37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology

描述(申请人提供)：白细胞生物学学会(SLB)于2004年10月21-23日举行的年度会议将致力于细胞水平上的宿主与病原体的相互作用。这一重要学科处于微生物学和细胞生物学的交界处，这两个学科正在这个科学舞台上汇聚。宿主细胞对微生物的识别和病原体逃避宿主防御的机制是致病机理的两个方面，正在给生物学带来革命性的变化。SLB主要由细胞生物学家组成，他们专注于抗原提呈细胞和先天免疫的效应细胞。在这次会议中，我们旨在提供有关宿主细胞如何对抗感染以及微生物病原体如何颠覆这些反应的最新信息。大卫·拉塞尔和布雷特·芬利是细菌发病机制的主要研究人员之一，他们已经同意在全体会议上发表演讲，其他受邀的演讲者对我们对抗菌宿主防御的了解做出了重要贡献。将有28位受邀发言者(27位已得到确认)，另外16位发言者将由一个委员会从提交的摘要中选出。将涵盖的主题包括容易感染的宿主细胞的吞噬和遗传缺陷的机制，病原菌的III型分泌系统，结核分枝杆菌对细胞内细胞器的影响，以及吞噬细胞中的抗微生物效应机制。我们预计有300-400名注册者，其中大部分是来自学术界和工业界的活跃研究人员。我们预计将吸引大量加拿大科学家和学生，因为会议在多伦多举行，我们邀请了几位著名的加拿大科学家发表演讲，其中包括一位主旨演讲者。会场是一家大型酒店，可以坐轮椅进入。被确认的发言者中有六名是女性，他们都是现场的主要调查人员，会议的联合主席是一名女性。我们鼓励学生和其他学员提交摘要；SLB对学生提交的最佳摘要进行奖励。会议的主要目的之一是鼓励年轻科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB) annual meeting from October 21-23, 2004 will be devoted to host-pathogen interactions on the cellular level. This important subject is at the interface between microbiology and cell biology, and the two disciplines are converging in this scientific arena. The recognition of microbes by host cells and the mechanisms employed by pathogens to escape from host defenses are two aspects of pathogenesis that are revolutionizing biology. SLB is made up primarily of cell biologists who focus on antigen presenting cells and the effector cells of innate immunity. In this meeting we aim to provide the latest information about how host cells combat infection and how microbial pathogens subvert these responses. David Russell and Brett Finlay, who are among the leading investigators in bacterial pathogenesis, have agreed to give the plenary talks, and the other invited speakers have made important contributions to our knowledge of antimicrobial host defenses. There will be 28 invited speakers (27 have been confirmed) and an additional 16 speakers will be selected, by a committee, from the abstracts that are submitted. The topics to be covered are mechanisms of phagocytosis and genetic defects in host cells that are predisposed to infections, type III secretion systems in pathogenic bacteria, the effect of M. tuberculosis on intracellular organelles, and antimicrobial effector mechanisms in phagocytes. We expect 300-400 registrants, mostly active researchers from academics and industry. We expect to attract a large number of Canadian scientists and students because the meeting is in Toronto and we have invited several prominent Canadian scientists to speak, including one of the keynote speakers. The venue is a large hotel that is wheel-chair accessible. Six of the confirmed speakers are women, all leading investigators in field, and the meeting co-chair is a woman. We encourage students and other trainees to submit abstracts; the SLB gives awards for the best abstracts submitted by students. One of the main purposes of the meeting is to encourage young scientists.