29th Annual Symposium for Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS

描述(由申请者提供)：申请资金用于支付2011年10月25日至28日在华盛顿州西雅图贝尔港国际会议中心举行的第29届艾滋病非人类灵长类(NHP)模型年度研讨会的部分计划、组织、宣传和主办费用。这次会议是介绍和交流利用非人类灵长类动物模型进行艾滋病研究的最新科学进展的主要论坛。预计将有200多名来自美国和其他国家的科学家参加。研讨会将包括4个半天的科学会议和一个海报会议。这些会议将涵盖病毒学、疫苗/免疫学、发病机制/治疗学以及灵长类遗传学和基因组学等主题。每堂课将包括特邀演讲者，他们将进行30分钟的演讲。部分会议将包括圆桌讨论。特邀演讲者将主持会议并指导讨论。一位主旨发言人和一位宴会发言人将讨论更广泛的科学兴趣和公共卫生问题。科学计划将由科学计划委员会组织，该委员会由8名本地成员和8名非本地成员组成，他们都是专业领域的领导者，代表着广泛的地理和机构分布。选择口头报告的标准将包括主题的相关性、原创性和摘要信息的质量。进行口头陈述的人将被邀请提交一份手稿，发表在《医学灵长类动物学杂志》上。海报会议将包括平台会议无法容纳的演示文稿。大会还将包括开幕当天的招待会、海报会议的招待会以及最后一个晚上的招待会和宴会。为了利用所收集的专业知识，并推进这次研讨会的教育使命，将举办一次主要针对高中科学教师和研究生的辅导课程。本届会议将由受邀发言者介绍关于艾滋病毒/艾滋病和相关国家方案研究的概述，然后进行讨论。 公共卫生相关性(由申请者提供)：艾滋病毒及其引起的疾病--艾滋病--是对美国和国际公共卫生的严重威胁。这次研讨会有助于建立一个知识库，最终将产生预防艾滋病毒传播的疫苗和目前艾滋病患者的治疗方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to partially cover the cost of planning, organizing, publicizing, and hosting the 29th Annual Symposium on Nonhuman Primate (NHP) Models for AIDS to be held October 25-28, 2011, 2011 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle, WA. This meeting has been a premier forum for presentation and exchange for the most recent scientific advances in AIDS research utilizing the nonhuman primate model. It is expected that more than 200 scientists from the United States and other countries will attend. The symposium will consist of 4 half-day scientific sessions and a poster session. The sessions will cover topics in virology, vaccines/immunology, pathogenesis/therapeutics, and primate genetics and genomics. Each session will include invited speakers who will give a 30 minute presentation. Select sessions will include a round table discussion. Invited speakers will moderate the sessions and guide discussions. A Keynote Speaker and a Banquet Speaker will address the broader issues of scientific interest and public health concerns. The scientific program will be organized by the Scientific Program Committee, consisting of 8 local and 8 non-local members, all leaders in fields of expertise, representing a broad geographic and institutional distribution. Criteria for selection of oral presentations will include relevance of the topic, originality, and quality of information in the abstract. Those giving oral presentations will be invited to submit a manuscript to be published in the Journal of Medical Primatology. A poster session will include presentations that cannot be accommodated in one of the platform sessions. The conference will also include an opening day reception, a reception with the poster sessions, and a reception and banquet on the last evening. To take advantage of the expertise assembled and to further the educational mission of this symposium, a tutorial session, aimed primarily at high school science teachers and graduate students, will be held. This session will consist of overviews on HIV/AIDS and related NHP research presented by invited speakers, followed by discussions. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): HIV and its resulting disease, AIDS, is a critical threat to public health in the United States and internationally. This symposium contributes to the knowledge base that will ultimately result in a vaccine to prevent transmission of HIV and treatments for those currently living with AIDS.