34th Annual International Narcotics Research Conference

描述(申请人提供)：申请资助2003年7月6日至11日在法国佩皮尼昂举行的第34届国际麻醉品研究会议(INRC)年会。多年来，INRC一直是传播和交流有关阿片类药物和内源性阿片系统生物医学研究信息的最负盛名的国际会议。主题包括从分子到行为和临床研究。虽然主要主题仍然是鸦片类药物和滥用，但对大麻、可卡因和酒精等其他滥用药物的讨论越来越多，因为这些药物与内源性阿片系统之间的广泛相互作用已有记录。请求提供支助的主要是部分旅费，以使青年科学家，即研究生、博士后研究员和初级教员能够参加会议。一小部分资金将支持与成瘾药物研究有关的其他学科的杰出全体演讲者，他们将介绍可能对INRC受众有用的战略、概念或技术。被邀请的研讨会演讲者，通常不是INRC的参与者，将得到部分支持。请拨的行政和会议费用约占总数的15%。今年，INRC邀请了4名全体演讲者就各种相关主题发表演讲。三位演讲者是来自法国的杰出科学家，一位来自美国。伯纳德·P·罗克斯博士将主持创始人奖演讲。八个专题讨论会将涵盖申请书中描述的广泛主题，与前一次INRC所涵盖的主题只有有限的重叠，在被认为值得更新的领域。在每一次研讨会上，将选出一些相关的来稿进行口头陈述。将有3个海报会议，在那里总是有很多交流和讨论。活跃的讨论是INRC会议的一个特点，在非正式环境中举行，与会者之间的互动很容易。对于来自许多国家的与会者来说，这次国际会议是他们见面和交流思想的唯一机会。在这次会议上形成了许多新的合作和友谊。我们认为，许多博士后和博士后学生的参与已经导致并可能继续导致招募有前途的年轻科学家从事药物滥用研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Support is requested for the 34th annual meeting of the International Narcotics Research Conference (INRC) to be held in Perpignan, France July 6-11, 2003. INRC has for many years been the most prestigious international meeting for the dissemination and exchange of information about biomedical research on opiate drugs and the endogenous opioid system. The topics range from molecular to behavioral and clinical studies. While the main topic is still opiate drugs and abuse, there is increasing discussion of other abused drugs, such as marihuana, cocaine and alcohol, since extensive interaction between these drugs and the endogenous opioid system has been documented. Support is requested primarily for partial travel support to enable young scientists, i.e. graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty, to participate in the Conference. A small portion of funds will support distinguished plenary speakers from other disciplines, relevant to research on addictive drugs, who will describe strategies, concepts or techniques likely to be useful to an INRC audience. Invited symposium speakers, not normally INRC participants, will receive partial support. Funds requested for administrative and meeting expenses represent about 15% of the total. This year INRC has invited 4 plenary speakers on various relevant topics. Three speakers are distinguished scientists from France, and one is from the USA. Dr. Bernard P. Roques will present the Founders Award Lecture. Eight symposia will cover a wide range of topics described in the application, with only limited overlap with the topics covered at the previous INRC, in areas deemed to deserve update. A number of relevant contributed papers will be chosen for oral presentation at each symposium. There will be 3 poster sessions, at which there is always much exchange and discussion. Lively discussions are a hallmark of INRC meetings, held in informal settings where interaction between participants is easy. For participants from many countries, this international meeting is their only chance to meet and exchange ideas. Many new collaborations and friendships have been formed at this Conference. We feel that participation by many pre and post doctoral students has resulted and is likely to continue to result in recruiting promising young scientists to a career in drug abuse research.