Symposium: Ecological Immunology: Recent Advances and Applications for Conservation Annual Health, to be held January 4-8, 2006, Orlando, Florida.

研讨会：生态免疫学：年度健康保护的最新进展和应用，将于 2006 年 1 月 4 日至 8 日在佛罗里达州奥兰多举行。

• 批准号: 0533599
• 负责人: Martin Wikelski
• 金额: $ 0.63万
• 依托单位: Princeton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0533599&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Symposium; Ecological; Immunology; Recent; Advances

Symposium: ECOLOGICAL IMMUNOLOGY: RECENT ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION AND PUBLIC HEALTHMartin WikelskiPrinceton UniversityAbstractEco-immunology has been an area of rapid growth over the last decade, and much has been learned about the costs of and variation in immune defenses of wild animals. This has led to new insights into life history evolution, parasite-mediated selection and mating preferences, as well as population and community level phenomena such as disease transmission patterns and biological invasions. Further advances in this field have the potential to provide a better understanding of host and parasite community patterns and processes, including the emergence and spread of new infectious diseases, which could in turn allow us to make better decisions for preserving both biodiversity and human health. The symposium "Ecological Immunology: Recent Advances and Applications for Conservation and Public Health" has been selected by The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) as a society-wide event at the 2006 annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, January 4-8th. The goals of this symposium are threefold: 1) Foster interdisciplinary collaborations between scientists from ecological, immunological, genetic, and medical fields; 2) break down barriers between researchers studying different taxonomic groups; and 3) encourage scientists engaged in basic and applied research to explore how cross-talk between the two could enhance the progress of both. The invited speakers will present on a broad range of topics and taxa, including ecological correlates of variation in immune function in free-ranging birds, immunity and disease in sea turtles and corals, the interaction of the immune system with the endocrine system and environmental toxins, and molecular evolution of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). The eleven symposium speakers include individuals from typically underrepresented groups, including women (two), beginning investigators (four), and racial minorities (one). In addition to fostering collaborative efforts among diverse researchers, the emphasis of the symposium on conservation and public health applications is meant to push participants to think about and present their work in light of the benefits such basic research can provide society. The proceedings of the symposium will be summarized and submitted together as a series of papers to a widely-distributed journal; the editors of SICB's journal, Integrative and Comparative Biology, have already expressed interest in producing a special issue dedicated to this symposium.

专题讨论会：生态免疫学：生态免疫学在过去的十年里一直是一个快速发展的领域，人们对野生动物免疫防御的成本和变化有了很多了解。这导致了新的见解，生活史进化，寄生虫介导的选择和交配偏好，以及人口和社区层面的现象，如疾病传播模式和生物入侵。这一领域的进一步进展有可能使我们更好地了解宿主和寄生虫群落的模式和过程，包括新传染病的出现和传播，从而使我们能够为保护生物多样性和人类健康做出更好的决定。研讨会“生态免疫学：最近的进展和应用，为保护和公共卫生”已被选定的社会综合和比较生物学（SICB）作为一个社会范围内的事件在2006年年会在奥兰多，佛罗里达，1月4日至8日。本次研讨会的目标有三个：1）促进生态学，免疫学，遗传学和医学领域科学家之间的跨学科合作; 2）打破研究不同分类群的研究人员之间的障碍; 3）鼓励从事基础和应用研究的科学家探索两者之间的交叉对话如何促进两者的进步。受邀演讲者将介绍广泛的主题和分类，包括自由放养鸟类免疫功能变化的生态相关性，海龟和珊瑚的免疫和疾病，免疫系统与内分泌系统和环境毒素的相互作用，以及主要组织相容性复合体（MHC）的分子进化。 11位研讨会发言人来自代表性不足的群体，包括妇女（2人），开始调查（4人）和少数民族（1人）。除了促进不同研究人员之间的合作努力外，研讨会对保护和公共卫生应用的强调旨在推动与会者根据基础研究可以为社会带来的好处来思考和介绍他们的工作。专题讨论会的会议记录将作为一系列论文摘要提交给一份广泛发行的杂志; SICB杂志《综合和比较生物学》的编辑已经表示有兴趣为这次专题讨论会制作一期特刊。