EMS 40th Annual Meeting - Student and New Investigator Travel and Invited Non-Mem

描述（由申请人提供）：环境诱变剂协会（EMS）是促进DNA修复和诱变基本机制研究的主要科学协会，并将这些知识应用于了解暴露于环境基因毒素对人类健康的影响。EMS科学家对DNA修复和突变的研究与遗传和获得性基因改变的研究相结合，遗传和获得性基因改变使个体易患癌症、早衰和其他疾病。对细胞、组织和整个生物体对遗传毒性物质反应的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，年会是传播信息和促进实现这一目标所必需的相互作用的关键。此外，会议为学生和博士后研究人员提供了一个重要的论坛，以展示他们的研究，并在鼓励开放交流思想的环境中与各自领域的顶尖科学家进行互动。第40届EMS年会将于2009年10月24日至28日在密苏里州圣路易斯举行。会议的主题是“环境世纪的基因组学”。科学计划包括EMS中所有的科学兴趣，包括专题讨论会，讲习班，全体讲座，以及贡献的海报和平台会议。纵观其历史，EMS年会汇集了对环境因素如何导致遗传毒性感兴趣的学术界，工业界和政府科学家。为实现这一使命，为会议提供供资支助是极其必要的。本次会议资助申请的双重目标是为参加2009年EMS年会的学生和博士后申请旅行奖，以及为主要非会员演讲者提供部分旅行费用支持。EMS相信其学生和博士后研究人员是社会的未来，也是由其科学家社区培养的科学努力的未来。旅行奖励有助于抵消可能使学员无法参加的经济负担。申请还要求资金部分支付受邀非会员发言者的旅费。EMS会员发言人均同意自费参加会议。但是，有必要协助支付应邀的非成员发言者的旅费，这些发言者为世界一流会议提供必要的意见交流。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Environmental Mutagen Society (EMS) is the primary scientific society fostering research on the basic mechanisms of DNA repair and mutagenesis and application of this knowledge to understanding human health effects from exposure to environmental genotoxins. Studies of DNA repair and mutagenesis 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, and whole organism 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 key to the dissemination of information and fostering of interactions that are necessary to achieve it. In addition, the meetings provide an important forum for students and postdoctoral investigators to present their research and to interact with leading scientists in their field in a setting that encourages open exchange of ideas. The 40th Annual Meeting of the EMS will be held in St. Louis, Missouri from October 24 - 28, 2009. Its theme is "Genomics in the Environmental Century". The scientific program, which encompasses the full range of scientific interests within EMS, is comprised of symposia, workshops, plenary lectures, and contributed poster and platform sessions. Throughout its history, the EMS Annual Meetings have brought together academic, industrial and governmental scientists interested in how environmental factors lead to genotoxicity. Awarded funding support for the meeting is critically necessary in order to achieve this mission. The dual objectives of this conference grant application are to request funds for Travel Awards to students and postdoctoral fellows to attend the 2009 EMS Annual Meeting, and funds to partially support travel expenses for key non-member speakers. EMS believes that its students and postdoctoral investigators are the future of both the Society and the scientific endeavors fostered by its community of scientists. Travel Awards assist in offsetting the financial burden that might otherwise prevent trainees from attending. The application also requests funds to partially defray travel costs for invited non-member speakers. EMS member speakers all agree to cover their own expenses for participation in the conference. However, it is necessary to assist with travel expenses for invited non-member speakers, who provide the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for a world-class meeting.