2013 Environmental Mutagen Society Annual Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：环境诱变剂协会（EMS）是主要的科学协会，致力于DNA修复、诱变和环境表观遗传学的基本机制研究，并将这些知识应用于了解暴露于环境毒素对人类健康的影响。EMS科学家对DNA修复、诱变和表观遗传学的研究与遗传和获得性基因改变的研究相结合，这些基因改变使个体易患癌症、早衰和其他疾病。对细胞、组织、整个生物体和人类群体对遗传毒性物质的反应机制和后果的基本理解，对于有关环境健康危害的知情监管决策至关重要。多学科基础研究与应用研究的结合是实现这一目标的必要条件。这种一体化仍然是环境管理体系的中心焦点，年度会议是传播信息和促进必要的相互作用的关键。此外，第44届年会将于2013年9月21日至25日在加利福尼亚州蒙特雷举行，会议为学生和新/早期研究人员提供了一个重要的论坛，以展示他们的研究成果，并与该领域的顶尖科学家进行互动，鼓励开放的思想交流。会议的主题是“通过跨学科研究拥抱未来科学”，涵盖了当前围绕环境暴露问题以及细胞和生物体如何应对这些挑战的研究领域。科学计划涵盖了学会内所有的科学兴趣，并由专题讨论会、讲习班、全体讲座和海报会议组成。EMS年会汇集了对环境因素如何导致基因毒性和表观遗传结果感兴趣的学术、工业和政府科学家。本次会议拨款申请的双重目标是为参加年会的学生和新研究人员和早期研究人员提供旅费奖励，并为非成员主题演讲和专题讨论会发言人提供部分旅费支持。旅行奖励有助于抵消经济负担，否则可能会阻止学生和新/早期研究人员参加。支持支付受邀的非会员演讲者的旅行费用，使协会能够以较低的成本为与会者提供最大的价值。非成员发言者的加入提供了一个世界级会议所必需的研究和思想的交流。EMS会员演讲者的参会费用由其支付，因此本申请不要求其参会费用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS) is the primary scientific society fostering research on the basic mechanisms of DNA repair, mutagenesis, and environmental epigenetics and application of this knowledge to understanding human health effects from exposure to environmental toxins. Studies of DNA repair, mutagenesis, and epigenetics by EMS scientists are integrated with research on inherited and acquired genetic alterations that predispose individuals to cancer, premature aging, and other diseases. Fundamental understanding of the mechanisms and consequences of cellular, tissue, whole organism, and human population responses to genotoxic agents is crucial to informed regulatory decision-making with respect to environmental health hazards. The integration of multi-disciplinary basic and applied research is essential to this process. Such integration remains the central focus of the EMS, and the annual meetings are keys to the dissemination of information and fostering the necessary interactions. In addition, the meetings provide an important forum for students and new/early stage investigators to present their research and to interact with leading scientists in their field in a setting that encourages open exchange of ideas The 44th Annual Meeting will be held in Monterey, California from September 21-25, 2013. The theme is "Embracing the Science of the Future through Cross-Disciplinary Research", encompassing areas of current research that converge on the issues of environmental exposure and how cells and organisms respond to such challenges. The scientific program encompasses the full range of scientific interests within the Society and is comprised of symposia, workshops, plenary lectures, and poster sessions. EMS Annual Meetings bring together academic, industrial, and governmental scientists interested in how environmental factors lead to genotoxic and epigenetic outcomes. The dual objectives of this conference grant application are to request funds for Travel Awards for students and new and early stage investigators to attend the Annual Meeting and partial support for travel expenses of nonmember keynote and symposia speakers. Travel Awards assist in offsetting the financial burden that might otherwise prevent students and new/early stage investigators from attending. Support to defray travel costs for invited nonmember speakers enables the Society to provide the greatest value at lower costs to attendees. The inclusion of nonmember speakers provides the cross-fertilization of research and ideas which is necessary for a world-class meeting. EMS member speakers cover their expenses for participation in the conference, thus expenses for their participation are not requested in this application.