The Santa Cruz Meeting on Developmental Biology 2010

描述（由申请人提供）：研究人员正在围绕“发展中的多种战略”的主题组织圣克鲁斯发育生物学（SCDB）会议。SCDB会议的目标是通过传播和讨论当前数据和新兴概念，向社会宣传发育生物学的最新重大进展。同时，这些会议促进了处于职业生涯各个阶段的发育生物学家之间的科学交流。这是可能的，因为会议规模相对较小，促进了互动，但科学的水平非常高。组织者还召集了一群不同的科学家，他们使用基因组学、遗传学、生物化学、分子学、细胞学和经典胚胎学方法来研究植物、动物和微生物模型系统发育的最重要方面。这次会议是一个单平台风格的会议，持续了一个晚上和整整三天，由七个会议组成。每次会议包括四次25分钟的邀请演讲和三次从摘要中选出的15分钟的演讲。所有28位受邀演讲者在收到邀请后都给予了热情、肯定的答复。其中7人是会议主席，他们是从各自领域的领导阶层中征聘的。为了给最广泛的演讲者提供机会，组织者将从摘要中选择额外的21个平台演讲。从摘要中选择的演讲者将优先是学生，博士后研究员和早期研究人员，组织者的目标是性别平等。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): The investigators are organizing the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology (SCDB) Meetings around a theme, "Diverse Strategies in Development". The goals of the SCDB Meetings are to educate the community about the latest major advances in developmental biology through the dissemination and discussion of current data and emerging concepts. Simultaneously, the meetings facilitate scientific networking among developmental biologists at all stages of their careers. This is possible because the meeting size is relatively small and fosters interactions, yet the caliber of science is exceptionally high. The organizers also bring together a diverse group of scientists who use genomic, genetic, biochemical, molecular, cellular, and classical embryological approaches to bear on the most important aspects of development across the full range of plant, animal, and microbial model systems. This assembly is a single-platform style meeting occurring over a period of one evening and three full days, and is comprised of seven sessions. Each session consists of four 25-minute invited talks and three 15-minute talks selected from the abstracts. All 28 of the invited speakers gave enthusiastic, affirmative responses upon receiving invitations to participate. Seven of them are session chairs and have been recruited from the ranks of the leaders in their fields. In order to provide the opportunity for the widest range of speakers, the organizers will choose an additional 21 platform presentations from the abstracts. Speakers selected from abstracts will preferentially be students, postdoctoral fellows, and early stage investigators, and the organizers aim for gender parity. PROJECT NARRATIVE: Research in developmental biology has contributed significantly to our understanding of the fields of congenital diseases, stem cell biology, oncology, and regenerative medicine. Understanding the cellular and molecular control of developmental processes will help us decipher the causes of birth defects, and ultimately lead to new techniques for diagnosis and treatment. In the 2010 SCDB meetings, the organizers will learn how various fields are making major breakthroughs and how these can further accelerate the progress in science in fields under the umbrella of developmental biology