CONFERENCE: 2013 FASEB Meeting on Ciliate Molecular Biology to be held July 7-12, 2013 at the Steamboat Grand in Steamboat Springs, CO

会议：2013 年 FASEB 纤毛虫分子生物学会议将于 2013 年 7 月 7 日至 12 日在科罗拉多州斯廷博特斯普林斯的 Steamboat Grand 举行

• 批准号: 1313249
• 负责人: Aaron Turkewitz
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-01 至 2014-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1313249&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CONFERENCE; 2013; FASEB; Meeting; Ciliate

Intellectual Merit: The 2013 FASEB Conference on Ciliate Molecular Biology will be held July 7-12, 2013 at the Steamboat Grand in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The Ciliate Molecular Biology conference brings together scientists with diverse research interests who are united by a common thread--the use of ciliated protozoa as model organisms. The objectives of this meeting are to (i) disseminate new research information and ideas, (ii) share technical innovations, (iii) organize further development of community resources, and (iv) advance graduate and undergraduate research and education initiatives. This biannual meeting is the primary venue for disseminating information on new research tools, many of which exploit unique aspects of ciliate biology, to address diverse questions. To ensure that the 2013 conference promotes interactions between researchers at all career levels, the meeting is organized as a mixture of platform sessions, poster sessions, and workshops. The platform sessions are designed to provide general information about the most exciting advances in our understanding of ciliate biology as well as more specialized information pertaining to the main research areas in which ciliates are used. The poster sessions will provide opportunities for more personal interactions, especially for students and post-docs. A "Future Directions Workshop" will include discussion of bioinformatic resource and experimental tool development for genetics and cell biology research, population genetics, and evolution.Broader Impacts: One focus of the meeting will be on the use of ciliates in undergraduate research and classroom laboratories. This will be the topic of a workshop, which will be coupled to an undergraduate research mini-symposium, in which four undergraduate students will give oral presentations on their research findings. A special opportunity for interaction between individuals at all career levels will be formation of "topic tables" at dinnertime to engage individuals in discussions of important career-development subjects, such as developing an independent research program, grant writing, student/postdoc mentoring, conflict resolution, involvement in community initiatives, scientific outreach, and balancing teaching and research.

知识分子优点：2013年Faseb纤毛分子生物学会议将于2013年7月7日至12日在科罗拉多州汽船斯普林斯的Steamboat Grand举行。 纤毛分子生物学会议将具有多种研究兴趣的科学家汇集在一起​​，这些科学家是由共同点结合的 - 将纤毛的原生动物用作模型生物。 这次会议的目标是（i）传播新的研究信息和思想，（ii）分享技术创新，（iii）组织社区资源的进一步发展，以及（iv）提高研究生和本科研究和教育计划。这次每两年一次的会议是传播有关新研究工具信息的主要场所，其中许多会议利用了纤毛生物学的独特方面来解决各种问题。为了确保2013年的会议促进研究人员在所有职业级别的互动，会议是由平台会议，海报会议和讲习班的混合组织组织的。该平台会议旨在提供有关我们对纤毛生物学的理解以及与使用纤毛的主要研究领域有关的最令人兴奋进步的一般信息。海报会议将为更多个人互动提供机会，尤其是对于学生和毕业后。 “未来方向研讨会”将包括讨论生物信息学资源以及有关遗传学和细胞生物学研究，人口遗传学和进化的实验工具开发。Broader的影响：会议的一个重点将是在本科研究和课堂实验室中使用纤毛。 这将是一个研讨会的话题，该讲习班将与本科生研究迷你群落结合在一起，其中四个本科生将在其研究结果中进行口头介绍。各个职业级别之间个人互动的一个特殊机会将是在晚餐时间组成“主题表”，以使个人讨论重要的职业发展主题，例如制定独立的研究计划，赠款写作，学生/博士后指导，冲突解决，参与社区倡议，科学外界以及平衡教学和研究。