FASEB Conference on Virus Assembly

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请寻求为由美国实验生物学学会联合会(FASE B)赞助的一年两次的名为“病毒大会”的系列会议提供部分资金。下一次会议将于2006年6月17日至22日在佛蒙特州的萨克斯顿河举行，随后将举行会议 分别于2008年6月/7月和2010年6月/7月举行。本次会议旨在为科学家之间的跨学科互动提供最佳机会，这些科学家在病毒组装的所有方面都有共同的兴趣，包括病毒结构、颗粒形成和成熟、基因组包装、病毒进出、细胞内病毒贩运和宿主互动。这些主题是在病毒学基本问题的背景下讨论的，因为它们与抗病毒干预的新方法有关。我们还试图鼓励讨论病毒学相对非常规的应用，例如在纳米技术和材料科学中使用病毒。这次会议促进了 年轻女性和少数族裔科学家参与这些研究领域。在受邀的45名发言者和会议主席中，将有12名妇女。9向提交摘要的年轻科学家征集更多的报告。主要主题将是1)病毒粒子和病毒蛋白质的结构，2)病毒基因组的包装，3)病毒进入，4)病毒融合和剥离，5)病毒在细胞内的运输，6)病毒蛋白质折叠和伴侣功能，7)病毒组装的动力学，8)病毒与宿主的相互作用，9)生物技术和材料科学中的病毒。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks partial funding for a biannual conference series entitled "Virus Assembly" to be held under the sponsorship of the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB). The next meeting will be held in Saxton's River, Vermont, June 17-22, 2006, with subsequent meetings being held in June/July 2008, and June/July 2010. This conference is structured to provide an optimal opportunity for cross-disciplinary interaction between scientists that share interests in all aspects of virus assembly including virus structure, particle formation and maturation, genome packaging, virus entry and exit, virus trafficking within cells and host interactions. These topics are discussed within the context of fundamental issues in virology and as they relate to novel approaches for antiviral intervention. We also seek to encourage discussion of relatively unconventional applications of virology, such as the use of viruses in nanotechnology and materials science. The conference promotes the involvement of young female and minority scientists in these research areas. Among the invited 45 speakers and session chairs there will be 12 women. 9 additional presentations will be solicited from young scientists who submit abstracts. The major themes will be 1) structures of virions and viral proteins, 2) packaging of the viral genome, 3) viral entry, 4) viral fusion and uncoating, 5) trafficking of viruses in the cell, 6) viral protein folding and chaperone function, 7) dynamics of viral assembly, 8) virus-host interactions and 9) viruses in biotechnology and materials science.