10th International KSHV and Related Agents Workshop

描述(由申请者提供)：本次会议拨款申请(R13)申请资金用于计划、组织、宣传和主办第十届国际KSHV及相关代理研讨会的部分费用。研讨会将由俄勒冈健康与科学大学(OHSU)疫苗和基因治疗研究所(VGTI)主办，将于2007年7月25日至29日在俄勒冈州波特兰市海滨的本森酒店或万豪酒店举行。这次会议已经成为介绍和交流KSHV和相关的伽马-2疱疹病毒研究最新进展的主要论坛。预计将有来自世界各地的约170-200名科学家参加这次会议。将介绍KSHV在致病机制、潜伏期、宿主相互作用、基因表达、临床应用、流行病学、细胞信号、裂解复制和结构方面的最新发现。将举行12次科学会议，每次专门讨论一个特定的主题。每一次会议将有一名主席和联合主席，他们将主持会议并提出问题。一个由代表广泛机构的12名成员组成的科学计划委员会将审查摘要，并为每一次科学会议分配口头或海报演示。口头陈述的标准将包括专题与会议主题的相关性以及摘要所载信息的原创性和质量。此外，还将为那些不能在十二个平台会议中安排的有功发言举行海报会议。会议将包括开幕当天的欢迎招待会、第二天的招贴会招待会、第三天的郊游和第四天的宴会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This conference grant (R13) application requests funds to partially cover the cost of planning, organizing, publicizing and hosting the 10th International KSHV and Related Agents Workshop. The Workshop will be hosted by the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute (VGTI), Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), and will be held July 25-29, 2007 at either The Benson Hotel or The Marriot Hotel at the Waterfront in Portland, OR. This meeting has become the premier forum for the presentation and exchange of the most recent advances in KSHV and related gamma-2 herpesviruses research. It is anticipated that approximately 170-200 scientists from around the world will attend this meeting. The latest findings in KSHV research pertaining to pathogenesis, latency, host interactions, gene expression, clinical applications, epidemiology, cell signaling, lytic replication and structure will be presented. Twelve scientific sessions will be held, each devoted to a specific topic. Each session will have a chair and co-chair, who will moderate the session and entertain questions. A Scientific Program Committee consisting of twelve members representing a broad spectrum of institutions will review abstracts and assign oral or poster presentation for each of the scientific sessions. Criteria for an oral presentation will include relevance of the topic to the theme of the meeting and the originality and quality of the information contained in the abstract. In addition, there will also be poster sessions for those meritorious presentations that cannot be accommodated in one of the twelve platform sessions. The conference will include an opening day welcome reception, a second day poster session reception, an excursion on the third day and a banquet on the fourth day of the Workshop.