The 8th Conference on the Molecular Biology of Hearing & Deafness

描述(由申请人提供)：听力和耳聋分子生物学(MBHD)会议申请部分资助。这一系列会议自1992年以来已成功举行，这有力地证明今后的会议将继续取得成功。第八届大会将于2011年7月6日至9日在位于英国剑桥附近辛克斯顿的桑格研究所的欢迎信托会议中心举行。对这次会议的支持将用于降低美国学生/博士后研究员和代表性不足的少数族裔科学家的出席成本，因为目前对此类旅行的支持仅限于英国和欧洲候选人。还要求为将于2013年10月在加利福尼亚州拉霍亚举行的第九届会议和将于2015年在英国举行的第十届会议提供支助。具体目标1.促进新兴分子生物学领域的研究。它们目前包括：大规模并行、下一代测序；表观遗传学；以及比较基因组学；由于技术进步和积累的序列数据，它们最近经历了显著的增长。2.通过邀请参与最近重大研究的科学家介绍他们的结果，并通过征集报告与听觉系统相关的分子水平的研究的免费论文，来审查与听力和耳聋有关的分子生物学的进展。3.促进从事分子听觉研究的不同实验室之间的互动和合作，以及基础科学家和对耳聋的分子生物学和分子遗传学有相关兴趣的临床医生之间的互动和合作。4.促进可导致诊断和治疗听力障碍的翻译研究。5.鼓励来自代表性不足的少数群体的受训人员和科学家进入听力和耳聋的分子生物学领域。6.向当地患者、患者权益倡导团体、临床医生和学校提供外展服务，开展耳聋遗传学和听力研究方面的教育。 公共卫生相关性：请求为听力和耳聋分子生物学会议提供部分支持，这是一系列持续举行的会议，旨在将不同主题的研究人员聚集在一起，包括分子遗传学/基因发现；听觉功能的分子基础；发育；耳科疾病的分子基础；毛细胞再生，以及听力疾病的分子医学/基因疗法。会议还将回顾分子方法学的最新发展，促进科学家和受训人员之间的互动，分享最新成果，鼓励新的研究和合作，鼓励将基础科学成果转化为临床，并向在这一领域工作的听力障碍患者和临床医生提供外展服务。第八届大会将于2011年7月6日至9日在英国剑桥附近的桑格学院校园举行，第九届大会将于2013年10月在加利福尼亚州拉霍亚举行，第十届大会将于2015年7月在英国举行。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Partial support is requested for Conferences on the Molecular Biology of Hearing and Deafness (MBHD). This series of meetings has been held successfully since 1992, which argues strongly for the continued success of the future Conferences. The 8th Conference will occur at the Welcome Trust Conference Center at the Sanger Institute in Hinxton, near Cambridge, U.K., on July 6-9, 2011. Support for this conference would be used to reduce the cost of attendance for U.S. students/ postdoctoral fellows and under-represented minority scientists, since existing support for such travel is restricted to U.K. and European candidates. Support is also requested for the 9th Conference, to be held in La Jolla, CA in October of 2013, and the 10th Conference, to be held in the U.K. in 2015. Specific Aims 1. To promote research in emerging areas of molecular biology. These currently include: massively parallel, next-generation sequencing; epigenetics; and comparative genomics; which have experienced significant recent growth due to technical advances and accumulating sequence data. 2. To review progress in molecular biology related to hearing and deafness by inviting scientists involved in significant recent research to present their results, and by soliciting free papers reporting research at the molecular level related to the auditory system. 3. To facilitate interaction and collaboration between different laboratories engaged in molecular auditory research, as well as between basic scientists and clinicians with related interests in the molecular biology and molecular genetics of deafness. 4. To promote translational research that can lead to diagnostics and therapeutics for the treatment of hearing disorders. 5. To encourage trainees and scientists from under-represented minorities to enter careers in the molecular biology of hearing and deafness. 6. To provide outreach to patients, patient advocacy groups, clinicians and schools in the local area, for education in the genetics of deafness and hearing research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Partial support is requested for Conferences on the Molecular Biology of Hearing and Deafness, an ongoing series of meetings designed to bring together researchers in different topics, including molecular genetics/gene discovery; the molecular basis of auditory function; development; the molecular basis of otologic disorders; hair cell regeneration, and molecular medicine/gene therapy for diseases of hearing. The meetings will also review recent developments in molecular methodologies and promote the interaction of scientists and trainees to share recent results, encourage new studies and collaborations, encourage the translation of basic science results to the clinic, and provide outreach to hearing handicapped patients and clinicians working in this area. The 8th Conference will be held on the campus of the Sanger Institute near Cambridge, England on July 6-9, 2011, the 9th Conference in La Jolla, CA in October of 2013, and the 10th Conference in the U.K. in July of 2015.