IBANGS Annual Meeting Support

 描述(申请人提供)：国际行为和神经遗传学学会(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潜在作用的大脑机制。成员使用了一系列的模型系统，包括神经网络建模、线虫、黑腹线虫、啮齿动物、非人类灵长类和人类。遗传学方法的应用范围广泛，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(随机和定向突变)、嵌合体、选择性选育和近交系的研究，以及基因发现方法，包括主基因和数量性状基因座的连锁和关联分析。成员包括各种学科的教师、博士后研究员、研究生和医学生。自1997年以来，该小组已经举行了17次会议，继续吸引新成员，现在每年举行一次完全独立的会议。在本供资周期的头四年(2012-2015年)，IBANGS平均吸引了131名与会者参加四次会议。这比前几年的平均出席率增加了约30%。目前R13奖项支持的第五次也是最后一次会议将于2016年5月13日至17日在美国缅因州巴尔港举行。地点是杰克逊实验室。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。该学会的期刊《基因、大脑和行为》(Wiley出版有限公司)每年由该学会出版八次。这本期刊已经进入了第14个年头，被公共医学出版社编入索引，2014年的影响因子达到3.661，在252种神经科学期刊中排名第79位。订阅该杂志是IBANGS会员的一项好处。神经行为遗传学已被证明是酒精中毒、心理健康、儿童发展和人类老龄化领域的重要研究工具。从历史上看，到目前为止，这些领域的研究都出现在IBANGS会议的每一项科学计划中。寻求支助，以支付每年15名学生和博士后研究员的旅费。从这个由15名青年科学家组成的小组中，选出了2名优秀研究生和1名优秀博士后。这个年轻的社会提供了一个机会，吸引年轻研究人员的核心群体在他们形成的岁月里从事神经行为遗传学和对改善人类健康的研究的追求。

 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 17 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 (2012-2015), IBANGS has attracted an average of 131 meeting participants to each of the four meetings. This is an increase of approximately 30% over the average attendance from preceding years. The fifth and final meeting to be supported by the current R13 award will be held in Bar Harbor, Maine, USA, May 13-17, 2016. The venue is the Jackson Laboratory. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has provided the bulk of the funding for the current R13 since 2003.The society's journal, Genes, Brain and Behavior (Wiley Publishing Ltd.), is published eight times per year by the Society. This journal is entering its fourteenth year, is indexed by PubMed and achieved an impact factor of 3.661 in 2014, placing it 79th among 252 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 15 students and postdoctoral fellows each year. From this group of 15 young scientists, 2 outstanding graduate students, and 1 outstanding postdoc are chosen to present talks. 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.