Symposium: Research Frontiers in Animal Behavior and Parasitism 2020

寄主行为和寄生有着千丝万缕的联系。行为经常定义寄生虫的传播动力学，同时，寄生虫可以在生态和进化时间内塑造复杂的宿主行为。该奖项支持参加将于2020年5月在美国佐治亚州雅典举行的动物行为和寄生虫学研究前沿会议。这次会议汇集了传染病、生态学和动物行为学方面的专家，为期两天，将在这些重要研究领域的交汇点上定义新的研究前沿。四个主要的会议主题是：(I)社会行为和病原体感染之间的联系；(Ii)宿主运动行为和病原体传播；(Iii)病原体驱动的宿主和媒介行为的变化；以及(Iv)行为防御的机制和进化。每一次会议都将有受邀演讲者的主旨演讲，以及与会者的简短演讲。这次会议为知名研究人员和早期职业科学家之间的专业发展和未来合作提供了一个平台。组织者将管理一个科学网络活动，在那里，更多的高级会议参与者将与初级研究人员会面，讨论研究和专业发展问题。会议特别鼓励学生参与，将注册费保持在较低水平，从而允许早期职业研究人员参与并会见该领域的领先科学家。早期职业研究人员将在形成会议形成的新观点方面发挥积极作用，以规划该领域的研究前沿。会议还将包括编织动物行为未来(WFAB)社区成员的早期职业研究人员，该社区将有助于促进将动物行为的想法与传染病、生态学和进化论相结合。最后，研讨会上讨论产生的想法将作为对即将出版的关于动物行为和寄生虫的编辑卷的简短贡献。该项目由传染病生态学和进化计划(环境生物学部门)和行为系统计划(综合组织系统部门)联合资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Host behavior and parasitism are inextricably linked. Behavior frequently defines parasite transmission dynamics; at the same time, parasites can shape complex host behaviors in ecological and evolutionary time. This award supports participation in a conference on Research Frontiers in Animal Behavior and Parasitism, to be held in May 2020 in Athens, GA, USA. The conference brings together experts in infectious disease ecology and animal behavior for a two-day event that will define new frontiers of research at the interface of these important areas of study. Four major conference themes are: (i) links between social behavior and pathogen infection; (ii) host movement behavior and pathogen spread; (iii) pathogen-driven changes to host and vector behavior; and (iv) mechanisms and evolution of behavioral defenses. Each of these sessions will feature keynote talks from invited speakers, together with short contributed presentations from conference attendees.This conference provides a platform for professional development and future collaboration between established researchers and early career scientists. Organizers will administer a science networking event, where more senior conference attendees will meet with junior researchers to discuss research and professional development questions. The conference especially encourages student participation by keeping registration fees low, thus allowing early career researchers to participate and meet leading scientists in the field. Early career researchers will play an active role in shaping emerging perspectives that develop from the conference, to map out frontiers of research in the field. The conference will also include early career researchers who are members of the Weaving the Future of Animal Behavior (WFAB) community which will help foster the integration of ideas from animal behavior with infectious disease ecology and evolution. Finally, ideas emerging from discussion at the symposium will feature as short contributions to an upcoming edited volume on animal behavior and parasites.This project is being jointly funded by the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Program (Division of Environmental Biology) and the Behavioral Systems Program (Division of Integrative Organismal Systems).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.