Conference: Bridging the divide between the C. elegans and parasitic nematode research communities: June 21-25th, 2017; Los Angeles, CA

会议：弥合线虫和寄生线虫研究界之间的分歧：2017 年 6 月 21 日至 25 日；

• 批准号: 1734311
• 负责人: Jordan Ward
• 金额: $ 1.4万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-01 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1734311&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Bridging; divide; between; C.

Parasitic roundworms, also known as parasitic nematodes, infect over one billion people worldwide and are major agricultural pests, causing the loss of billions of dollars in crops and reduced production from livestock. Despite this massive impact on public health and food security, a limited number of drugs and chemicals are available to combat these parasites, and resistance to particular drugs is emerging. Novel approaches are therefore needed to control parasitic roundworms. Caenorhabditis elegans is a non-parasitic nematode that is studied by a large, robust research community which possesses a powerful collection of tools to study its biology. However there is historically limited interaction between the C. elegans community and the parasitology community. This workshop will bring together C. elegans biologists and parasitologists during the International C. elegans Meeting (to be held in Los Angeles, CA June 21-25th, 2017) in order to bridge these communities and to drive new approaches and collaborations to control parasitic roundworms. Funds will be used to support travel expenses for experts on parasitic roundworms, including female and underrepresented minority speakers, and to allow underrepresented minority students to attend and participate in this workshop as well as the rest of the C. elegans meeting. The primary objective of this conference is to educate and promote interactions and collaborations between the parasitic roundworm community and C. elegans researchers. In particular, the goal is to increase awareness among C. elegans scientists of the issues and problems that parasitic roundworm researchers face, and pave the way for applying to parasitic roundworm studies the powerful approaches and technologies that have advanced C. elegans research. The upcoming International C. elegans Meeting provides the best opportunity to reach the majority of C. elegans researchers. A session will be organized at that meeting in which six experts on plant, animal and human parasitic nematodes speak on the life history and unique biology of parasitic species and on the outstanding issues in their field. In addition to educating the C. elegans community, time will be provided for researchers in the two communities to interact. The goal is to stimulate C. elegans researchers to think about problems facing the study and control of parasitic nematodes and to apply their expertise toward solving these problems. To this end, a second, more informal event will be hosted after the session to provide opportunities for one-on-one conversations with the invited speakers. This workshop is unique, because it is embedded within the C. elegans biannual meeting, ensuring exposure to a large number of C. elegans investigators.

寄生性蛔虫，也称为寄生线虫，感染全球超过10亿人，是主要的农业害虫，造成数十亿美元的农作物损失和牲畜减产。尽管这对公共卫生和粮食安全产生了巨大影响，但可用于防治这些寄生虫的药物和化学品数量有限，而且对某些药物的耐药性正在出现。因此，需要新的方法来控制寄生蛔虫。秀丽隐杆线虫是一种非寄生线虫，由一个大型的、强大的研究社区进行研究，该社区拥有强大的工具来研究其生物学。然而，从历史上看，C. elegans社区和寄生虫学社区。本次研讨会将汇集C。线虫生物学家和寄生虫学家在国际C. elegans会议（将于2017年6月21日至25日在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶举行），以弥合这些社区，并推动新的方法和合作来控制寄生蛔虫。资金将用于资助寄生蛔虫专家的差旅费，包括女性和代表性不足的少数群体发言者，并使代表性不足的少数群体学生能够出席和参加本次讲习班以及C.优雅的会议。 本次会议的主要目的是教育和促进寄生蛔虫社区和C。elegans研究人员。 特别是，目标是提高C。elegans科学家的问题和问题，寄生蛔虫研究人员面临的，并铺平了道路，适用于寄生蛔虫研究的强大的方法和技术，先进的C。elegans研究。国际C。elegans Meeting提供了接触大多数C. elegans研究人员。会议期间将组织一次会议，由植物、动物和人类寄生线虫问题六名专家就寄生虫物种的生命史和独特生物学以及该领域的未决问题发言。 除了教育C。elegans社区，将为两个社区的研究人员提供互动的时间。 目标是刺激C。线虫研究人员思考面临的问题，寄生线虫的研究和控制，并运用他们的专业知识来解决这些问题。 为此，将在会后举办第二次较为非正式的活动，以便有机会与应邀发言者进行一对一的交谈。这个研讨会是独一无二的，因为它是嵌入在C。秀丽线虫一年两次的会议，确保接触到大量的C。elegans研究员