Meeting: 3rd North American Comparative Immunology Workshop, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester NY, June 6-8, 2012

本次研讨会的目标是将在基础和应用方面具有共同研究兴趣的研究生和研究生水平的研究人员和学生聚集在一起，这些方面可以广义地定义为比较免疫，并且可以与病理学，传染病，生态学，发育，进化和保护生物学相关。本次研讨会的目标是：(1)在比较免疫学不同领域的实验室之间建立和维持一个活跃的科学、教育和专业网络；(2)提供不同实验室的科学活动的更好和最新的信息；(3)对接有博士后岗位的实验室；(4)发展各实验室之间的合作；(5)完善和多样化比较免疫学学生教育和培训。科学计划将包括由选定的主要研究人员进行30分钟的主题演讲，他们将提供他们特定研究领域的概述和最新情况。其他10-12分钟的讲座将根据摘要选择，由同等数量的既定调查人员和受训人员进行。为了提供进一步的机会，研究人员和学生之间的讨论和互动，海报会议也计划包括已建立的研究人员和学生。本次研讨会重点关注研究生和研究生的教育、培训、联系和职业发展。为此，组织者将确保学生和知名研究人员的演讲数量相等。此外，出席人数将保持适度（50至70人），并且不会有平行会议。为了鼓励学生在研究和展示方面表现卓越，我们将颁发最佳口头和最佳海报展示奖。为了加强研讨会的教育成分，评估人员将为每位学生演讲者提供书面反馈

The goal of this workshop is to bring together established investigators and students at graduate and post-graduate levels that have a common research interest in fundamental and applied aspects that can be defined broadly as comparative immunity, and that can have relevance to pathology, infectious diseases, ecology, development, evolution, and conservation biology.The objectives of this workshop are to: (1) establish and maintain an active scientific, educational and professional network among laboratories working in the diverse areas of comparative immunology; (2) provide better and updated information of the scientific activities of the different laboratories; (3) connect students with potential laboratories that have postdoctoral position available; (4) develop collaborations among various laboratories; and (5) improve and diversify student education and training in comparative immunology.The scientific program will include 30-minute keynote presentations by selected leading investigators who will provide an overview and update of their particular area of research. Other talks of 10-12 minutes will be selected based on abstracts and delivered by an equal number of established investigators and trainees. To provide further opportunity for discussion and interaction among investigators and students, a poster session including both established investigators and students is also planned.This workshop is strongly focused on education, training, connectivity and career building for graduate and post-graduate students. To this end, the organizers will ensure an equal number of presentations by students and established investigators Further, the attendance will be kept modest (50 to 70 participants), and there will be no parallel sessions. To encourage excellence in research and presentation, an award will be given for the best oral and the best poster presentation by a student. To enhance the educational component of the workshop, written feedback from evaluators will be provided for each student presenter