Tropical Diseases Symposium

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案要求五年支持 参加题为“免疫学、生物化学和免疫学的最新进展”的研讨会。 热带病分子生物学本系列的第一次研讨会 将于周一在田纳西州纳什维尔的梅哈里医学院举行， 2001年4月2日至3日，星期二，将题为“热带雨林的分子生物学”。 疾病国际卫生”。这些研讨会的目标有三个方面：1。 增加科学家之间的互动机会， 引起热带疾病的各种生物。免疫学家，生化学家， 分子生物学家和细胞生物学家聚在一起讨论最近 在其领域的进展，并考虑未来的研究方向。2.到 继续吸引来自历史悠久的黑人大学的少数民族学生， 大学Meharry医学院，以模拟他们的兴趣， 在生物医学科学以及在热带的各个领域的研究 疾病3.提供一个讨论热带病的论坛， 国际卫生组织和少数民族科学家在这方面可以发挥的作用。 研讨会将由赞助研究部，学校 研究生学习和研究以及微生物学系 医学院 作为本次会议的一部分，本科生和研究生 将鼓励来自历史悠久的黑人学院和大学的学生 参加并展示他们在各个领域进行的研究的海报， 实验室和讨论正在进行的研究在我们的机构。座谈会 将包括六名热带疾病各个领域的特邀讲师 包括非洲锥虫病，血吸虫病，疟疾， 利什曼病、麻风病和恰加斯病。 将有充足的时间 讨论。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests five-year support for a symposium entitled "Recent Advances in the Immunology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Tropical Diseases". The first symposium of this series will be held at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday and Tuesday, April 2-3, 2001, and will be entitled "Molecular Biology of Tropical Diseases International Health". The goals of these symposia are threefold: 1. To increase the opportunity for interaction among scientists investigating various organisms which cause tropical diseases. Immunologists, biochemists, molecular biologists and cell biologist come together to discuss recent advances in their area and consider future directions of research. 2. To continue to attract minority students from historically black colleges and universities to Meharry Medical College in order to simulate their interest in research in the biomedical sciences as well as in various areas of tropical diseases. 3. To provide a forum for discussion of Tropical Diseases and International Health and the role minority scientists can play in this effort. The symposia will be sponsored by the Division of Sponsored Research, School of Graduate Studies and Research and the Department of Microbiology at Meharry Medical College. As part of this conference, undergraduate and graduate students from historically black colleges and universities will be encouraged to attend and present posters on research that they are undertaking in various laboratories and discuss ongoing research at our institution. The symposium will include six invited lecturers in various areas in tropical diseases covering areas such as African trypanosomiasis, schistosomiasis, malaria, leishmaniasis, leprosy, and Chagas disease. Ample time will be available for discussions.