Molecular and Cellular Cognition Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：我们正在为接下来的三次分子和细胞认知（MCC）会议寻求部分支持。下一届会议将于2010年11月11日和12日在圣地亚哥会议中心举行，就在神经科学学会年会之前。MCC会议汇集了初级和高级科学家，他们结合了分子（药理学，遗传学，转基因，病毒方法等）和生理学（电生理学，光学生理学）和其他细胞方法来研究行为，包括学习和记忆。这些研究的总体目标是推导出整合分子、细胞和行为机制的认知过程的解释，并利用这些信息和相关的动物模型来寻找儿童、成人和老年人的认知、精神和神经疾病的治疗方法。这些会议是在分子和细胞认知学会（MCCS） （www.molcellcog.org）的赞助和领导下组织的，该学会成立于2002年，其主要功能是组织会议，促进在这一领域工作的实验室之间的互动和合作。虽然在美国和国外有一些学习和记忆会议，但分子和细胞认知会议是独一无二的，因为它汇集了在认知、记忆和学习相关疾病研究中整合分子、生理和行为方法的个人。虽然分子和细胞认知领域相对较新，但它已经对神经科学研究产生了深远的影响。目前，这是该领域唯一的定期会议，是交流信息，发展这一年轻领域的宝贵机会。2007-2009年的会议非常成功，每年都吸引了来自北美、欧洲和亚洲的约500名与会者，我们有充分的理由相信2010-2012年的会议将同样成功。（摘要见http://www.molcellcog.org/meetings.htm）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting partial support for the next three Molecular and Cellular Cognition (MCC) Meetings. The next Conference will be held in the San Diego Convention Center on November 11th and 12th, 2010, right before the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. The MCC meeting brings together junior and senior scientists that combine molecular (pharmacology, genetics, transgenics, viral approaches, etc) and physiological (electrophysiology, optical physiology) and other cellular approaches to study behavior, including learning and memory. The general goal of these studies is to derive explanations of cognitive processes that integrate molecular, cellular, and behavioral mechanisms, as well as to use this information and related animal models in the search for treatments for cognitive, psychiatric and neurological disorders in children, adults and the elderly. These meetings have been organized under the sponsorship and leadership of the Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (MCCS) (www.molcellcog.org), a society that started in 2002 and whose main function is to organize meetings and promote interaction and collaborations among laboratories working in this general area. Although there are a few learning and memory meetings in the USA and abroad, the Molecular and Cellular Cognition meeting is unique because it brings together individuals that integrate molecular, physiological and behavioral approaches in studies of cognition, memory and learning related disorders. Although the molecular and cellular cognition field is relatively new, it has already had a profound impact on neuroscience research. Currently, this is the only periodic meeting in the field, an invaluable opportunity to exchange information, and develop this young field. The 2007-2009 meetings were highly successful, attracting each year a diverse group of approximately 500 participants from North America, Europe, and Asia, and we have every reason to believe that the 2010-2012 meetings will be equally successful. (Summaries at http://www.molcellcog.org/meetings.htm). PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society meeting brings together junior and senior scientists that combine molecular (pharmacology, genetics, transgenics, viral approaches, etc) and physiological (electrophysiology, optical physiology) and other cellular approaches to study behavior, including learning and memory. The general goal of these studies is to derive explanations of cognitive processes that integrate molecular, cellular, and behavioral mechanisms. This is essential for the understanding of disease of cognitive functions.