Conference Grant: Plant Virology Satellite Symposium at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Virology

会议资助：美国病毒学会第33届年会植物病毒学卫星研讨会

• 批准号: 1425849
• 负责人: Anne Simon
• 金额: $ 0.6万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2015-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1425849&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Grant; Plant; Virology; Satellite

Climate changes leading to new migrations of hosts that viruses require for transmission is causing serious new outbreaks of viruses that threaten agriculture throughout the world. How viruses naturally cross species barriers and evolve to populate new hosts is a key theme of the Plant Virology Satellite Saturday Symposium. This grant is to help support travel for 10 graduate students/postdoctoral fellows to attend the Plant Virology Satellite Saturday Symposium at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Virology (ASV), which will take place from June 21-25, 2014 at Colorado State University. Attending top meetings in their fields, such as the annual meeting of ASV, is critical for students as they learn new research, expand their scientific thinking, network with peers and meet top researchers in the field of virology. The Satellite Symposium, entitled: Viruses in a Transitioning World: Species Jumping and Emerging Plant and Animal Viruses is sponsored by the Plant Virology Club, an organization within the American Society of Virology that was initiated to support research and speakers at the annual meeting who focus on plant viruses. Because of the world class reputations of both the animal and plant virologists who will be presenting at the Symposium, a large audience of students and researchers in both animal and plant virology is expected. This should result in a broadening of the appreciation of research fields regardless of the host and hopefully foster new areas of communication within the broad field of virology. This request is for funds to help provide for travel fellowships for graduate students/post-doctoral fellows who are currently conducting research in plant/insect/fungal viruses that will support their attendance at the conference. Attention will be paid to distribution of the travel awards to labs in all regions of the US, and preference will be given to students/postdocs who are underrepresented minorities, women and persons with disabilities. Providing support to allow these young investigators to attend the satellite meeting and the larger ASV meeting should encourage them to have excellent interactions with the larger viral scientific community and make connections that will be useful for their future work.

气候变化导致病毒传播所需宿主的新迁移，正在造成威胁世界各地农业的严重新病毒爆发。病毒如何自然地跨越物种屏障并进化到新的宿主是植物病毒学卫星星期六研讨会的一个关键主题。该基金将资助10名研究生/博士后参加2014年6月21日至25日在科罗拉多州立大学举行的第33届美国病毒学学会（ASV）年会上的植物病毒学卫星星期六研讨会。参加他们所在领域的顶级会议，例如ASV年会，对学生学习新的研究、扩展他们的科学思维、与同行建立联系以及会见病毒学领域的顶级研究人员至关重要。卫星研讨会题为：转型世界中的病毒：物种跳跃和新出现的动植物病毒是由植物病毒学俱乐部主办的，该俱乐部是美国病毒学学会下属的一个组织，旨在支持年度会议上专注于植物病毒的研究和演讲者。由于将在研讨会上发言的动植物病毒学家具有世界一流的声誉，预计将有大量动植物病毒学方面的学生和研究人员出席。这将扩大对研究领域的认识，而不考虑宿主，并有望在广泛的病毒学领域内培育新的交流领域。本申请旨在为目前正在进行植物/昆虫/真菌病毒研究的研究生/博士后提供旅行奖学金，以支持他们出席会议。旅行奖将被分配到美国所有地区的实验室，优先考虑少数民族、妇女和残疾人的学生/博士后。为这些年轻的研究人员参加卫星会议和更大的ASV会议提供支持，应该鼓励他们与更大的病毒科学界进行良好的互动，并建立对他们未来工作有用的联系。