CONFERENCE ON MOLECULAR HELMINTHOLOGY

描述：本次Keystone研讨会是一次独一无二的 关于多细胞真核寄生虫，它是导致#年发病的主要原因 整个世界。这将是第三次会议；上一次会议是在1996年。这个 研讨会的目的不仅仅是展示该领域的最新发现 分子蠕虫学，也是利用分子和 可从其他多细胞真核虫获得的遗传系统，如 秀丽隐杆线虫。我们的任务是整合现有的大量知识 从线虫和从寄生蠕虫获得的和翻译 将这些信息转化为寄生蠕虫研究的相关方向。 年轻科学家(研究生和博士后研究员)应该受益 很大程度上是因为接触到了利用大量 可获得的基因组信息，以加强我们对疾病的了解。其他 会议包括一些蠕虫研究，如戈登会议， 伍兹霍尔的分子寄生虫学和美国热带学会 医学与卫生学。除了伍兹霍尔会议之外，其他会议的范围都很广。全 有一个处理原生动物寄生虫的主要成分；在分子中 寄生虫学会议上，99%的论文都是关于原生动物寄生虫的。这个 Keystone研讨会的独特之处在于它使用了诸如完整的 线虫的基因组序列，以获得对将被 蠕虫寄生虫干预和控制的目标。研究与实践 蠕虫寄生虫的代表性不足，部分原因是缺乏良好的 用于研究的遗传系统。将线虫的方法整合到 寄生虫的研究可能会刺激寄生蠕虫研究取得必要的进展。 这次会议的目标之一是激励年轻的科学家，他们将设定 未来的发展方向。

DESCRIPTION: This Keystone Symposium is a one of a kind meeting that focuses on multicellular eukaryotic parasites that are a major cause of morbidity in the world. This will be the third meeting; the last meeting was in 1996. The symposium is designed not just to present the recent findings in the field of molecular helminthology, but also to take advantage of the molecular and genetic systems available from other multicellular eukaryotic worms, such as Caenorhabditis elegans. The task is to integrate the vast knowledge available from C. elegans with that available from parasitic helminths and translate that information into relevant directions in the study of parasitic helminths. Young scientists (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) should benefit greatly from the exposure to approaches that utilize the vast amounts of available genomic information to enhance our understanding of diseases. Other meetings include some helminth studies, such as the Gordon Conference, Molecular Parasitology at Woods Hole, and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. All but the Woods Hole meeting are broad in scope. All have a major component that deals with protozoan parasites; in the Molecular Parasitology meeting, 99% of the papers are about protozoan parasites. The Keystone Symposium is unique in that it uses information such as the complete genome sequence from C. elegans to gain insights into pathways that will be targets for intervention and control of helminth parasites. Research on helminth parasites is underrepresented, in part due to a lack of a good genetic system for study. The integration of the C. elegans approach to helminth research may spur needed advances in parasitic helminth research. Among this conference's goals is to inspire young scientists who will set the direction for the future.