15th International Xenopus Conference

第15届国际爪蟾会议

• 批准号: 8785924
• 负责人: John B Wallingford
• 金额: $ 1.46万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2015-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8785924
• 关键词: Animal Model; Animals; Biological; Biological Models; Biology; Biomedical Research; Cell physiology; Cells; Cellular biology; Clinical Trials; Communities; Developmental Biology; Discipline; Disease model; European; Fostering; France; Funding; Genomics; Human; International; Laboratories; Learning; Marines; Methods; Modeling; Molecular Biology; Neurobiology; Neurosciences; Proteomics; Rana; Request for Applications; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Resources; Science; Scientist; Students; System; Technology; Thinking; Training; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Wood material; Work; Xenopus; base; in vivo; interest; meetings; member; new technology; public health relevance; symposium; tissue culture

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Xenopus is a widely-used model organism for basic biomedical discovery. This application requests funds to support the 15th 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 France) being 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.

描述（由申请人提供）：Xenopus是用于基本生物医学发现的广泛使用的模型生物。该申请要求资金支持第15届国际Xenopus会议。自1984年以来，每两年举行一次每两年举行的两年一次会议的主要目标是为使用Xenopus作为生物医学研究的模型生物体提供信息交流和互动的论坛。来自世界各地的350多名研究人员参加了这次会议（法国）的最后一次迭代。除了作为信息交流平台外，本次会议还将为1）一个场地提供一个场地，向年轻的科学家介绍该领域的成员，2）Xenopus社区有机会了解最新技术并协调其基础设施，3）一个机会，将这种强大的模型生物从不足的人群中介绍给学生。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，而现在许多最令人兴奋的发现来自这些学科之间的界面。通过将研究人员汇集在一起​​，但具有不同的研究感兴趣，但通用模型系统应该会促进杰出的跨学科思维。现代生物学要求我们在我们的方法中得到很好的信息，基于广泛的，有组织的和协作，国际武士会议将促进这种科学风格。