2023 Organellar Channels and Transporters GRC & GRS

Gordon Research Conferences, East Greenwich RI

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Project Abstract/ Summary This project aims to support the attendance of young faculty, under-represented minority scientists, graduate students, and post-docs at the 2023 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and associated student/postdoc-run Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on “Organellar Channels and Transporters”. These GRS and GRC will be held in Castelldefels, ES, on August 5-6 and August 6-11, 2023, respectively. These meetings will bring together scientists from many disciplines working on membrane transport proteins from a wide variety of intracellular organelles in the animal, plant, fungal, and prokaryote systems. They aim to capture the most recent discoveries in the field and the emerging technology and trends of integration among different organelles and processes, as well as their relevance for the understanding and treatment of common and rare human diseases associated with the dysfunction of organellar channels and transporters. The meeting will consist of platform sessions, short talks, poster sessions, round tables, communal dining, and plenty of social time and conversations that will provide ample opportunity for sharing the latest cutting-edge research results as well as technical and conceptual advances, for exploring collaborative possibilities, and for identifying new ways to treat human diseases. We request funds from NCATS to support junior invited speakers (assistant and associate Professors, and under representative minorities) who have achieved breakthrough discoveries; to facilitate the attendance of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty, including but not limited to women and/or other minorities at the GRS and GRC, and to foster productive scientific and career consulting discussions between senior and young scientists.