40th Annual International Narcotics Research Conference

描述(申请人提供)：这笔赠款是为了申请资助将于2009年7月12-18日在波特兰举行的第40届国际麻醉品研究会议(INRC)年会。多年来，INRC一直是传播和交流有关阿片类药物和内源性阿片系统生物医学研究信息的最负盛名的国际会议。主题包括从分子到行为和临床研究。请求提供支助的主要是部分旅费，以使青年科学家，即研究生、博士后研究员和初级教员能够参加会议。被邀请的研讨会演讲者，通常不是INRC的参与者，将得到部分支持。请拨的行政和会议费用约占总额的10%。今年，INRC有三位确定的不同主题的全体演讲者，包括OHSU的Kim Burchiel博士、OHSU的Gail Mandel博士和加拿大麦吉尔大学的Jeff Mogil博士。来自英国曼彻斯特大学的艾伦·诺斯博士被选为2009年会议的创始人讲师。七个研讨会将涵盖申请中描述的广泛主题，包括药物滥用/奖赏区域的突触可塑性、参与疼痛调制系统的电路、阿片受体相互作用、阿片肽/新配体、疼痛和止痛的性别差异以及阿片类药物和免疫系统。在每一次研讨会上，将选出一些相关的来稿进行口头陈述。将有两个海报会议，在那里总是有很多交流和讨论。NIDA将举办一个关于临床试验网络和转化研究的小型研讨会。对于来自许多国家的与会者来说，这次国际会议是他们见面和交流思想的唯一机会。我们认为，许多博士后和博士后实习生的参与已经导致并可能继续导致招募有前途的科学家从事药物滥用研究。公共卫生相关性：吸毒成瘾是一个日益严重的健康问题。第40届国际麻醉品研究会议为药物滥用研究领域的研究人员提供了一个机会，就这一重要研究领域的最新发展进行会面和交流。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This grant is to request support for the 40th annual meeting of the International Narcotics Research Conference (INRC) to be held in Portland, OR from July 12-18, 2009. INRC has been for many years the most prestigious international meeting for the dissemination and exchange of information about biomedical research on opiate drugs and the endogenous opioid system. The topics range from molecular to behavioral and clinical studies. Support is requested primarily for partial travel support to enable young scientists, i.e. graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty, to participate in the Conference. Invited symposium speakers, not normally INRC participants, will receive partial support. Funds requested for administrative and meeting expenses represent ~10% of the total. This year, INRC has three confirmed plenary speakers on various topics, including Drs. Kim Burchiel, OHSU, Gail Mandel, OHSU and Jeff Mogil, McGill Univ., Canada. Dr. Alan North from the University of Manchester, UK, was elected the Founders' Lecturer for the 2009 Meeting. Seven symposia will cover a wide range of topics as described in the application, including drug abuse/synaptic plasticity in reward areas, circuitry involved in pain modulatory systems, opiate receptor interactions, opiate peptides/novel ligands, sex differences in pain and analgesia and opioids and immune system. A number of relevant contributed papers will be chosen for oral presentation at each symposium. There will be two poster sessions, at which there is always much exchange and discussion. There will be a NIDA mini-symposium on clinical trials network and translational research. For participants from many countries, this international meeting is their only chance to meet and exchange ideas. We feel that participation by many pre- and post- doctoral trainees has resulted and is likely to continue to result in recruiting promising scientists to a career of drug abuse research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Drug addiction is an increasing health concern. The 40th International Narcotics Research Conference provides an opportunity for investigators in the field of drug abuse research to meet and exchange ideas about latest developments in this important area of research.