20th Annual Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Meeting

 描述(申请人提供)：本次资金申请是为了支持2016年第20届伍兹霍尔免疫寄生虫学年会(WHIP)的费用，该会议汇集了来自世界各地的免疫寄生虫学领域的主要研究人员、学生和博士后研究员。2016(第二十)次会议将于2016年4月18日至21日举行。这一领域的学者年度聚会成立于1997年，目的是为科学家在这一重要领域交流思想提供一个共同的聚会场所。会议平均每年有125到150人参加。虽然还有其他会议，该领域的高级主要调查人员介绍了他们的数据，但这次会议的重点是提供一个 研究生和博士后研究员向彼此和知名研究人员介绍他们的工作的论坛。会议还旨在提供机会，突出该领域的新初级教员。之所以选择这个地点，是因为海洋生物实验室(MBL)和寄生虫学领域有很强的联系。这种关系始于20多年前，一年一度的夏季课程“寄生虫生物学”的设立，以及秋季在MBL举行的一年一度的分子寄生虫学会议。它靠近东海岸的实验室，可以通过从世界各地直飞波士顿的航班到达。在WHIP会议上，超过85%的演讲将由研究生或博士后研究员进行，使这一领域的会议独树一帜。除了口头陈述外， 所有的学生和博士后研究员都有机会在海报上展示他们的工作。因此，免疫寄生虫学领域的学生和博士后研究员在口头演讲和海报会议上都获得了宝贵的经验，展示了他们的数据，以及将有助于推进他们的科学和职业生涯的联系人。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application for funding is to support expenses for the 2016 20th Annual Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Meeting (WHIP), which brings together principal investigators, students and postdoctoral fellows from around the world who are in the field of immunoparasitology. The 2016 (20th) meeting will be held on April 18 - 21, 2016. The annual gathering of scholars in this field was established in 1997 with the intent to provide a collegial meeting place for scientists to exchange ideas in this important field. The meeting averages 125 to 150 participants every year. While there are other meetings where senior principal investigators in this field present their data, the focus of this meeting is to provide a forum where graduate students and postdoctoral fellows present their work to each other and established investigators. The meeting also aims to provide the opportunity to highlight new junior faculty in the field. The location was chosen because of the strong association of the Marine Biology Laboratory (MBL) and the field of parasitology. This relationship began more than 20 years ago with the establishment of the annual summer course, "Biology of Parasitism," and with the annual Molecular Parasitology meeting held in the fall at the MBL. It is close to laboratories on the east coast, and accessible via direct flights to Boston from around the world. Over 85% of the talks at the WHIP meeting will be given by either graduate students or post-doctoral fellows, making this a unique meeting in the field. In addition to the oral presentations, all of the students and post-doctoral fellows have the opportunity to present their work in poster sessions. Thus, both in oral talks and poster sessions students and post-doctoral fellows in the field of immunoparasitology gain valuable experience in presenting their data, as well as contacts that will be useful for advancing their science and their careers.