21st Annual Rocky Mountain Virology Association Conference

会议摘要 落基山脉病毒学协会将于2021年10月召开第21届年会。这次会议 将病毒学和普里恩生物学的地区和国家研究人员聚集在一起，进行为期3天的静修 通过广泛的互动和协作召开会议。最初的会议是由调查人员在#年组织的 科罗拉多州和怀俄明州对自由和开放的科学数据和思想交流感兴趣 关于普通病毒学在一个促进学生、博士后研究人员之间合作的场所 和教职员工。具体地说，我们在科罗拉多州立大学山区校园举行的年度会议 鼓励年轻科学家展示他们的研究成果，并从知名科学家那里获得反馈。这个 目标是促进科学互动和培训。参与的一个主要好处是小说 不同学科的科学家之间的合作。讨论的主题包括医学病毒学。 (疫苗、流行病学、人畜共患病)、节肢动物传播疾病(RNA病毒、新陈代谢、病毒媒介和 媒介生物学)、宿主防御(病毒免疫学和发病机制)、病毒生物学、癌症生物学和系统 生物学。关于艾滋病毒发病机制、疫苗开发、大流行性流感、普恩病毒、病毒的特别会议 病毒疾病的发现和全球影响在过去的会议上都有讨论。2020年的会议 介绍了可能是最不同的，但现在密切相关的领域，流行病学和表观遗传学。下一个 会议将以新冠肺炎大流行回顾为特色，讨论成功的方法和 建立应对未来挑战的制度。与会者包括来自科罗拉多州立大学的科学家， 科罗拉多大学、怀俄明大学、北科罗拉多大学、 疾病控制(柯林斯堡)和农业部动植物卫生检验局 以及来自地区生物技术公司的科学家，以及爱荷华州、爱达荷州、内布拉斯加州、堪萨斯州、蒙大拿州的大学， 新墨西哥州和犹他州。落基山病毒学协会于2010年成立，作为免税机构 教育慈善(第501(C)(3)条)。我们的董事会负责鼓励学生和低年级学生 通过将成本降至最低，我们鼓励女性和少数族裔参与所有阶段的 节目的展示和开发。参与编程的每个人都是志愿者。我们的出席人数是 受场地限制，最多允许110人参加。会议对运力的增长表明了一个强劲的 地区性科学家参与的愿望。这项提案的资金被要求为少数人提供 助学金和儿童保育，降低研究生、博士后研究员和早期阶段的注册费 调查人员，以及七名受邀发言者的旅费和住宿费。注册费，慈善捐款， 赞助商支付了会议的基本费用。皇家退伍军人事务部一直是沟通和 与落基山脉地区的合作，在全国范围内推广，长达20年。我们的努力和 NIAID的支持使人们对这次会议的兴趣扩大到国家和国际两级，使所有人都受益。

Conference Summary The Rocky Mountain Virology Association will hold its 21st annual meeting in October 2021. The meeting brings together regional and national investigators in virology and prion biology for a 3-day retreat-style conference with extensive interaction and collaboration. The original meeting was organized by investigators in Colorado and Wyoming who were interested in the free and open exchange of scientific data and ideas concerning general virology in a venue that promotes collaboration among students, post-doctoral researchers and faculty members. Specifically, our annual meeting at the Mountain Campus of Colorado State University encourages young scientists to present their research and receive feedback from established scientists. The goals are promotion of scientific interactions and training. A major benefit of participation has been the novel collaborations that arise between scientists in different disciplines. The topics discussed include medical virology (vaccines, epidemiology, viral zoonoses), arthropod-borne diseases (RNA viruses, metabolism, viral vectors and vector biology), host defenses (viral immunology and pathogenesis), prion biology, cancer biology and systems biology. Special sessions on HIV pathogenesis, vaccine development, pandemic influenza, prions, virus discovery and the global impact of viral diseases have been featured at past meetings. The 2020 meeting featured perhaps the most disparate, yet now intimately tied fields, epidemiology and epigenetics. The next meeting will feature a retrospective on the COVID-19 pandemic with discussions on successful approaches and establishment of systems for future challenges. The attendees include scientists from Colorado State University, The University of Colorado, the University of Wyoming, the University of Northern Colorado, the Centers for Disease Control (Fort Collins) and the Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service as well as scientists from regional biotech companies, and universities in Iowa, Idaho, Nebraska, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico and Utah. The Rocky Mountain Virology Association was incorporated in 2010 as a tax-exempt educational charity (Section 501(c)(3)). Our board of directors is charged with encouraging student and junior faculty involvement by minimizing costs as we encourage women and minorities to participate in all stages of program presentation and development. Everyone involved in programming is a volunteer. Our attendance is limited by the venue to a maximum of 110 individuals. The growth of the meeting to capacity illustrates a strong desire on the part of regional scientists to participate. Funds for this proposal are requested to provide minority grants and childcare, reduced registration fees for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and early-stage investigators, and for travel and housing for seven invited speakers. Registration fees, charitable contributions, and sponsorships cover the base costs for the meeting. The RMVA has been a source of communication and collaboration for the Rocky Mountain region, with outreach across the nation, for twenty years. Our efforts and NIAID support have expanded interest in this meeting to national and international levels to the benefit of all.