International Leptospirosis Society Meeting 2011

2011 年国际钩端螺旋体病学会会议

• 批准号: 8205350
• 负责人: Joseph M. Vinetz
• 金额: $ 0.6万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-08-11 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8205350
• 关键词: Africa; Area; Asia; Australia; Bacteria; Collaborations; Communicable Diseases; Communication; Communities; Country; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Ecuador; Epidemiology; Europe; Faculty; Fertilization; Funding; Gender; Gene Expression; Genetic; Genome; Genomics; Goals; Grant; Immune response; Immunity; Immunology; India; Individual; Institutes; Interdisciplinary Communication; International; Laboratories; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Link; Maryland; Mentors; Methods; Mexico; Minority; Molecular; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease; Outcome; Paper; Participant; Pathogenesis; Peer Review; Postdoctoral Fellow; Prevention; Proteomics; Publications; Publishing; Research; Research Personnel; Research Priority; Resources; Science; Scientific Advances and Accomplishments; Scientist; Societies; Systems Biology; Translations; Travel; Underrepresented Minority; United States; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Woman; World Health Organization; abstracting; base; burden of illness; career; career development; clinical epidemiology; cost; genome sequencing; global health; graduate student; improved; interest; meetings; member; pathogen; success; symposium; vaccine development

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Leptospirosis has emerged as a globally important infectious disease threat in both developing and developed countries. Using the best science available from the global community of leptospirosis researchers, the World Health Organization established the Leptospirosis Epidemiology Reference Group (all of whom are ILS members) with the goal of determining strategies to assess the global burden of this disease towards to goal of improved treatment and control. Rapid advances in the field have taken place in recent years, with publication of five complete Leptospira genome sequences, new funding by the NIAID Genome Sequencing Center of a large scale Leptospira genome project organized by leaders of the ILS in collaboration with the J. Craig Venter Institute, publication of microarray and proteomics-based research, and the integration of modern genetics and immunology into experimental elucidation of host-pathogen interactions. The VIIth meeting of the International Leptospirosis Society will take place at the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan in Merida, Mexico on from September 19-22, 2011. The purpose of the meeting is to facilitate international, multidisciplinary communication about diverse aspects of Leptospira and leptospirosis towards the translation of laboratory advances to better methods of prevention and treatment. Topics of discussion will include the following: global epidemiology of leptospirosis and burden of disease, Leptospira genomics and proteomics, molecular and cellular pathogenesis, mechanisms of host response and protective immunity, and vaccine development. Participants will include international experts in the field, and postdoctoral and graduate trainees from the United States, Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa. Speakers will include established and new investigators in the field. Funds requested will used to primarily to support trainee travel and accommodations with additional funds allocated to support travel costs for speakers in high priority research areas such as genomic-level science. A call for trainee abstracts will be sent through US and international organizations, and efforts to target trainees will be made to senior and first authors of recently published papers and NIH grants. A specific effort to encourage applications from underrepresented minority and women applications will continue to be made. Trainees will compete for support by submitting a research abstract for support. Abstracts will be selected for support by an ILS committee. Selection factors will include quality of abstract, and the group of successful trainees will reflect geographic and gender diversity especially from resource-limited countries. Outcome of the meeting will be assessed by peer-reviewed publication by participants, particularly trainees, demonstrated enhancement of international collaborative efforts including new grant support, and trainee career advancement. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Leptospirosis has emerged as a globally important infectious disease threat in both developing and developed countries. Rapid advances in the field have taken place in recent years, with the integration of modern genetics and immunology into experimental elucidation of host-pathogen interactions. NIAID support for the 7th Scientific Meeting of the International Leptospirosis Society will advance the field in supporting the most promising trainees and by facilitating communications among the internationally-based researchers in this field.

描述（由申请人提供）：在发展中国家和发达国家中，钩端螺旋体病已成为全球重要的传染病威胁。世界卫生组织使用全球钩端螺旋体病研究人员的最佳科学，建立了钩端螺旋体病流行病学参考小组（所有人都是ILS成员），目的是确定策略，以评估这种疾病的全球负担，以实现改善治疗和控制的目标。该领域的快速进步近年来已经发生了，五个完整的钩端螺旋体基因组序列出版，NIAID基因组测序中心的新资助是由ILS领导者与J. Craig Venter Institute合作组织的大规模钩端螺旋体基因组项目，该项目由ILS的领导人组织，以及基于蛋白质组学的ELLARAY和蛋白质研究的Importional Interional Integrient of Modemations of Modemation of Modemation of Modern of Modemation of Modern Integration of Modern Integration of Modern Integriont宿主 - 病原体相互作用。国际钩端螺旋体病社会的维斯会议将于2011年9月19日至22日在墨西哥梅里达的尤卡坦大学举行。会议的目的是促进有关瘦素和诱体的多元化沟通，以促进瘦心和瘦素的多元化方面，以促进实验室进步，以改善实验室的预测和更好的治疗方法。讨论的主题将包括以下内容：钩端螺旋体病的全球流行病学以及疾病负担，钩端螺旋体基因组学和蛋白质组学，分子和细胞发病机理，宿主反应和保护性免疫的机制以及疫苗的发展。参与者将包括该领域的国际专家，来自美国，亚洲，澳大利亚，欧洲和非洲的博士后和研究生学员。演讲者将在该领域包括已建立的调查人员和新的调查员。要求的资金将主要用于支持受训者的旅行和住宿，并提供额外的资金，以支持高优先研究领域的演讲者（例如基因组级科学）的旅行成本。将通过美国和国际组织发送召集学员摘要的呼吁，并将努力的努力付给了最近发表的论文和NIH赠款的高级和第一作者。将继续提出一项具体的努力，以鼓励代表性不足的少数群体和妇女申请的申请。学员将通过提交研究摘要以获得支持而争夺支持。 ILS委员会将选择摘要以供支持。选择因素将包括摘要的质量，成功的学员小组将反映地理和性别多样性，尤其是来自资源有限国家的地理和性别多样性。会议的结果将通过参与者，尤其是受训者的同行评审出版物进行评估，这表明包括新的赠款支持和受训者职业发展，包括国际合作努力。 公共卫生相关性：在发展中国家和发达国家中，钩端螺旋体病已成为全球重要的传染病威胁。近年来，该领域的快速进步已经在现代遗传学和免疫学与宿主 - 病原体相互作用的实验性阐明中的整合。 NIAID对国际钩端螺旋体病社会第七届科学会议的支持将推进该领域，以支持最有前途的学员，并通过促进该领域的国际研究人员之间的沟通。