International Xenopus Conference

国际爪蟾会议

基本信息

批准号：
10178064
负责人：
Richard M Harland
金额：
--
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-07-15 至 2023-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

Abstract Xenopus is a widely-used model organism for basic biomedical discovery. This application requests funds to support the 17th International Xenopus Conference. Held every two years since 1984, this biennial meeting’s prime objective is to provide a forum for information exchange and interaction amongst researchers using Xenopus as a model organism for biomedical research. The last iteration of this meeting (in the United States) was attended by over 350 researchers from all over the world. In addition to serving as a platform for information exchange, this meeting will also provide 1) a venue for introducing younger scientists to more established members of the field, 2) an opportunity for the Xenopus community to learn about the latest technologies and to coordinate its infrastructure, and 3) an opportunity to introduce this powerful model organism to students from under-represented groups. This meeting will have a significant impact because Xenopus is widely used in developmental biology, cell biology, molecular biology, and neurobiology, and many of the most exciting discoveries now are coming from the interfaces between these disciplines. By bringing together researchers with divergent research interested, but a common model system, the meeting should foster outstanding interdisciplinary thinking. Modern biology demands that we be well-informed, broad-based, organized, and collaborative in our approaches, and the International Xenopus Conference will facilitate exactly that style of science.

抽象的非洲爪蟾是一种广泛用于基础生物医学发现的模型生物。支持第十七届国际非洲爪蟾会议，自 1984 年起每两年举行一次。主要目标是为研究人员之间的信息交流和互动提供一个论坛非洲爪蟾作为生物医学研究的模式生物。本次会议的最后一次迭代（在美国）。来自世界各地的 350 多名研究人员参加了会议。本次会议除了作为信息交流的平台外，还将提供1）一个场地将年轻科学家介绍给该领域更成熟的成员，2) 非洲爪蟾的机会社区了解最新技术并协调其基础设施，以及 3) 有机会向来自代表性不足群体的学生介绍这种强大的模型生物。这次会议将产生重大影响，因为非洲爪蟾广泛应用于发育生物学、细胞生物学、分子生物学和神经生物学，现在许多最令人兴奋的发现都来自通过将具有不同研究兴趣的研究人员聚集在一起，但在一个共同的模型体系中，会议应该培养杰出的跨学科思维。现代生物学要求我们在我们的研究中消息灵通、基础广泛、有组织性和协作性。方法，而国际非洲爪蟾会议将正是促进这种科学风格。