International Congress of the Immunology of Diabetes Soc

描述(由申请人提供)：作为下一届国际糖尿病免疫学学会(IDS)会议的联合主席，艾森巴特博士向美国国立卫生研究院提交了一份赠款，以支持IDS会议的会议。第六届国际糖尿病免疫学大会将于2002年10月3日至6日在科罗拉多州的铜山举行。这是一个为期4天的会议，预计将有来自世界各地的约400名代表参加。IDS是糖尿病免疫学方方面面的国际论坛：发病机制、预测、预防、遗传学等。国际会议每1至2年举行一次。在这次会议上，我们将通过座谈会和全体会议重点介绍相关领域的最新信息。研讨会将讨论人类和动物模型中的自身抗体，以及关于人类1型糖尿病发病的特别会议。通过分享其他免疫学、遗传学和自身免疫领域的最新进展，糖尿病免疫学社区将受益良多。这笔赠款是为了支持出席这次会议的代表的旅费，并帮助为受邀的发言者提供津贴。超过一半的资金将为年轻的调查人员提供旅行奖学金。青年研究人员的旅行补助金将根据提交的摘要的数字评分来选择，额外的旅行资金将用于国际组织委员会选择的全体讲座。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As co-chairman of the next international Immunology of Diabetes Society (IDS) meeting, Dr. Eisenbarth is submitting a grant to the National Institutes of Health for meeting support of the IDS meeting. The 6th International Congress of the Immunology of Diabetes Society is being held in Copper Mountain, Colorado between October 3-6, 2002. This is a 4 day meeting that is expected to be attended by approximately 400 delegates from all over the world. The IDS is an international forum for all aspects of diabetes immunology: pathogenesis, prediction, prevention, genetics, etc. International meetings are held every 1 to 2 years. For this meeting we are focusing on presenting, through symposia and plenary talks, state of the art information within related fields. There will be a discussion of autoantibodies in both human and animal models in a workshop setting as well as a special session on type 1 diabetes onset in humans. The diabetes immunology community will benefit much by sharing of information in the newest advances in other fields of immunology, genetics, and autoimmunity. This grant is sought to support the travel of delegates attending this conference and help provide stipends for invited speakers. More than half of the funding will provide travel scholarships to young investigators. Travel grants for young investigators will be chosen by numerical rating of submitted abstracts and additional travel funding will be applied to plenary lectures chosen by the international organizing committee.