IBANGS Annual Meeting Support

描述（由申请人提供）：国际行为与神经遗传学学会（IBANGS）是一个年轻的学会，致力于解释行为和神经遗传学对个体差异的大脑机制。成员们采用了全方位的模型系统，包括神经网络建模、秀丽隐杆线虫、黑腹线虫、啮齿动物、非人类灵长类动物和人类。遗传方法的应用范围很广，包括基因功能的多元统计分析，基因表达阵列/蛋白质组学分析，基因靶向研究（随机和靶向诱变），嵌合体研究，选择性育种和近交系，以及基因发现方法，包括主要基因和数量性状位点的连锁和关联分析。成员包括教职员工、博士后研究员、研究生和来自不同学科的医学生。该组织自1997年以来召开了12次会议，并继续吸引新成员，现在每年召开一次完全独立的会议。在当前供资周期的头四年（2007-2010年），银行间贷款系统四次会议平均每次吸引了100名与会者。这比前几年的平均出席人数增加了大约25%。由当前R13奖支持的第五次也是最后一次会议将于2010年5月19日至22日在意大利罗马举行。会议地点是意大利国立卫生研究院（instituto Superiore di Sanit）。自2003年以来，国家酒精滥用和酒精中毒研究所为目前的R13提供了大部分资金，国家老龄化研究所、国家儿童健康和人类发展研究所和国家心理健康研究所也提供了额外的支持。该学会的期刊《基因、大脑和行为》（Wiley出版有限公司）现在每年出版8期。本刊已进入第9个年头，被PubMed收录，2009年影响因子达到3.975，在230种神经科学期刊中排名第66位。订阅该杂志是IBANGS会员的一项福利。神经行为遗传学已被证明是酗酒、心理健康、儿童发展和人类衰老等领域的重要研究工具。从历史上看，迄今为止，这些领域的研究在IBANGS会议的每个科学项目中都有代表。每年为20名学生、博士后研究员和初级教师提供旅费支持。从这20名青年科学家中选出2名优秀研究生、1名优秀博士后和1名优秀青年教师进行演讲，并邀请他们向《基因、大脑和行为》杂志提交论文。这个年轻的社会提供了一个机会，吸引了一群年轻的研究人员在他们的形成时期对神经行为遗传学和追求研究改善人类健康。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) is a young society dedicated to explication of brain mechanisms underlying behavioral and neurogenetic contributions to individual differences. Members employ a full range of model systems, including neural network modeling, C. elegans, D. melanogaster, rodents, non-human primates and humans. Genetic methods employed range widely, including multivariate statistical analyses of gene function, gene expression arrays/proteomics analyses, and gene targeting studies (random and targeted mutagenesis), studies of chimeras, selectively bred and inbred strains, and gene finding methods including linkage and association analyses of major genes and quantitative trait loci. Members include faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate and medical students in a wide variety of disciplines. The group has met 12 times since 1997, continues to attract new members, and now meets annually as a fully independent conference. Over the first four years of the current funding cycle (2007-2010), IBANGS has attracted an average of 100 meeting participants to each of the four meetings. This is an increase of approximately 25% over the average attendance from preceding years. The fifth and final meeting to be supported by the current R13 award will be held in Rome, Italy, May 19-22, 2010. The venue is the Istituto Superiore di Sanit`, the Italian equivalent of NIH. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has provided the bulk of the funding for the current R13 since 2003, and additional support has been provided by the National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and National Institute of Mental Health. The society's journal, Genes, Brain and Behavior (Wiley Publishing Ltd.), is now published eight times per year by the Society. This journal is entering its ninth year, is indexed by PubMed and achieved an impact factor of 3.975 in 2009, placing it 66th among 230 neuroscience journals. Subscription to the journal is a benefit of IBANGS membership. Neurobehavioral genetics has proven to be a vital research tool in the areas of alcoholism, mental health, child development, and human aging. Historically, studies in those areas have been represented in each of the scientific programs for IBANGS meetings to date. Support is sought to defray travel expenses for 20 students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty each year. From this group of 20 young scientists, 2 outstanding graduate students, 1 outstanding postdoc, and 1 outstanding junior faculty member are chosen to present talks, and they are invited to submit their papers to Genes, Brain and Behavior. This young society presents an opportunity to attract a core group of young investigators during their formative years to neurobehavioral genetics and the pursuit of research improving human health.