16th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis

第16届国际弓形虫病和弓形虫大会的组织者 弓形虫研究请求支持这次会议，这将发生在2022年5月，经过1年的大流行后， 延迟延迟弓形虫是一种普遍存在的原生动物寄生虫，通过污染的 食物和水。亚临床弓形虫病感染了世界上1/3的人口。在 由于免疫抑制，这种寄生虫可能是致命的，并导致脑炎和失明。本次两年期会议 汇集了来自实验室的临床医生和主要研究人员，研究生和博士后研究员， 全世界从事弓形虫研究的公司。主程序将由非并发短 讲座，从提交的摘要中选出，并按主题与晚间海报会议一起组织。强度 这次会议的特点是，它汇集了来自不同学科的研究人员，他们很少参加同一次会议- ings。这些小组包括寄生虫细胞和分子生物学家，免疫学家，临床研究人员，工业界 研究人员以及政府监管和公共卫生机构的代表。这些的广度 主题将涵盖以下五个类别：寄生虫细胞生物学;流行病学，临床和环境- 环境科学;免疫学;宿主-寄生虫相互作用;基因组学和种群生物学。如现有 会议，与会者将被鼓励提出未发表的工作，并特别注意将支付给 确保早期职业科学家得到重视。本次会议的目的是：传播开创性的 研究和技术的领域，以增加跨学科的合作（目标1），并支持ca- STEM的学员和初级调查员，包括那些来自历史上边缘化社区的人 (Aim 2）。目标1将通过一系列鼓励讨论的连续会议来实现， 通过讲座和海报会议，跨学科共享未发表的数据;网络活动; 两次会前研讨会。此外，向未能出席会议的人传播科学内容， 在会议期间，mSphere将发布会议重点摘要，并将在网上发布会谈。目标2将 通过从提交的摘要中选择涵盖所有科学水平的演讲来完成（研究生 学生，博士后研究员，PI）;通过选择初级PI作为会议， 椅子;为学员举办的职业发展讲习班，将突出各种职业选择， 对那些受过先进科学训练的人来说，这是第一次，在这次会议上， AP生物高中学生来自当地学区，少数民族学生比例很高。 这笔赠款所要求的资金将用于：1）便利地理区域办事处新调查员的旅行和登记， 2）为研究生和博士后研究员提供旅行补贴（约30%） 会议与会者），以及3）支持儿童保育/家属赠款;所有这些都是至关重要的，以最大限度地提高我们的 使我们的与会者多样化，使我们的会议具有充分的包容性。

PROJECT SUMMARY: The organizers of the 16th International Congress on Toxoplasmosis and Toxoplasma gondii Research request support for this meeting, which will occur in May 2022, after a 1 year pandemic-re- lated delay. Toxoplasma gondii is a ubiquitous, protozoan parasite that is transmitted through contaminated food and water. Subclinical toxoplasmosis infects up to 1/3 of the world’s population. In the immunosuppressed, the parasite can be fatal and causes encephalitis and blindness. This biennial meeting brings together clinicians and principal investigators, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows from labora- tories engaged in Toxoplasma research worldwide. The main program will consist of non-concurrent short talks, selected from submitted abstracts and organized thematically with evening poster sessions. The strength of this meeting is that it brings together researchers from different disciplines who rarely attend the same meet- ings. These groups include parasite cell and molecular biologists, immunologists, clinical investigators, industry researchers, and representatives of governmental regulatory and public health agencies. The breadth of these topics will be covered by the following five categories: Parasite Cell Biology; Epidemiology, Clinical, and Envi- ronmental Science; Immunology; Host-Parasite Interactions; and Genomics and Population Biology. As in prior meetings, attendees will be encouraged to present unpublished work, and particular attention will be paid to ensuring that early career scientists are highlighted. The aims of this meeting are to: disseminate pioneering research and technology to the field to increase cross-disciplinary collaborations (Aim 1) and support the ca- reers of trainees and junior investigators in STEM, including those from historically marginalized communities (Aim 2). Aim 1 will be accomplished through a diverse range of sequential sessions that encourages discus- sion; the sharing of unpublished data across disciplines through talks and poster sessions; networking events; and two pre-meeting workshops. In addition, to disseminate the scientific content to those who could not attend the meeting, mSphere will publish a summary of meeting highlights, and talks will be posted online. Aim 2 will be accomplished by selecting talks from submitted abstracts which encompass all scientific levels (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, PIs); increasing the visibility of Junior PIs through their selection as session chairs; a Career Development Workshop for trainees that will highlight the vast array of career options availa- ble to those with advanced scientific training; and, for the first time at this conference, an Outreach Event for AP Biology High School students from a local school district with a high percentage of minoritized students. The funds requested in this grant will 1) facilitate travel and registration for new investigators from geo- graphically underrepresented regions, 2) subsidize travel for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows (~30% of meeting attendees), and 3) support childcare/dependents grants; all of which are critical to maximize our ability to diversify our attendees and make our conference fully inclusive.