Conference Support for the Tenth Congress of the International Society for Developmental and Comparative Immunology to be held in Charleston, South Carolina , July 1-6, 2006

国际发育和比较免疫学学会（ISDCI）在过去的27年里每三年举行一次国际大会，以汇集在发育，比较和进化免疫生物学领域工作的研究人员，交流信息和新思想，并开发新的合作项目。上一届大会于2003年在苏格兰的圣安德鲁斯举行，汇集了来自28个国家的代表。本次大会提供了1）一个论坛，在这个科学家社区可以评估，集体，该领域的状态和它正在移动的方向2）在正式和非正式环境中交流信息的独特机会，和3）年轻的研究人员有机会提出他们的想法，在他们的领域建立工作者，并参与科学辩论。大会传统上一直是许多新的研究合作，无论是国家和国际，已经孵化的场所。学会致力于在其大会上提供一个研究论坛，所有从事发育、比较和进化免疫生物学工作的科学家都可以积极参加。因此，虽然受邀的全会发言人和会议主席将主要从高级研究人员中选出，但大会的结构将允许许多简短的口头介绍，这为年轻科学家，特别是博士后研究人员和研究生介绍他们的工作提供了宝贵的经验。海报会议的结构将确保每个希望展示海报的人都能够这样做。为了最大限度地发挥海报会议的价值，大会将留出两段时间专门用于观看海报。除了口头和海报介绍，大会还将安排工作坊。讲习班将讨论重点更突出的专题，并将使对某一特定领域有非常具体兴趣的研究人员能够在非正式的气氛中交流信息和想法。作为其对学科未来的主要承诺的一部分，ISDCI特别感兴趣的是为年轻科学家，妇女和代表性不足的少数民族提供参加会议的机会。传统上，国际科学发展研究所向青年科学家提供大量的旅行奖学金，以便利他们参与，并尽一切努力为每一位研究生或博士后申请人的参与费用提供资助。

The International Society for Developmental and Comparative Immunology (ISDCI) have been meeting every 3 years for the last 27 years through an International Congress in order to bring together the community of researchers working in developmental, comparative and evolutionary immunobiology for exchange of information and new ideas and to develop new collaborative projects. The previous Congress was held at St. Andrews in Scotland in 2003 and brought together delegates from 28 countries. This Congress provides 1) a forum in which this community of scientists can assess, collectively, the state of the field and the direction in which it is moving 2) unique opportunities for the exchange of information in both formal and informal settings, and 3) the chance for young researchers to present their ideas to established workers in their field, and to engage in scientific debate. The Congress has traditionally been a venue where many new research collaborations, both national and international, have been incubated. The Society is committed to providing, in its Congress, a research forum in which all scientists working in developmental, comparative and evolutionary immunobiology can actively participate. Thus, while invited plenary speakers and chairs of sessions will mostly be drawn from the pool of senior researchers, the Congress will be structured to allow many short oral presentations, which provide valuable experience for younger scientists, especially postdoctoral researchers and graduate students, to present their work. The poster sessions will be structured to ensure that everyone who wishes to present a poster will be able to do so. In order to maximize the value of the poster sessions, the Congress will set aside two blocks of time that are scheduled only for poster viewing. In addition to the oral and poster presentations, the Congress will also schedule Workshops. The Workshops will deal with more focused topics and will permit researchers who have very specific interests in a particular area to exchange information and ideas in an informal atmosphere. As part of its major commitment to the future of the discipline, ISDCI is particularly interested in providing opportunities for young scientists, women and under-represented minorities to participate in their meetings. ISDCI traditionally provides substantial numbers of travel bursaries to young scientists to facilitate their participation, and makes every effort to contribute to the participation costs of every applicant who is either a graduate student or a postdoctoral fellow.