Alcohol & Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) Meeting

摘要 此R13会议拨款申请寻求为即将到来的三个年度酒精和免疫学提供部分支持 研究兴趣小组(AIRIG)与中西部秋季免疫学联合召开的会议 在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行的会议(AIC)、白细胞生物学学会(SLB)或Keystone研讨会。资金是 要求支付学生、博士后研究员、初级教员和少数族裔的旅费和住宿费 科学家，以及受邀演讲者的一些费用，为期一天的会议，将涵盖广泛的 酒精和免疫学方面的知识。2019年AIRIG会议将于11月周五在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行 15日，结合白细胞生物学学会(SLB)年度会议。主题是“酒精与酒精” 与2019年精准医学重点协调活动的计划 SLB会议。这次全天的AIRIG会议将包括3个全体会议：1)关于酒精和 免疫，2)肺和肝脏的组织特异性免疫，3)肠道和大脑的组织特异性免疫， 以及海报和从提交的摘要中挑选出来的简短演示文稿。我们将举办2020年和2021年奥运会 AIRIG在芝加哥洛约拉大学(Loyola)和科罗拉多大学丹佛大学(UCDenver)举行的会议， 分别进行了分析。后两次会议的主题是“酒精、炎症反应和组织损伤”。 和“酒精和大麻的免疫调节”。SLB会议有300-500名注册者 取决于会议的地点以及会议是单独举行还是与其他小型科学学会联合举行，包括 国际内毒素和先天免疫学会。AIC是一个地区性会议，有一系列令人印象深刻的 受邀的全体演讲者和Keystone研讨会吸引了来自全国各地的与会者。与相关 AIRIG，许多Keystone研讨会都有免疫学或基于疾病的主题。手持AIRIG 与AIC、SLB或Keystone研讨会的会面将提高酒精和免疫学的知名度 研究不可能在更大的会议上进行，例如美国免疫学家协会 或者是实验生物学。此外，这些会议为年轻的发展提供了许多机会。 科学家将在多个层面上参与，包括从提交的大量口头报告中挑选 摘要。此外，这些会议还包括职业发展计划，包括会议和研讨会 题为《免疫学职业、女性与多样性》、《助学金写作》、《学生的街头科学智慧》 了解个人发展计划。这些课程为职业发展提供了时间，并 协作机会，这在大型会议上可能是不可行的或不容易获得的。因此，除了 为了提供一个讨论该领域当前研究的论坛，联合组织者的总体目标是 扩大学生、博士后实习生和少数民族科学家的参与，增加关键 大量致力于酒精和免疫学问题的科学家。我们相信，这些目标将是最好的 通过与AIC、SLB或Keystone研讨会一起安排即将举行的AIRIG会议来实现。

Abstract This R13 meetings grant application seeks partial support for three upcoming annual Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meetings in conjunction with either the Midwest Autumn Immunology Conference (AIC) in Chicago, IL, the Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB), or Keystone Symposia. Funding is requested to cover travel costs and housing for students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and minority scientists, as well as some of the cost of invited speakers, for a one day meeting which will cover broad aspects of alcohol and immunology. The 2019 AIRIG meeting will be held in Boston, MA, on Friday November 15th in conjunction with the Annual Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB) meeting. The topic will be “Alcohol & Tissue-Specific Immunity” with a plan of coordinating activities with the precision medicine focus of the 2019 SLB meeting. This full-day AIRIG meeting will include 3 plenary sessions: 1) Clinical studies on alcohol and immunity, 2) Tissue-specific immunity in the lung & liver, and 3) Tissue-specific immunity in the gut & brain, along with posters and short presentations selected from submitted abstracts. We will hold the 2020 and 2021 AIRIG meetings at Loyola University Chicago (Loyola) and the University of Colorado Denver (UCDenver), respectively. Themes of the latter two meeting will be “Alcohol, Inflammatory Responses and Tissue Injury” and “Immune Modulation by Alcohol and Cannabis.” SLB meetings have between 300 - 500 registrants depending on the venue and if the meeting is solo or joint with other small scientific societies, including the International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society. The AIC is a regional meeting with an impressive list of invited plenary speakers and Keystone Symposia attract participants from across the country. Relevant to AIRIG, many of the Keystone Symposia have immunologic- or disease-based themes. Holding the AIRIG meeting with AIC, SLB, or a Keystone Symposium will allow greater visibility of alcohol and immunology research than would be possible at much larger meetings such as the American Association of Immunologists or Experimental Biology. Additionally, these meetings have numerous opportunities for young developing scientist to participate on many levels, including selecting a large number of oral presentations from submitted abstracts. In addition, these meetings have Career Development Programs, including sessions and workshops entitled Careers in Immunology, Women and Diversity, Grant Writing, Streets Smarts of Science for Students and Understanding the Individual Development Plan. These sessions allow time for career building and collaborative opportunities, which may not be feasible or readily available at larger meetings. Thus, in addition to providing a forum for the discussion of current research in the field, overall goals of the co-organizers are to expand the participation of students, postdoctoral trainees, and minority scientists and to increase the critical mass of scientists working on alcohol and immunology issues. We believe that these goals will be best achieved by scheduling upcoming AIRIG meetings in conjunction with the AIC, SLB or Keystone Symposia.