Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, United States.
Appetite. 2013 Dec;71:449-53. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.08.018. Epub 2012 Aug 25.
Synergism between the Columbia University Appetitive Behavior Seminar and the research program of Smith and Gibbs on the satiating effect of cholecystokinin during the past 40 years is described. The Seminar was synergistic with the research program in five ways. First, the steady parade of speakers gave us a window on the varied and interesting work going on in the field. Second, the Seminar was the kind of audience for presentations of the work-in-progress on CCK that scientists hope for and rarely find. Criticism by members of the Seminar was relentless and constructive, and ideas for further experiments or new ways to tackle problematic data poured forth. Third, members of the Seminar did experiments that facilitated the experimental success of the research program. Fourth, members of the Seminar tutored us on topics that we wanted to import into the research program on CCK. Fifth, and probably most important, members of the Seminar gave us the encouragement, good humor, and friendship so necessary for coping with the struggles of the scientific life.
在过去的 40 年中，哥伦比亚大学食欲行为研讨会与 Smith 和 Gibbs 关于胆囊收缩素的饱食效应的研究计划之间存在协同作用。研讨会在以下五个方面与研究计划产生了协同作用。首先，稳定的演讲者阵容让我们了解了该领域正在进行的各种有趣工作。其次，研讨会是科学家们希望看到但很少能找到的关于 CCK 工作进展的报告的理想听众。研讨会成员的批评是无情的和建设性的，并且提出了进一步实验或解决有问题数据的新方法的想法。第三，研讨会成员进行了有助于 CCK 研究计划实验成功的实验。第四，研讨会成员就我们希望引入 CCK 研究计划的主题为我们提供了指导。第五，也是最重要的，研讨会成员给予了我们鼓励、良好的幽默感和友谊，这对于应对科学生活的挑战是非常必要的。
