2005 Phagocytes Gordon Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：第13届年度戈登吞噬细胞会议将于2005年6月12日至17日在康涅狄格州新伦敦的康涅狄格学院举行。本次会议将是一个高质量的演讲论坛，并深入讨论吞噬细胞生物学的最新发现以及与炎症和宿主防御相关的临床扩展。该会议自1981年以来一直存在，来自世界各地的科学家，他们具有不同的背景，包括细胞生物学，生物化学，分子遗传学和临床医学。这次会议一直是传播信息和促进研究不同领域的调查人员之间交流的重要场所。 白细胞生物学的各个方面，并为该领域的受训人员和年轻研究人员提供一个一般教育论坛。戈登吞噬细胞会议（Gordon Conference on Phagocytes） （会议主席、发言人和与会者）通常为125-135人。在2003年的会议上，大约三分之二的与会者是学院级的研究科学家，三分之一是研究生和博士后研究员。计划举行九（9）次会议，共举行30次全体会议。每届会议将由一名该领域的知名专家主持。我们还计划包括从与会者提交的摘要中选择的大约6-8个简短的演讲。此外，还将展示约60张海报。该计划将为各级科学家的参与提供机会，我们将特别促进初级研究人员，博士后学员和“新研究人员”的参与。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 13th annual Gordon Conference on Phagocytes will be held June 12-17, 2005 at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut. This Conference will be a forum for high-quality presentations and in depth discussions of the most recent discoveries in phagocyte biology and clinical extensions relevant to inflammation and host defense. The Conference has been in existence since 1981, and draws from a worldwide group of scientists with diverse backgrounds, including cell biology, biochemistry, molecular genetics, and clinical medicine. This meeting has consistently been an important venue for disseminating information and facilitating communication between investigators studying different facets of leukocyte biology as well as providing a general educational forum for trainees and young investigators in the field. Conferees attending the Gordon Conference on Phagocytes (session chairs, speakers, and participants) typically number 125-135. At the 2003 meeting, approximately 2/3rds of conferees were faculty-level research scientists and 1/3rd were graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. There are nine (9) planned sessions with a total of 30 plenary talks. A known expert in the field will chair each session. We also plan to include approximately 6-8 short talk presentations selected from abstracts submitted by meeting attendees. In addition, approximately 60 posters will be displayed. The program will provide opportunities for participation of scientists at all levels and we will particularly promote the participation of junior investigators, postdoctoral trainees and "new investigators to the field".