16th annual meeting of the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell research

描述(由申请人提供)：我们通过R13机制请求为泛美色素细胞研究学会第16届年会提供部分支持，该年会将于2010年9月30日至10月2日在不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华不列颠哥伦比亚省癌症研究中心举行，名为“色素细胞生物学和疾病的跨学科和翻译方法”。该场馆是一个轮椅友好型设施，配有最先进的视频/多媒体设备，并有展览、茶点和董事会会议需要的空间。上一次PASPCR会议在2009年(田纳西州孟菲斯)的主题是色素系统如何在皮肤生物学的背景下对阳光暴露做出反应。然而，色素沉着是一个汇集了来自许多不同学科和背景的科学家的领域，最近在多个领域的进展为黑色素瘤和白癜风等色素疾病的新治疗方法的开发带来了巨大的希望。因此，2010年的会议将聚焦于跨学科和转换方法，并将临床医生、临床科学家和基础科学家聚集在一起。今年会议的计划已经进行了18个月；我们预计125-150人将参加为期两天半的会议，其中包括6个口头会议，3个特别海报论坛，以及今年Aaron B Lerner奖获得者的荣誉演讲。已向14名科学家发出了发表主旨演讲的邀请，他们之所以被选中，是因为他们的研究贡献很重要，而且他们的实验室所代表的领域也很多样；所有人都同意作为受邀的发言者参加。其余参与者将通过注册程序申请，该程序包括口头或海报演示的选项，但不是要求。我们估计，25%的观众将代表研究生或博士后研究员，25%的人将利用由加拿大皇家内科和外科学院和美国医学会批准的23学分的继续医学教育。与会者离开会议时，将对色素生物学的最新发现以及解决基础和临床学科问题的尖端工具有更深入的了解。对这次会议的财政支持将对会议的成功产生相当大的影响，并使该领域的主要研究人员和青年科学家有可能参加。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting via the R13 mechanism partial support for the 16th annual meeting of the PanAmerican Society for Pigment Cell research, " Interdisciplinary and Translational Approaches to Pigment Cell Biology and Disease", to be held September 30 - October 2, 2010 in the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia. This venue is a wheelchair friendly facility with state-of-the- art video /multimedia equipments, and with space for exhibits, refreshment and board meeting needs. The subject of the last PASPCR meeting in 2009 (Memphis, TN) was how the pigmentary system responds to sun exposure in the context of cutaneous biology. However, pigmentation is a field that integrates scientists from many different disciplines and backgrounds, and recent advances in a number of areas hold tremendous promise for the development of new treatments for pigmentary diseases such as melanoma and vitiligo. Thus, the 2010 meeting will focus on interdisciplinary and translational approaches, and bring together clinicians, clinical scientists, and basic scientists. Planning for this year's conference has been underway for 18 months; we expect 125 - 150 attendees for a 2 1/2 day conference that includes 6 oral sessions, 3 special poster forums, and an honorary lecture by the recipient of this year's Aaron B Lerner Award. Invitations have been issued to 14 scientists to give keynote addresses, selected because of the importance of their research contributions and the diversity of fields represented by their laboratories; all have agreed to participate as invited speakers. The remainder of the participants will apply through a registration process that includes the option but not the requirement to give an oral or poster presentations. We estimate that 25% of the audience will represent graduate students or postdoctoral fellows, and that 25% will take advantage of 23 credits of continuing medical education under the auspices and approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and the American Medical Association. Attendees will leave the meeting with a deepened understanding of the latest discoveries in pigmentary biology and with cutting-edge tools for tackling problems across basic and clinical disciplines. Financial support for this meeting would have a considerable impact on the success of the conference and make it possible for the field's leading researchers and young scientists to participate.