Strategic Conference of Zebrafish Investigators

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议延续在美国Asilomar举行的两年一次的斑马鱼研究者战略会议（SCZI）。这些会议允许斑马鱼的主要研究人员讨论当前的研究，并促进以鱼为模型系统的研究的协调发展。会议将容纳多达200名主要研究人员。拟于2013年召开的会议将是第五届国际研讨会；该系列的延续将于2015年2月和2017年2月组织第6次和第7次会议。以前的会议一直受到与会者的高度评价；2011年会议的所有受访者都计划参加或可能参加2013年的会议。斑马鱼是脊椎动物发育遗传分析的首要模式生物之一。此外，斑马鱼很快就被建立为一个杰出的系统，用来模拟人类疾病。在转基因、正向和反向遗传学、成像技术和化学筛选方面的最新进展已经在一个活跃、合作的社区中广泛传播。拟议的会议将继续促进资源的开发，建立合作和跨学科互动的发展。过去的参与者中有三分之一是新的调查者。除了有机会了解新发现和建立合作之外，新研究者还将有机会参加由资深研究者领导的关于诸如拨款写作或平衡实验室和生活等主题的讨论会议。过去的会议在吸纳妇女和少数民族参与者方面有着良好的记录。这笔资金将用于支持一名受邀主讲人的注册和住宿，并为从提交的摘要中选出的30名与会者提供经济援助。将根据其摘要的影响和独创性以及性别、种族、职业阶段和需要来选择这30名财政支助接受者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a continuation of the biennial Strategic Conference of Zebrafish Investigators (SCZI), held in Asilomar, USA. These meetings allow zebrafish principal investigators to discuss current research and promote coordinated advancement of research using fish as a model system. The meeting will accommodate up to 200 principal investigators. The proposed 2013 meeting will be the fifth international workshop; continuation of the series will follow with the 6th and 7th meetings to be organized in February of 2015 and 2017. Previous meetings have consistently been highly rated by participants; all survey respondents from the 2011 meeting plan to attend or might attend the 2013 conference. The zebrafish is one of the premier model organisms for the genetic analysis of vertebrate development. Moreover, the zebrafish has quickly been established as an outstanding system in which to model human diseases. Recent advances in transgenesis, forward and reverse genetics, imaging techniques, and chemical screening have been widely disseminated throughout an active, collaborative community. The proposed meeting will continue to foster the development of resources, establishment of collaborations and development of interdisciplinary interactions. One third of past participants have been new investigators. In addition to having the opportunity to learn about new findings and establish collaborations, new investigators will have the opportunity to attend discussion sessions on topics such as grant writing or balancing lab and life that are led by senior investigators. Past meetings have had a solid record of inclusion of women and minority participants. This grant will support the registration and accommodation of one invited keynote speaker and provide financial assistance for 30 participants selected from the submitted abstracts. These 30 recipients of financial support will be chosen based on the impact and originality of their abstracts as well as on the basis of gender, race, career stage and need.