INTL CONG OF VIROLOGY, SAN FRANCISCO, ASV TRAVEL REQUEST

描述（由申请人提供）：美国病毒学学会希望通过这笔大额资助，为入选的20名杰出的青年病毒学家参加2005年7月举行的第十三届国际病毒学大会（ICV）提供部分旅费。这个三年一度的国际病毒学大会将在旧金山举行，这是它第一次在美国举行，美国最好的初级病毒学家必须代表美国。ICV是美国初级研究人员与国际公认的病毒学专家直接会面和互动的独特机会，并在全体会议，研讨会和海报会议中学习所有病毒研究领域的最新发展，包括人类，动物，植物，昆虫和原核生物的病毒。目前的问题在临床病毒学，艾滋病和SARS将包括在内。全体会议将涵盖病毒的出现、进化、免疫生物学、发病机制、分子生物学、疾病控制以及病毒的结构和组装。研讨会和海报会议将讨论所有病毒家族及其复制和发病机制，包括艾滋病毒、肝炎、流感和冠状病毒。ASV认为，激励和帮助初级研究人员开展未来工作的一个极好方法是使他们能够与世界上最好的病毒学家直接互动，从而经常产生独特的、持久的合作。Dr. Patricia Spear， ASV总裁，作为P.I.将任命一个评选委员会，根据(1)国会参与情况，(2)获奖人的研究将受益的前景，以及(3)经济需求来判断申请人中谁将获得部分旅行支持。成功的申请者需要一份令人满意的会后报告，详细说明他们的研究的好处。我们的目标是为包括妇女和少数民族科学家在内的初级病毒学家提供部分资金，否则他们可能无法参加大会，目标是在未来几年内使美国的病毒学研究受益。病毒学研究在感染性、免疫学、肿瘤学、血液学、肺脏学、心血管学、胃肠学、神经学、眼科、发育和儿童疾病、慢性和退行性疾病以及基础遗传学、基因组学、基因治疗和生物技术等领域都有许多应用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The American Society for Virology wishes to provide, through this block grant, partial support for the travel of 20 selected outstanding junior virologists to participate in the XIIIth International Congress of virology (ICV), July, 2005. This triennial ICV will be in San Francisco, the first time it has been held in the U.S.A., and it is essential that the U.S. be represented by its best junior virologists. The ICV is a unique opportunity for U. S. junior investigators to meet and interact directly with internationally recognized expert virologists as well as learn in plenary sessions, workshops, and poster sessions the most recent developments in all virus research areas, including viruses of humans, animals, plants, insects, and prokaryotes. Current problems in clinical virology, AIDS, and SARS will be included. Plenary sessions will cover viral emergence, evolution, immunobiology, pathogenesis, molecular biology, disease control, as well as virus structure and assembly. Workshops and poster sessions will address all virus families and their replication and pathogenesis, including HIV, hepatitis, influenza, and coronaviruses. The ASV considers one excellent way to stimulate and aid junior researchers in their future work is to enable them to interact directly with the best virologists world-wide, from which unique, long-lasting collaborations often result. Dr. Patricia Spear, ASV President, as P.I. will appoint a selection committee to judge who among the applicants will receive partial travel support based upon (1) Congress participation, (2) prospect that the awardee's research will benefit, and (3) financial need. A satisfactory post-meeting report detailing the benefits to their research will be required of successful applicants. Our aim is to provide partial funding for junior virologists, including women and minority scientists, who might otherwise be unable to attend the Congress, with the goal of benefiting virological research in the U.S.A. for years to come. Virological research has many applications in the fields of infectious, immunologic, neoplastic, hematologic, pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neurologic, ophthalmologic, developmental and childhood diseases, and in chronic and degenerative diseases, as well as in basic genetics, genomics, gene therapy, and biotechnology.