ACR Basic Research Conference

描述(由申请人提供)： 这是将ACR基础研究会议延续到2005-2008年的一次竞争性更新。基础研究会议由ACR研究委员会(ACR Committee On Research COR)组织，由一天半的科学会议组成，重点关注与风湿病相关的一个主要主题的基础科学方面。它紧接在ACR年会之前。基础研究会议的目的是让越来越多的顶尖基础科学家与ACR的医生、科学家和关节炎健康专业人员接触，向ACR成员传授最新知识，促进科学知识转移到患者护理中，并增加参加年度会议的基础研究人员的数量。正如本提案正文所概述的那样，我们认为，通过本次会议的形式，这些目标正在实现。每年，ACR年会都设在美国的一个大城市，有足够的会议中心容量和酒店空间，可以容纳基础研究会议和规模更大的ACR成员附属会议的与会者。2005年，基础研究会议定于11月11日至12日在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行。会议的主题是“树突状细胞”，会议将由Anne Davidson博士、Yong Jun-Liu博士和弗吉尼亚·帕斯夸尔博士共同主持。在接下来的几年里，还选择了一些主题，包括先天免疫、组织损伤的机制、疾病过程的可视化和基因组学。每年，计划该计划的委员会将由一名选定的基础科学学科的领导人担任主席，一名由他/她任命的联合主席，一名ACR COR的代表和COR主席组成。这项提议的主办人简·E·萨蒙博士是现任协调委员会主席。这样做的目的是便利每年在ACR董事会负责这一目的的常设委员会的主持下组织会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a competitive renewal to continue the ACR Basic Research Conference for the years 2005-2008. The Basic Research Conference, which is organized under the direction of the ACR Committee on Research COR), consists of a one and one-half day scientific conference focusing on the basic science aspects of a major topic relevant to rheumatic diseases. It immediately precedes the ACR annual meeting. The purpose of the Basic Research Conference is to bring increasing numbers of leading basic scientists into contact with the physicians, scientists, and arthritis health professional members of the ACR, to impart current knowledge to the members of the ACR, to facilitate transfer of scientific knowledge to patient care, and to increase the numbers of basic investigators attending the annual meeting. As outlined in the body of this proposal, we believe those goals are being achieved with the format of this conference. Each year the ACR annual meeting is located in a large city in the USA with adequate convention center capacity and hotel space to accommodate attendees of both the Basic Research Conference and the much larger affiliated meeting of ACR members. In 2005, the Basic Research Conference is scheduled for November 11-12 in San Diego, CA. The topic is "Dendritic Cells", and the meeting will be co-chaired by Drs. Anne Davidson, Yong Jun-Liu, and Virginia Pascual. Topics have also been selected for the following several years, including Innate Immunity, Mechanisms of Tissue Injury, Visualizing Disease Processes, and Genomics. Each year the committee planning the program will consist of a selected leader in a basic scientific discipline as chair, a co-chair appointed by him/her, a representative of the ACR COR, and the COR chair. The PI of this proposal, Dr. Jane E. Salmon, is the current COR Chair. The purpose of this is to facilitate the yearly organization of the conference under the auspices of the standing committee charged with this purpose by the ACR Board of Directors.