2014 Immunochemistry & Immunobiology Gordon Research Conference & Gordon Research

描述(由申请者提供)：2014年戈登免疫化学和免疫生物学研究会议(GRC)将召集31名受邀演讲者和165名与会者，为期四天半，讨论和讨论免疫学领域最新获得的数据，但重点是具有深刻生物学和临床相关性的九个主题。特别是，2014 GRC将考虑越来越多的证据表明，免疫细胞和分子对代谢调节等基本病理生理领域做出了关键的、迄今未被预料到的贡献，这些领域远远超出了对感染的反应。此外，2014年GRC将与新类别免疫疗法在炎症、过敏和癌症方面的疗效浪潮以及疫苗研究的新成功相吻合。在这些背景下，2014年GRC的目标是在整个社区范围内重新评估免疫学的基础研究优先事项、一般奖学金和翻译潜力。这些目标可以通过一次密集的会议来实现，利用年龄、性别和种族的全部范围；规模足够大，以获取相关专业知识，但又足够小，以促进互动和话语：这是GRC在免疫化学和免疫生物学方面的标志，即将进入第48个年头。为了使2014年GRC有机会实现其目标，在此之前将举行首届免疫学戈登研究研讨会(GRS)，这是一个为期一天半的会议，旨在为50名年轻研究人员在大学、同行主导的环境中参加GRC做准备。GRS不会简单地增强2014年的GRC，而是特别旨在为下一代提供鼓舞人心的培训体验。2014 GRC/GRS的师资队伍必须反映所有参与者的抱负和机会。因此，所有被邀请的发言者都是各自领域公认的或新兴的领导者，具有经证明的沟通和激励能力，并共同代表整个社区，包括特定的非洲研究人员。会议负责人，其中75%将是妇女，将结合实际情况并促进对每一次发言的讨论。会议现场配备了最先进的视听设施，并提供公共用餐和放松活动。但是，它也足够遥远，足以劝阻参与者离开该地点。2014 GRC将延续卓越的传统，因此被广泛认为是受邀者，尽管他们是各自领域最忙的人之一，但很快就承诺至少参加3天。2014年的GRC也将是创新的。除了是免疫学中第一个提供GRS的，还进行了其他改进，以回应对之前会议的评估。事实上，2014年GRC/GRS将包括经过验证和创新的成果分析。2010年和2012年的会议得到了美国国立卫生研究院的资助，并在提交评估的95%的参与者中获得了可能的最高评级。因此，我们有充分的理由相信，对2014年全球资源中心的投资将具有很高的生产力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The 2014 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in Immunochemistry and Immunobiology will assemble 31 invited speakers and 165 participants for four and a half days, to consider and discuss the most recently obtained data across the breadth of immunology but focused on nine topical themes of profound biological and clinical relevance. In particular, the 2014 GRC will consider growing evidence that immune cells and molecules make critical, hitherto unanticipated contributions to areas of fundamental pathophysiology, such as metabolic regulation, that extend well beyond responses to infection. Additionally, the 2014 GRC will coincide with a surging tide of efficacy of new classes of immuno-therapeutics in inflammation, allergy, and cancer, and with new successes in vaccine research. In these contexts, the 2014 GRC aims for nothing less than a community-wide re-assessment of basic research priorities, general scholarship, and translational potentials in immunology. These aims can be achieved by an intensive conference, drawing on the full spectrum of age, gender, and ethnicity; of large enough size to capture relevant expertise, but small enough to promote interaction and discourse: such is the hallmark of the GRC in Immunochemistry and Immunobiology, soon to enter its 48th year. To give the 2014 GRC every chance of achieving its goals, it will be preceded by the first immunology Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), a one and one half day meeting that aims to prepare 50 young researchers for participation in the GRC, in a collegial, peer-led environment. The GRS will not simply enhance the 2014 GRC, but specifically aims to provide an inspirational training experience for the next generation. The faculty for the 2014 GRC/GRS must reflect aspiration and opportunity for all participants. Thus, all invited speakers are acknowledged or emerging leaders in their fields, with proven capacity to communicate and motivate, and who collectively represent the whole community, including a specific inclusion of African researchers. Session-leads, of whom 75% will be women, will contextualize and promote discussion of each presentation. The conference site is equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual facilities and offers communal dining and relaxation activities. But, it is also sufficiently remote to dissuade participants from leaving th site. The 2014 GRC will continue a tradition of excellence, so widely perceived that invitees, despite being among the busiest in their field, have promptly committed to attending for at least 3 days. The 2014 GRC will also be innovative. As well as being the first in immunology to offer a GRS, other refinements have been made in response to evaluation of preceding conferences. Indeed, the 2014 GRC/GRS will include proven and innovative outcomes analysis. The 2010 and 2012 meetings received NIH funding, and earned the highest possible rating from most of the 95% of participants who submitted evaluations. There are therefore good grounds to believe that investment in the 2014 GRC will be highly productive.