INA Conference series is a major venue that propels research in the international community of researchers and educators involved in all aspects of neurotoxicology, fosters career development of scientists entering the field and promotes collaborative research activity with an international scope, and provides state of the art information for scientific administrators and program directors. The health relatedness of this application is that the discussions stimulated by the presentations will define the major questions that require experimental resolution in areas that affect human neurological heath, ranging from developmental exposures to degeneration associated with the aging nervous system, as well as the lifetime effects of developmental neurotoxicant exposure resulting in neurodegeneration.