International Xenopus Conference

国际爪蟾会议

基本信息

批准号：
10407006
负责人：
Richard M Harland
金额：
$ 0.6万
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 2024-06-30
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 Xenopus是用于基本生物医学发现的广泛模型生物。本申请要求资金支持第17届国际武士会议。自1984年以来每两年举行一次，这两年一次的会议主要目的是提供一个论坛，以在研究人员之间进行信息交流和互动爪蟾作为生物医学研究的模型生物。这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。除了作为信息交流平台外，这次会议还将提供1）向年轻的科学家介绍该领域的成熟成员，2）Xenopus的机会社区了解最新技术并协调其基础架构，以及3）机会向来自代表性不足的群体的学生介绍这种强大的模型生物体。这次会议将产生重大影响，因为爪蟾被广泛用于发育生物学，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来自这些学科之间的接口。通过将研究人员汇集在一起，具有不同的研究感兴趣的研究，但是，会议应该是一个通用的模型系统，应培养出色的跨学科思维。现代生物学要求我们在我们的领域有很好的信息，基于广泛的，有组织的和协作途径，国际武士会议将准确促进这种科学风格。