R13 Conference Support for the Congress on Steroid Research

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一份R13会议拨款申请，用于支持将于2011年3月27-29日在芝加哥举行的为期21天半的类固醇研究大会（CSR） （http://www.steroidresearchcongress.com）会议。本次大会由《类固醇生物化学与分子生物学杂志》（JSBMB）和爱思唯尔出版社赞助。会议邀请了来自美国和世界其他地区的30多位国际知名人士发表演讲。类固醇激素与体内平衡有关，在人体生理、病理和疾病中起着关键作用。大会涵盖的领域包括：核受体；信号转导机制；类固醇生成;合成化学；环境的挑战;癌症;还有糖尿病和肥胖症。大会的目标是：(a)提供一个专门的类固醇会议，汇集来自多个亚专业和学科的类固醇研究人员；(b)传播对热点问题的全面审查；(c)为基础和临床研究人员之间的知识交流提供平台；(d)加强转化研究；(e)为青年研究人员提供论坛，介绍他们的研究；(f)吸引学术界和工业界的参与者。虽然现有的赞助商将尽一切努力支持演讲者的费用，但年轻的研究人员（博士后和博士后）将根据各自研究实验室的资助环境有机会参加。我们相信大会和演讲者阵容会吸引这些年轻的听众。我们预计会议注册人在250-300人之间，其中至少一半将是博士后和博士生，他们可以选择提交摘要和展示海报。我们要求的资金仅用于支持参加大会的博士后和博士后研究员的注册、旅行和酒店住宿。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application for an R13 Conference grant to support a 21/2 day-meeting entitled the Congress on Steroid Research (CSR) (http://www.steroidresearchcongress.com) to be held March 27-29th, 2011 in Chicago. The Congress is being sponsored in part by the Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (JSBMB) and by Elsevier Press. The meeting has over 30 invited speakers of international reputation and come from the US and the rest of the world. Steroid hormones are implicated in homeostasis and play pivotal roles in human physiology, pathology and disease. Areas covered by the Congress include: nuclear receptors; mechanisms of signal transduction; steroidogenesis; chemistry of synthesis; environmental challenges; cancer; and diabetes and obesity. The goals of the Congress are to: (a) provide a dedicated meeting on steroids that brings together steroid researchers from multiple subspecialties and disciplines; (b) communicate comprehensive reviews of hot-topics; (c) provide a platform to exchange knowledge between basic and clinical researchers; (d) to enhance translational research; (e) provide a forum for young investigators to present their research; and (f) attract both academic and industry based participants. While the existing sponsors will make every effort to support speaker costs, young investigators (pre- and post-doctoral fellows) will only have the opportunity to attend based on the funding climate of their respective research laboratories. We believe that the Congress and speaker line-up will be attractive to this young audience. We anticipate between 250-300 registrants for the meeting and that at least one-half will be pre- and post-doctoral fellows who will have the option to submit abstracts and present posters. We are requesting funds solely to support the registration, travel and hotel accommodation of pre- and post-doctoral fellows to attend the Congress.