Workshops on Viral Pathogenesis and Oncogenesis

将组织一系列关于病毒发病机制和肿瘤发生的研讨会。在发达国家和发展中国家，病毒性传染病仍然是人类健康的主要威胁。它们可引起急性感染(新的[如汉坦病毒]和已有的[如流感])和慢性疾病--特别是癌症(如宫颈癌、淋巴瘤和肝细胞癌)和神经退行性疾病。开发病毒疫苗和抗病毒药物的一个重要基础是建立特定病毒如何致病的知识库。最终，必须在整个受感染的有机体中进行实验，这通常需要开发动物模型。这些讲习班将在时间上与NIH病毒学和实验病毒学研究部分的会议同时举行。研讨会为期1天以上，有12位全体演讲者参加。大约6名演讲者将从研究组成员中挑选出来，其他6名演讲者将根据他们最近的突破性发现被邀请。这些讲习班将通过期刊(如《ASM新闻》、《病毒学杂志》)以及相关网站(美国国立卫生研究院等)进行宣传。所有感兴趣的调查人员都将参加，我们预计将有75-150人参加。

A series of workshops on viral pathogenesis and oncogenesis will be organized. Viral infectious diseases continue to be major human health threats in both the developed and developing worlds. They can cause acute infections (both new [e.g. hantavirus] and established [e.g. influenza]) and also chronic diseases- notably cancers (e.g. cervical cancer, lymphomas and hepatocellular carcinoma) and neurodegenerative diseases. An important foundation for development of viral vaccines and anti-virals is establish the knowledge base for how a particular virus causes disease. Ultimately, experimentation in whole infected organisms must be carried out, and this often necessitates developing animal models. These workshops will temporally coincide with meetings of the NIH Virology and Experimental Virology study sections. The workshops will be 1 + days in length, featuring 12 plenary speakers. Approximately six speakers will be drawn from study section membership, and the other six will be invited on the basis of their recent groundbreaking discoveries. The workshops will be advertised through journals (e.g. ASM News, the Journal of Virology) as well as through relevant websites (NIH and otherwise). Attendance will be open to all interested investigators, and we anticipate an attendance of 75-150.