Workshops on Viral Pathogenesis and Oncogenesis

将组织一系列关于病毒发病机制和肿瘤发生的研讨会。病毒性传染病仍然是发达国家和发展中国家人类健康的主要威胁。它们可引起急性感染（新型感染[如汉坦病毒]和现有感染[如流感]），也可引起慢性疾病——特别是癌症（如宫颈癌、淋巴瘤和肝细胞癌）和神经退行性疾病。开发病毒疫苗和抗病毒药物的一个重要基础是建立特定病毒如何引起疾病的知识库。最终，必须在整个受感染生物体中进行实验，这通常需要开发动物模型。这些研讨会将暂时与美国国立卫生研究院病毒学和实验病毒学研究部门的会议同时举行。研讨会为期1天以上，共有12位全体演讲嘉宾。大约六名演讲者将从研究小组成员中选出，另外六名将根据他们最近的突破性发现被邀请。研讨会将通过期刊（如ASM新闻，病毒学杂志）以及相关网站（NIH等）进行广告宣传。所有感兴趣的研究者都可以参加，我们预计会有75-150人参加。

A series of workshops on viral pathogenesis and oncogenesis will be organized. Viral infectious diseases continue to be major human health threats in both the developed and developing worlds. They can cause acute infections (both new [e.g. hantavirus] and established [e.g. influenza]) and also chronic diseases- notably cancers (e.g. cervical cancer, lymphomas and hepatocellular carcinoma) and neurodegenerative diseases. An important foundation for development of viral vaccines and anti-virals is establish the knowledge base for how a particular virus causes disease. Ultimately, experimentation in whole infected organisms must be carried out, and this often necessitates developing animal models. These workshops will temporally coincide with meetings of the NIH Virology and Experimental Virology study sections. The workshops will be 1 + days in length, featuring 12 plenary speakers. Approximately six speakers will be drawn from study section membership, and the other six will be invited on the basis of their recent groundbreaking discoveries. The workshops will be advertised through journals (e.g. ASM News, the Journal of Virology) as well as through relevant websites (NIH and otherwise). Attendance will be open to all interested investigators, and we anticipate an attendance of 75-150.