ISEH Annual Meeting: Young Investigator Programs

描述（由申请人提供）：ISEH第38届年度科学会议将于2009年9月9日至12日在希腊雅典Divani Caravel酒店举行。与会者也将住在这家酒店。在以前的会议上，ISEH成员提出了重大的科学突破，如克隆和表征许多新的造血生长因子的研究，或初步介绍了导致唐·托马斯博士获得诺贝尔医学奖的工作。ISEH成员首先介绍了所有已知的造血干细胞和祖细胞的体外和体内检测（体外CFU-S、CFU-C、LTC-IC、CAFC检测和创新的体内移植检测）。其他人已经开发并不断重新设计从小鼠和人类骨髓和血液中纯化此类细胞的方法。最近关于干细胞命运的重定向，血液恶性肿瘤中的信号转导和转录调节蛋白异常，非清髓性造血干细胞和祖细胞移植的发展的发现只是ISEH场所或出版物中提出的一些重要发现。青年研究人员是2009年会议的重要焦点，会议有专门设计的项目和会议组织，为开创性的青年研究人员提供一个展示研究的场所，并促进与更有经验的同行的多种互动。与美国或世界其他地区的大型活动相比，这次会议的规模较小，确保了青年研究人员的突出地位，并使这次活动对他们和整个科学界更有价值。年轻的调查人员也有相当高的机会被选中进行抽象演讲，因为他们代表了与会者的很大比例。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The ISEH 38th Annual Scientific Meeting will be held from September 9 to 12, 2009 in Athens (Greece) at the Hotel Divani Caravel. Attendees will also be staying at this hotel. In previous meetings ISEH members have presented significant scientific breakthroughs such as research on cloning and characterization of many new hematopoietic growth factors, or the initial presentation of the work leading to Dr. Don Thomas' Nobel Prize in Medicine. ISEH members were first to describe every known in vitro and in vivo assay for hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells (in vitro CFU-S, CFU-C, LTC-IC, CAFC assays and innovative in vivo transplantation assays). Others have developed and continuously redesigned methods for the purification of such cells from murine and human marrow and blood. Recent findings regarding the redirection of the fate of stem cells, signal transduction and transcription regulatory protein abnormalities in hematologic malignancies, and development of non-myeloablative hemopoietic stem and progenitor transplantation are just a few of the important discoveries presented in ISEH venues or publication. Young Investigators are the important focus of the 2009 meeting, with a program and session organization especially designed to provide a venue for the presentation of research from ground-breaking Young Investigators and to foster multiple interactions with their more experienced peers. The small size of this meeting assures Young Investigators a prominent place, and makes this event more valuable to them and to the scientific community as whole, as compared to the larger events in the USA or other parts of the world. Young Investigators also have a considerably higher chance of being selected for an abstract presentation, because they represent a significant percentage of attendees. Most Young Investigators find it too expensive to attend this important meeting because of the travel expense of going to Europe, a situation even more serious in today's economic climate. Through this grant, ISEH wants to make it possible for Young Investigators from the US to participate and therefore have the chance to present their abstracts and to network with peers in a congenial environment. 19 sessions are planned, from Wednesday September 9, 2009 at 4:30pm to Saturday September 12 at 5:30pm, including: 1 presidential session with 4 speakers; 5 plenary sessions, each with 4 speakers, including several Young Investigators; 6 breakout session, each with 4 speakers, including several Young Investigators; 6 breakout sessions for abstract presentations, likely including Young Investigators; 1 Young Investigators awards session (8 Young Investigators awards). Selected abstracts not part of an oral presentation will be presented as part of a "poster" presentation. The Society for Hematology and Stem Cells (ISEH) Annual Scientific Meeting is the yearly forum for the exchange and discussion of original, unpublished and significant research advances in the area of hematology and stem cell biology. It is a unique and essential worldwide gathering where promising Young Investigators from the US and other countries have the opportunity to meet with, learn from and present their findings to prominent figures and leading researchers in the field from around the world. Though this grant, ISEH intends to make it possible for a large and representative number of Young Investigators and speakers from the USA to attend the Sep 9-12, 2009 ISEH 38th Annual Scientific Meeting in Athens (Greece) by offering those US researchers travel grants and contributions for lodging and meals.