11th International Congress of Mucosal Immunology

描述（由申请人提供）：每三年，从事粘膜免疫学研究的科学家社区在国际粘膜免疫大会上召开一次会议，以获得对其科学领域的深入概述。第11届国际大会将于2002年6月16日至20日在佛罗里达州奥兰多的温德姆宫酒店举行，由现任主席查尔斯·埃尔森博士（阿拉巴马大学）领导的粘膜免疫学会主办。在为期四天的会议中，每一天都将集中讨论粘膜免疫学家感兴趣的一个主要科学领域。这包括专门用于抗原呈递以及B细胞，T细胞和上皮细胞屏障功能的日子。会议的每一天都将以全体会议开始，来自粘膜免疫学领域内外的杰出科学家将在全体会议上发言。随后将举行由与会者提交的摘要驱动的专题讨论会。最后，每天将以一位杰出的粘膜免疫学家的演讲结束，他将总结他们各自感兴趣的领域的研究。大会将集中讨论粘膜免疫的基本主题，包括口服耐受、粘膜反应的调节、抗原呈递和粘膜免疫系统中的B细胞功能。此外，还将对炎症性肠病、哮喘、幽门螺杆菌感染等主要疾病进行检查。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Once every three years, the community of scientists engaged in mucosal immunology research convene at the International Congress of Mucosal Immunity to obtain an in-depth overview of their scientific area. The 11th such International Congress will be held in Orlando, FL on June 16-20, 2002 at the Wyndham Palace Hotel and is being organized under the auspices of the Society for Mucosal Immunity led by the current President Dr. Charles Elson (University of Alabama). Each day of this four-day meeting will focus on a major scientific area of interest to mucosal immunologists. This includes days devoted to antigen presentation as well as B cell, T cell, and epithelial cell barrier function. Each day of the meeting will begin with a plenary session in which outstanding scientists from both outside and inside the area of mucosal immunology will speak. These will be followed by Symposia driven by abstracts submitted by meeting participants. Finally, each day will end with an address from an outstanding mucosal immunologist who will sum up research in their respective area of interest. The Congress will focus on basic themes of mucosal immunity including oral tolerance, regulation of mucosal responses, antigen presentation and B cell function in the mucosal immune system. In addition, it will examine diseases due to mucosal immune dysfunction including such major diseases as inflammatory bowel diseases, asthma, and Helicobactor infection. Finally, it will devote major attention to mucosal vaccine development, particularly as this elucidates the search for a HIV vaccine. Overall, the Congress is a major and necessary part of the intellectual landscape of mucosal immunity. A major goal of this Congress is to attract young investigators into the field of basic mucosal immunology as well as the study of mucosal diseases having an immunologic origin, and support for such individuals is being sought in this application. Support for young investigators is critical because they represent the future of the field.