2014 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Gordon Research Conference and Seminar

描述（由申请人提供）：研究神经发育、神经回路组装和突触可塑性的无数不同和开创性的方法导致了现代神经生物学的巨大突破。这些进展吸引了全球范围内的努力，以了解正常脑功能的机制，并开发脑疾病的治疗靶点。戈登分子和细胞神经生物学研究会议（GRC）的目标是促进全球神经科学家的互动，以揭开大脑功能的神秘面纱，并阐明大脑疾病的原因。会议将汇集神经科学家，他们是神经元极性的分子和细胞基础，电路组装和功能，可塑性机制，行为的分子基础，再生神经科学和大脑疾病的领先专家，深入讨论该领域的最新进展，并激发神经科学研究的新方向。它还将促进包括美国，亚洲和欧洲在内的不同地理区域的神经科学家之间的互动，并促进跨学科和国际合作，以更好地了解复杂的神经疾病。此外，本研究中心的一个重要使命是促进和培养下一代神经科学家。为此，本GRC将为学生提供简短的讲座， 博士后研究员和初级教师作为一个互动论坛，使他们与领导人在各自的领域。其他促进科学交流的创新方法包括为学生和博士后研究员保留前两个问题，“与演讲者见面”计划，以及一张幻灯片/一分钟的海报介绍“快照”。最后，2014年的会议将提供戈登研究研讨会（GRS）的分子和细胞神经生物学，仅由学生和博士后研究员和他们邀请的主旨发言人出席。该会议将促进全球神经科学家的互动，建立或初级，在多个层面上揭示大脑功能，并阐明大脑疾病的原因。我们预计，与会者将对神经科学的进展及其对神经和精神疾病的转化价值有新的认识，并提供强大的合作平台。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A myriad of diverse and groundbreaking approaches to investigate neural development, neural circuit assembly and synaptic plasticity have led to tremendous breakthroughs in modern neurobiology. These advances have attracted efforts on a global scale to understand the mechanisms of normal brain functions and to develop therapeutic targets for brain disorders. The goal of the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology is to facilitate the interaction of global neuroscientists to demystify brain function and explicate the causes of brain disorders. The meeting will bring together neuroscientists, who are leading experts in molecular and cellular basis of neuronal polarity, circuitry assembly and function, mechanisms of plasticity, molecular basis of behavior, regenerative neuroscience, and brain disorders, to discuss in depth the most recent advances in the field and to stimulate new directions in neuroscience research. It will also facilitate the interaction among neuroscientists in different geographic regions including US, Asia and Europe and to promote interdisciplinary and international collaborations for better understanding of complex neural disorders. Moreover, one important mission of this GRC is to promote and foster the next generation of neuroscientists. To this end, this GRC will provide short talks to students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty members as an interactive forum to engage them with leaders in their fields. Other innovative approaches to promote scientific exchanges include reserving first two questions for students and postdoctoral fellows, "meet the speakers" program, and one-slide/one-minute "snapshots" of poster introduction. Finally, the 2014 meeting will offer the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology that is attended only by students and postdoctoral fellows and a keynote speaker invited by them. The meeting will facilitate the interaction of global neuroscientists, established or junior, to demystfy brain function at multiple levels and explicate the causes of brain disorders. We anticipate that attendees will leave with a newfound understanding of the progress in neuroscience and its translational values for neurological and mental disorders, together with a strong platform for collaborations.