U.S.-Thailand Conferencea: Application of Biotechnology to the Study of Animal Parasites and their Vectors; Bangkok andChiangmai, Thailand; November 30-December 4, 1987.

这项提案要求获得资金，以允许洛厄尔大学热带病中心主任John I.Bruce博士与曼谷Mahidol大学理学院荣誉院长Chamlong Harinasuta博士于1987年11月30日至12月4日在泰国曼谷和清迈举行美国-泰国应用生物技术研究动物寄生虫及其媒介的会议。这次会议将汇集7名美国科学家和约50名泰国与会者/观察员，就动物寄生虫的研究、动物寄生虫与其媒介之间发生的复杂相互作用以及当前生物技术在涉及动物寄生虫及其媒介的问题上的应用交换信息和想法。预计还将有来自印度尼西亚、马来西亚和菲律宾的两名科学家参加。这笔赠款将只支持美国参加这次会议。Mahidol大学的科学家已经建立了主要人畜共患寄生虫及其媒介的地方性概况，其分布、流行和发病率与水资源开发有关。应用新的生物技术程序可能非常有益，有助于增进知识和设计合理的方法来遏制这些寄生虫。这次会议将为美国和泰国科学家提供机会，确定未来寄生虫学研究合作的优先领域，并制定具体的合作研究建议。该项目与发展中国家科学计划的目标相关，该计划旨在通过交流科学信息、思想、技能和技术，以及通过在互利问题上的合作，提高美国科学家和工程师与发展中国家同行之间的合作水平。美国和泰国的合作者是备受尊敬的科学家，在该提案领域拥有广泛的国际研究经验和富有成效的出版记录。

This proposal requests funds to permit Dr. John I. Bruce, Director, Center for Tropical Diseases, University of Lowell, to conduct with Dr. Chamlong Harinasuta, Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, a U.S.-Thailand Conference on Application of Biotechnology to the Study of Animal Parasites and Their Vectors, Bangkok and Chiangmai, Thailand, November 30 to December 4, 1987. The conference will bring together 7 U.S. scientists and some 50 Thai participants/observers to exchange information and ideas on the study of animal parasites, the complex interactions occurring between animal parasites and their vectors, and the application of current biotechnology to problems involving animal parasites and their vectors. Two scientists each from Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines also are expected to participate. This grant will support only U.S. participation in the conference. Scientists at Mahidol University have developed a profile of endemicity of the major zoonotic parasites and their vectors whose distribution, prevalence and incidence are related to water-resources development. The application of new biotechnological procedures could be extremely beneficial as an aid to enhancing knowledge and devising logical approaches to containment of these parasitoses. The conference will provide an opportunity for U.S. and Thai scientists to identify priority areas for future research cooperation in parasitology and to develop specific cooperative research proposals. This project is relevant to the objectives of the Science in Developing Countries Program which seeks to increase the level of cooperation between U.S. scientists and engineers and their counterparts in developing countries through the exchange of scientific information, ideas, skills, and techniques and through collaboration on problems of mutual benefit. The U.S. and Thai collaborators are highly respected scientists with extensive international research experience and productive publication records in the field of the proposal.