29th Annual Symposium for Nonhuman Primate Models for AIDS

描述（由申请人提供）：申请资金部分用于计划、组织、宣传和主办将于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届非人类灵长类动物（NHP）艾滋病模型年度研讨会。本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。会议将涵盖病毒学、疫苗/免疫学、发病机理/治疗学、灵长类遗传学和基因组学等主题。每次会议将邀请演讲者进行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。主讲人和宴会主讲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名本地和8名非本地成员组成，他们都是专业领域的领导者，代表了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、独创性和摘要信息的质量。口头报告者将被邀请提交一份手稿，发表在《医学灵长类学杂志》上。海报会议将包括在一个平台会议中无法容纳的演讲。会议还将包括开幕招待会、海报招待会和最后一晚的招待会和宴会。为了利用汇集的专业知识并进一步完成本次研讨会的教育使命，将举行一次主要针对高中科学教师和研究生的辅导课。本次会议将由特邀发言者概述艾滋病毒/艾滋病和相关的非传染性疾病研究，然后进行讨论。

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.