Conference Grant for Cytokines 2004

描述(由申请者提供)：向美国国立卫生研究院申请资助将于2004年10月21-25日在波多黎各圣胡安的加勒比希尔顿酒店举行的国际细胞因子学会(ICS)第11届年会的部分资金。此次会议将与国际干扰素和细胞因子研究学会(ISICR)联合举行，是两个学会共同举办的第5次联席会议。这次会议的题目是“细胞因子在癌症和免疫中的作用”，重点是与细胞因子在癌症生物学、肿瘤免疫学和免疫中的作用有关的最新发现。会议将：(1)探索致癌机制，(2)探索与致癌研究相关的疾病和疾病模型，(3)强调基于细胞因子的疗法如何用于癌症治疗和增强肿瘤免疫。会议由执行组织委员会的Matthew Fenton博士、Nancy Ruddle博士、John Hiscott博士和Nancy Reich博士提供。已确认的演讲者名单包括主旨演讲人Mak Mak博士和Michael Karin博士，以及全体讲师Tom Maniatis博士、Harvey Loish博士、Anjana Rao博士、Shizo Akira博士、John O‘Shea博士、Keiko Ozato博士、Barrett Rollins博士和Fran Balkwill博士。该计划包括21个受邀的全体会议报告，21个同时进行的研讨会报告，108个口头研讨会报告，以及三个海报会议。所有研讨会的演讲者将从提交的摘要中挑选出来，学生和博士后申请者的摘要将被特别考虑进行口头陈述。我们请求提供部分支持，为受邀的演讲者、学生和初级科学家(博士后和临床研究员、初级教员)提供旅行支持。由于会议的地点和计划，我们预计将有大约400-500人出席，至少有150名学生/博士后研究员申请参加。总体而言，我们将为参与细胞因子、癌症和免疫研究的不同群体之间的互动提供一个论坛。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested from NIH for partial support of the 1lth Annual Meeting of the International Cytokine Society (ICS), to be held at the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 21-25, 2004. The meeting will be held jointly with the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR), and is the 5th joint meeting held by the two societies. The meeting is entitled "Cytokines in Cancer and Immunity," and is focused on recent discoveries relating to the role of cytokines in cancer biology, tumor immunology, and immunity. The meeting will: (1) explore mechanisms of carcinogenesis, (2) explore the diseases and disease models relevant to the study of oncogenesis, and (3) highlight how cytokine-based therapies are being used to treat cancer and augment tumor immunity. Organization of the meeting is provided by Drs. Matthew Fenton, Nancy Ruddle, John Hiscott, and Nancy Reich who comprise the Executive Organizing Committee. The confirmed speaker list includes Drs. Tak Mak and Michael Karin as keynote speakers, as well as Drs. Tom Maniatis, Harvey Lodish, Anjana Rao, Shizuo Akira, John O'Shea, Keiko Ozato, Barrett Rollins, and Fran Balkwill as plenary lecturers. The program consists of 21 invited plenary presentations, 21 concurrent symposium presentations, 108 oral workshop presentations, plus three poster sessions. All of the workshop speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts, with abstracts from student and postdoctoral fellow applicants given special consideration for oral presentation. We request partial support to provide travel support for invited speakers, students, and junior scientists (postdoctoral and clinical fellows, junior faculty). Because of the location and program for the meeting, we anticipate attendance of approximately 400-500 people, with at least 150 students/postdoctoral fellows applying to attend. Overall, we will provide a forum for the interaction of diverse groups involved in the study of cytokines, cancer, and immunity.