2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Investigative Pathology

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案的目的是寻求对美国病理学研究学会（ASIP）年会的支持，该年会将在华盛顿，DC的Walter E.华盛顿会议中心，2011年4月9日至13日，与实验生物学2011（EB 2011）。ASIP年会提供了一个独特的论坛，用于展示和分享实验病理学的前沿研究，包括癌症生物学的多个主题，如表观遗传调控，信号传导和分子靶向治疗。该计划包括几个半天的研讨会和讲习班，获奖者讲座，抽象驱动的minisymopsia和海报会议。本协会年会的目标受众和主题各不相同，但都以疾病机制为共同重点。与传统一样，2011年ASIP会议包括肿瘤的重要组成部分。本协会的年会还通过为学员和年轻调查员的需要设计的特别活动和展示其工作的会议，促进他们的职业发展。同样，方案委员会努力鼓励妇女和少数民族参加年度会议。该计划还提供了一些教育举措，既有针对性的和感兴趣的生物医学研究界作为一个整体。本申请的具体目标是：1）通过扩大旅行奖励和指导计划，提供针对研究生、博士后研究员、临床住院医师和病理学研究员的特别会议，促进初级研究人员和受训人员参与本次会议; 2）为受邀演讲者，包括公认的专家和有前途的年轻研究人员提供差旅支持，出席专题讨论会和研讨会，讨论肿瘤细胞和分子机制的新进展。这些形式将促进大量学员、年轻研究者和资深研究者的参与; 3）吸引其他学科的科学家（他们将参加EB 2011）参加我们的癌症生物学和病理学会议，从而促进跨学科的互动，并充分利用我们的年会作为多学科EB会议的一部分。 敷设总结：美国研究病理学会年会提供了一个独特的论坛，分享与广泛的人类疾病有关的研究成果，特别强调癌症的分子机制和诊断。这种共享促进了对人类疾病理解的更快进步，并加快了这些知识可用于开发新的分子靶向疗法的速度。本次会议还提供了教育和职业支持，年轻的研究人员谁有兴趣加入实验病理学领域。 公共卫生相关性：美国研究病理学会年会提供了一个独特的论坛，分享与广泛的人类疾病有关的研究成果，特别强调癌症的分子机制。这种共享促进了对癌症等人类疾病的理解的更快进步，并加快了这些知识可应用于诊断和预后测试以及靶向治疗的开发的速度。会议还为对癌症生物学和实验病理学感兴趣的年轻研究人员提供教育和职业支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this proposal is to seek support for the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP), which will be held in Washington, DC at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on April 9-13, 2011, in conjunction with Experimental Biology 2011(EB2011). ASIP's annual meeting provides a unique forum for presentation and sharing of cutting-edge research in experimental pathology including multiple topics in cancer biology such as epigenetic regulation, signaling and molecular-targeted therapies. The program comprises several half-day symposia and workshops, lectures by award recipients, abstract- driven minisymposia and poster sessions. The target audience and subject matter for ASIP's annual meeting are diverse but united by a common focus on mechanisms of disease. As is traditional, the 2011 ASIP meeting includes strong components in Neoplasia. ASIP's annual meeting also promotes career development of trainee and young investigators through special events designed for their needs and sessions that showcase their work. Similarly, the Program Committee works hard to encourage participation of women and minorities in the annual meeting. The program further provides a number of educational initiatives, both targeted and of interest to the biomedical research community as a whole. The specific goals of this application are: 1) to promote the participation of junior investigators and trainees in this meeting through expansion of travel award and mentoring programs, provision of special sessions targeted to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and clinical residents and fellows in pathology; 2) to provide travel support for invited speakers, including recognized experts and promising young investigators, to present at symposia and workshops that cover new developments in the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neoplasia. These formats will facilitate the involvement of a large number of trainees, young investigators and established investigators; and 3) to attract scientists from other disciplines (who will be attending EB2011) to our cancer biology and pathology sessions, thus facilitating cross-disciplinary interactions and taking full advantage of holding our annual meeting as part of the multidisciplinary EB meeting. Lay summary: The Annual Meeting of the American Society for Investigative Pathology offers a unique forum for the sharing of research results relating to a wide spectrum of human disorders with particular emphasis on the molecular mechanisms and diagnosis of cancer. Such sharing fosters more rapid advances in understanding of human disease, and accelerates the rate at which this knowledge can be applied to the development of new molecular-targeted therapies. This meeting also provides educational and career support to younger investigators who are interested in joining the field of experimental pathology. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Annual Meeting of the American Society for Investigative Pathology offers a unique forum for the sharing of research results related to a wide spectrum of human disorders with particular emphasis on the molecular mechanisms of cancer. Such sharing fosters more rapid advances in the understanding of human diseases such as cancer and accelerates the rate at which this knowledge can be applied to the development of diagnostic and prognostic tests as well as targeted-therapies. The meeting also provides educational and career support to young investigators who are interested in cancer biology and experimental pathology.