2016 Internatinal Meeting o the Molecular Biology of Hepatitis B Viruses

 描述（由申请人提供）：在本提案中，我们请求提供资金，以支持年轻科学家参加2016年国际B型肝炎病毒分子生物学会议的差旅费，该会议定于2016年9月21日至24日在韩国首尔延世大学的会议设施举行。本次会议是唯一的论坛，聚集了国际社会的研究人员，专注于B型肝炎病毒（HBV）和密切相关的丁型肝炎病毒（HDV）。世界上大约有25%的人口感染了HBV。不幸的是，尽管预防性疫苗的可用性，许多新的感染发生在世界各地，主要是因为疫苗的利用不足，由于成本和其他问题。此外，对于已经慢性感染HBV的约3.5亿人（其中约1500万人合并感染HDV），疫苗没有治疗价值。因此，全世界每年有50万至100万人死于HBV/HDV。因此，当务之急是继续进行HBV的基础研究，并及时讨论和传播该领域的最新进展。一年一度的HBV会议为科学交流和传播最新研究信息提供了论坛。2014年会议将坚持和加强传统形式。它将包括8个口头科学会议和2个海报会议，以及较少结构化的“网络”时间。科学互动将通过两个主旨演讲（见他们的录取通知书）来促进。同过去一样，为尽量减少会议费用作出了巨大努力。此外，自2005年以来，B型肝炎基金会一直坚定地承诺支持这次会议，为组织会议提供一个永久的场所，并提供工作人员监督会议和宣传会议，特别是向有大量代表性不足的少数民族的大学提供宣传。为了让初级和少数民族研究人员参与，需要NIH的支持，以帮助支付会议费用。预计将有超过200-300名与会者注册参加2016年HBV会议，这将标志着HBV会议成立32周年。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this proposal, we request for funding to support the travel expenses for young scientists to attend and participate in the 2016 International Meeting on the Molecular Biology of Hepatitis B Viruses, scheduled for September 21st-24th, 2016 at the conference facility of the Yonsei University of Seoul, South Korea. This meeting is the only forum that gathers the international community of researchers that focus on the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and the closely associated hepatitis delta virus (HDV). Approximately 25% of the world's population has been infected by HBV. Unfortunately, despite the availability of prophylactic vaccines, many new infections occur worldwide, mostly because of underutilization of the vaccine due to cost and other issues. Moreover, for the approximately 350 million people already chronically infected with HBV (approximately 15 million of whom are co-infected with HDV), the vaccine is of no therapeutic value. As a result, between 0.5 and 1 million people die of HBV/HDV every year worldwide. It is therefore imperative that basic research on HBV continues, and the latest progress in the field is discussed and disseminated in a timely manner. The annual HBV meeting provides the forum for scientific exchanges and the dissemination of latest research information. The 2014 meeting will uphold and enhance the traditional format. It will consist of 8 oral scientific sessions and 2 poster sessions as well as less structured "networking" time. The scientific interactions will be facilitated by two keynote addresses (see their acceptance letters). As in the past, great effort has been made to minimize the cost of the meeting. Furthermore, the Hepatitis B Foundation has made a strong commitment to support this meeting since 2005, in terms of providing a permanent home for organizing the meeting and making its staff available for supervising the meeting and publicizing it, especially to universitis with large numbers of underrepresented minorities. In order to allow the participation of junior and minority investigators, support from the NIH to help defray the meeting costs is requested. It is expected that over 200-300 attendees will register for the 2016 HBV meeting, which will mark the 32nd anniversary of the HBV meeting.