4th International Conference on Primate Genomics

描述（由申请人提供）：本次会议拨款申请要求资金部分支持“第四届灵长类基因组学国际会议”。这次会议将由华盛顿国家灵长类动物研究中心主办，于2010年4月13日至16日在华盛顿州西雅图市中心的西雅图艺术博物馆举行。博物馆拥有最先进的会议设施，包括一个293个座位的礼堂和用于海报和供应商展览的私人会议室。本申请寻求资金以支付与此设施的租金有关的费用。会议的额外经费将来自与会者支付的注册费，我们正在积极寻求基金会和商业机构（包括制药和生物技术公司）的赞助。本次会议的主要目的是为非人类灵长类动物研究、基因组学、蛋白质组学和生物信息学领域的研究人员提供一个科学论坛，在这个论坛上，他们可以讨论与非人类灵长类动物研究中基因组科学应用相关的新研究成果和技术创新。会议将重点讨论基因组学和蛋白质组学资源的开发、计算生物学和生物信息学的进展以及比较基因组学和进化生物学的新发展。2010年的会议还将强调利用基因组学和非人类灵长类动物模型来更好地了解人类疾病的研究活动。科学计划将由当地和非当地成员组成的科学计划委员会组织，这些成员都是各自专业领域的领导者。委员会成员将挑选受邀的演讲者和会议主席，并将审查会议注册人提交的口头和海报报告摘要。该领域的最新进展，包括恒河猴基因组测序，猕猴特异性DNA微阵列的发展，以及非人灵长类动物蛋白质组学的新机遇，使这次会议特别及时和重要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This conference grant application requests funds to partially support the "4th International Conference on Primate Genomics." The conference will be hosted by the Washington National Primate Research Center and held April 13-16, 2010 at the Seattle Art Museum in downtown Seattle, Washington. The museum has state-of- the-art conference facilities, including a 293-seat auditorium and private meeting rooms for poster and vendor exhibits. This application seeks funding to cover the costs associated with the rental of this facility. Additional funding for running the conference will come from registration fees paid by conference participants and we are actively seeking sponsorship from foundations and commercial institutions (including pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies). The principal objective of this conference is to serve as a scientific forum at which investigators in the fields of nonhuman primate research, genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics can discuss new research findings and technological innovations related to the use of genome-based science in nonhuman primate research. The conference will include a focus on genomic and proteomic resource development, advances in computational biology and bioinformatics, and new developments in comparative genomics and evolutionary biology. The 2010 conference will also highlight research activities in which genomics and nonhuman primate models are being used to better understand human disease. The scientific program will be organized by a Scientific Program Committee of local and nonlocal members, all leaders in their fields of expertise. Committee members will select invited speakers and session chairs and will review abstracts submitted by conference registrants for oral and poster presentations. Recent advances in the field, including the sequencing of the rhesus macaque genome, the development of macaque-specific DNA microarrays, and new opportunities for nonhuman primate proteomics make this conference particularly timely and significant. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by the applicant): The "4th International Conference on Primate Genomics" serves as a forum at which scientists can discuss new research findings related to the use of new technologies, genome sequence information, and nonhuman primate models of human health and disease. The conference highlights research activities aimed at understanding, preventing, and treating conditions such as viral hepatitis, AIDS, memory loss, drug addiction, and age-related disease.