Meeting: Ctenopalooza - A Workshop on Ctenophore Biology, March 14-15, 2015, Saint Augustine, Florida

会议：Ctenopalooza - 栉水母生物学研讨会，2015 年 3 月 14 日至 15 日，佛罗里达州圣奥古斯丁

• 批准号: 1619712
• 负责人: Joseph Ryan
• 金额: $ 2.17万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-02-15 至 2017-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1619712&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Meeting; Ctenopalooza; Workshop; Ctenophore; Biology

The first international workshop on ctenophore biology will be held at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in St. Augustine, FL on March 14-15, 2016. This meeting will bring together researchers studying the biology of ctenophores. Ctenophores, also known as comb jellies, are a group of animals found in nearly all marine environments (coastal and oceanic, deep sea as well as surface waters). Most species are planktonic and move by the beating of eight ciliary bands, which is the distinct morphological character uniting the group. Recent biogeographic and evolutionary findings, as well as published genomic resources and access to deep water have brought a great deal of attention to these animals, resulting in a revived research activity. The purpose of this international ctenophore workshop is to bring together the burgeoning community of ctenophore biologists, foster cross-disciplinary collaborations, discuss improvements and expansion of community resources, and share expertise relating to field, experimental, and culture techniques. Furthermore, the workshop has been designed to foster interactions between junior scientists (undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral researchers) and senior researchers to inspire the next generation of ctenophore biologists to identify and take on the big open questions that can only be answered by studying ctenophores. The recent influx of interest in these fascinating and important animals presents an opportunity to explore future directions and address some of the challenges for expansion of ctenophore research. This will be the first meeting completely dedicated to studying ctenophores, and the results will be published in an open-access journal to facilitate the broadest possible distribution of ideas generated during this workshop.Recent studies suggest that ctenophores are the sister group to all other animals and as such, are a critical group for understanding the biology of the last common ancestor of all animals. These findings have been corroborated by analyses of the complete nuclear genomes of two ctenophores. The availability of these data and the implications of the phylogenetic position (e.g., independent origin or loss of neural cell types within animals) have captured the attention of a wide audience, and research on these animals has grown. Although interest in ctenophores continues to grow, these animals remain relatively poorly studied and often misrepresented. Thus, it is important to identify ways to improve and expand community resources, as well as share expertise relating to culturing and experimental techniques. The workshop will bring together researchers from a variety of fields (e.g., taxonomy, ecology, neurobiology, evodevo, and behavior) to identify ways to improve resources, to foster collaborations, and to promote cross-disciplinary approaches to studying these unique creatures.

2016年3月14日至15日，将在佛罗里达州圣奥古斯丁的惠特尼海洋生物科学实验室举行第一个国际围座生物学研讨会。这次会议将召集研究Ctenophores生物学的研究人员。 c脑载体，也称为梳子果冻，是在几乎所有海洋环境（沿海和海洋，深海以及地表水）中发现的一组动物。大多数物种都是浮游生物的，并通过八个睫状带的跳动，这是团结组的独特形态学特征。最近的生物地理和进化发现，以及已发表的基因组资源以及获得深水的获取，引起了这些动物的极大关注，从而恢复了研究活动。这项国际CTENOPHORE研讨会的目的是将蓬勃发展的生物学家社区汇集在一起​​，培养跨学科合作，讨论社区资源的改进和扩展，并分享与领域，实验和文化技术有关的专业知识。此外，该研讨会旨在促进初级科学家（本科生和研究生以及博士后研究人员）与高级研究人员之间的互动，以激发下一代CTENOPHORE生物学家的识别，以识别和处理仅通过研究ctenophores才能回答的大问题。最近对这些迷人和重要动物的兴趣涌入为探索未来方向的机会，并应对扩大c型载体研究所面临的一些挑战。这将是完全致力于研究cenophores的第一次会议，结果将在开放式杂志上发表，以促进本次研讨会期间产生的最广泛的想法分布。当时的研究表明，CTENOPHORES是所有其他动物的姐妹组，因此，这是理解所有动物的最后共同祖先生物学的关键小组。这些发现通过对两个c省的完整核基因组的分析得到了证实。这些数据的可用性以及系统发育位置的含义（例如，动物内的独立起源或神经细胞类型的丧失）吸引了广泛受众的注意，并且对这些动物的研究也在增长。尽管对c经力学的兴趣不断增长，但这些动物的研究相对较差，并且经常歪曲。因此，重要的是要确定改善和扩展社区资源的方法，以及共享与培养和实验技术有关的专业知识。研讨会将使来自各个领域的研究人员（例如分类学，生态学，神经生物学，evodevo和行为）确定改善资源，培养合作和促进跨学科方法来研究这些独特的生物的方法。