Fortieth Annual Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology

项目总结：会议计划 白细胞生物学学会第40届年会：？炎症、先天免疫与癌症？ 组织者：巴雷特·J·罗林斯，医学博士，达纳-法伯癌症研究所，哈佛大学医学院。Sch. 弗朗西斯·巴尔克威尔，博士，Inst.癌症和癌症研究中心-英国临床研究中心。 地点：马萨诸塞州剑桥市皇家索内斯塔酒店 日期：2007年10月11日至13日 具体目标：最近的进展表明，炎症反应和先天免疫反应具有深远的影响 癌症方面。相当数量的科学家致力于炎症或先天炎症的基本方面 免疫力还没有机会考虑他们的发现如何与癌症问题相关 生物学。会议的主要目标是：1)提供一种形式，鼓励 致力于吞噬细胞和癌症生物学不同方面的科学家；以及2)突出最好和最 在炎症、先天免疫和癌症的生物学基础上的创新工作。 具体目标1.为来自学术界、政府和工业界的300-400名参与者提供一个论坛 实验室和医院分享炎症和先天免疫的最新进展及其对 癌症。演讲将包括特邀演讲者的演讲，以及选定的演讲和海报演示 从提交的摘要中。 具体目标2.提出一项计划，以捕捉前一年以来最显著的进展 以下领域包括：天然白细胞在宿主防御中的作用；天然免疫识别机制 病原体和毒素；控制细胞因子控制白细胞功能的机制；机制 炎症反应和先天免疫反应影响癌症的发展和进展； 炎症和先天免疫反应的治疗干预及其对癌症的潜在影响。 具体目标3.为青年研究人员(研究生、博士后研究员、 和初级教员)与各自领域内久负盛名和有影响力的科学家密切互动， 他们的研究，并通过提供口头陈述的机会来表彰杰出的研究。 具体目标4.为学术和政府科学家以及科学家提供机会--培训， 与他们在商业药物开发方面的同行互动。 具体目标5.为妇女、任职人数不足的少数群体和有以下条件的人提供机会 残疾人参加展示其成果的会议，并促进与其他人的互动 他们所在领域的科学家。

Project Summary: Conference Plan 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Leukocyte Biology: ?Inflammation, Innate Immunity, and Cancer? Organizers: Barrett J. Rollins, MD, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Inst., Harvard Med. Sch. Frances Balkwill, PhD, Inst. of Cancer and the Cancer Res.-UK Clinical Ctr. Location: The Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts Dates: October 11-13, 2007 Specific Aims: Recent advances indicate that inflammatory and innate immune responses have profound effects on cancer. A substantial number of scientists working on fundamental aspects of inflammation or innate immunity have not had an opportunity to consider how their findings might be relevant to problems in cancer biology. The main goals of the meeting are: 1) to provide a format that encourages interactions between scientists working on diverse aspects of phagocytes and cancer biology; and 2) to highlight the best and most innovative work on the mechanisms that underlie the biology of inflammation, innate immunity and cancer. Specific Aim 1. To provide a forum for 300-400 participants from academic, governmental, and industrial laboratories and hospitals to share recent advances in inflammation and innate immunity and their effects on cancer. Presentations will include talks by invited speakers as well as talks and poster presentations chosen from submitted abstracts. Specific Aim 2. To present a program that captures the most significant advances from the previous year in the following areas including: innate leukocyte function in host defense; mechanisms of innate immune recognition of pathogens and toxins; the mechanisms governing cytokine control of leukocyte function; mechanisms whereby the inflammatory and innate immune responses affect cancer development and progression; therapeutic intervention in inflammation and innate immune responses and their potential effect on cancer. Specific Aim 3. To provide an opportunity for young investigators (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty) to interact closely with well-established and influential scientists in their fields, to present their research, and to recognize outstanding research by providing an opportunity for oral presentations. Specific Aim 4. To provide an opportunity for academic and government scientists, as well as scientists-intraining, to interact with their counterparts in commercial drug development. Specific Aim 5. To provide opportunities for women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities to participate in a meeting that showcases their results and facilitates interactions with other scientists in their fields.