Mucosal Immunity: A Trudeau Institute Workshop

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案“粘膜免疫：特鲁多研究所研讨会”请求资金支持由特鲁多研究所主办的题为“粘膜免疫：在粘膜边界创造屏障和功能之间的平衡”的研讨会。会议将于2009年10月9日至11日在特鲁多研究所举行。目前的研讨会将聚集大约65-70名研究人员在一个非正式的环境中讨论与粘膜免疫反应相关的当前主题。目标是识别、回顾和讨论该领域最重要的未解问题。这次会议的形式将是围绕关键问题组织的一系列5-10分钟的演讲，重点是讨论和互动，而不是正式的演讲。参与者有机会提出讨论主题，并在他们选择的任何会议上展示数据。只有受到邀请才能参加。组委会根据他们在粘膜免疫领域或相关领域（如疫苗接种、过敏免疫反应、共生生物学、传染病或自身免疫）的贡献来选择可能的参与者。根据需要，我们主要选择具有广泛和深入经验的高级调查员，为讲习班的多个会议做出贡献。此外，我们还选择了处于职业生涯早期阶段的科学家，但根据他们的训练和他们最近在粘膜免疫领域的贡献，很可能在该领域取得突出成就。这项提议要求经费支付其中5名资历较浅的调查人员的旅费、住宿费和餐费。由于参与者的选择是基于他们对粘膜免疫领域的长期贡献，因此大多数被邀请者是高级研究人员，因此，他们是免疫学高级研究人员的代表。据《高等教育纪事报》2004年51(15)pA8报道，在研究机构中，女性占正教授的15%，占副教授的31%。由于20%的受邀演讲者、29%的高级顾问、44%的教员和25%的学员是女性，我们觉得我们已经成功地将女性纳入了研讨会计划。此外，4位研讨会组织者中有2位是女性，我们要求支持的5位早期职业调查员中有2位是女性。根据The Scientist 2004 18(22) 43-45，生命科学家的人口由16%的亚裔和太平洋岛民，0.3%的美洲原住民，3%的西班牙裔和2%的非洲裔美国人组成。这些统计数据包括所有级别的科学家，我们预计少数民族在高级级别的代表将更少。我们在邀请函中加入了一个问题，但还没有收到足够的回复，无法对种族做出自我认同的声明。然而，在我们选择的受邀者中，显然有11%的亚裔和2%的非裔美国人，其余的是白人。最后，特鲁多研究所有设施，可以容纳任何身体残疾的人。组织者是Andrea Cooper， Markus Mohrs， Yasmine Belkaid和Bali Pulendran。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal "Mucosal Immunity: A Trudeau Institute Workshop" requests funds to support a workshop entitled "Mucosal Immunity: Creating a balance between barrier and function at the mucosal frontier" hosted by the Trudeau Institute. The meeting will be held October 9-11, 2009 at the Trudeau Institute. The current workshop will gather approximately 65-70 investigators in an informal setting to discuss current topics related to the mucosal immune response. The goal is to identify, review and discuss the most important unanswered questions in the field. The format of this meeting will be a series of 5-10 minute talks organized around key questions, with the emphasis placed on discussion and interaction rather than formal presentations. Participants are given the opportunity to suggest topics for discussion and to present data in any session(s) of their choice. Participation is by invitation only. The organizing committee selected possible participants based on their contributions to the field of mucosal immunity or to related fields, such as vaccination, immune response to allergy, commensal biology, infectious disease or autoimmunity. By necessity, we have primarily selected senior investigators who have both the breadth and depth of experience to contribute to multiple sessions in the workshop. In addition, we have also selected scientists who are in the early stages of their careers, but based on their training and their recent contributions to the field of mucosal immunity, are likely to be prominent in the field. This proposal requests funds to support travel, accommodation and meals for five of these relatively junior investigators. Since the choice of participant was based on their long-term contributions to the field of Mucosal Immunity, the majority of invitees are senior investigators and, as such, they are representative of senior investigators in immunology in general. As reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education 2004 51(15) pA8, women make up 15% of the Full Professors and 31% or the Associate Professors at research institutions. Since 20% of the invited speakers, 29% of our SAB, 44% of our faculty and 25% of our trainees are women, we feel that we have successfully included women in the workshop program. In addition, 2 of the 4 workshop organizers are women and 2 of the 5 early-career investigators for whom we are requesting support are women. According to The Scientist 2004 18(22) 43-45, the population of life scientists is composed of 16% Asian and Pacific Islanders, 0.3% Native Americans, 3% Hispanics and 2% African Americans. These statistics include scientists at all levels and we expect that minorities will be even less represented at the senior levels. We have included a question in our invitation letter but have not yet received sufficient responses to make a self- identified statement regarding ethnicity however, in our choice of invitees we have, apparently, 11% Asian and 2% African American, the rest being white. Finally, the Trudeau Institute has facilities to accommodate anyone who is physically disabled. The organizers are Andrea Cooper, Markus Mohrs, Yasmine Belkaid and Bali Pulendran.