Conference Grant for Cytokines 2004

描述（由申请人提供）：为国际细胞因子学会（ICS）第11届年会提供部分资金，将于2004年10月21日至25日在波多黎各圣胡安的加勒比希尔顿酒店举行。此次会议将与国际干扰素和细胞因子研究学会（ISICR）联合召开，这是两个学会第五次联合召开会议。这次会议的主题是“细胞因子在癌症和免疫中的作用”，重点关注细胞因子在癌症生物学、肿瘤免疫学和免疫中的作用的最新发现。会议将：(1)探讨肿瘤发生机制，(2)探讨与肿瘤发生研究相关的疾病和疾病模型，(3)强调如何使用基于细胞因子的疗法来治疗癌症和增强肿瘤免疫。会议由dr。Matthew Fenton, Nancy Ruddle， John Hiscott和Nancy Reich组成了执行组织委员会。确认的发言人名单包括博士。Tak Mak和Michael Karin作为主讲人，以及dr。Tom Maniatis, Harvey Lodish, Anjana Rao, Shizuo Akira, John O'Shea, Keiko Ozato， Barrett Rollins和Fran Balkwill担任全体演讲嘉宾。该计划包括21个邀请全体会议报告，21个同期研讨会报告，108个口头研讨会报告，以及3个海报会议。所有的研讨会演讲者将从提交的摘要中选择，学生和博士后申请者的摘要将特别考虑口头陈述。我们要求为受邀演讲者、学生和青年科学家（博士后和临床研究员、青年教师）提供部分旅费支持。由于会议的地点和项目，我们预计出席人数约为400-500人，其中至少有150名学生/博士后申请参加。总的来说，我们将为参与细胞因子、癌症和免疫研究的不同群体的相互作用提供一个论坛。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested from NIH for partial support of the 1lth Annual Meeting of the International Cytokine Society (ICS), to be held at the Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on October 21-25, 2004. The meeting will be held jointly with the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research (ISICR), and is the 5th joint meeting held by the two societies. The meeting is entitled "Cytokines in Cancer and Immunity," and is focused on recent discoveries relating to the role of cytokines in cancer biology, tumor immunology, and immunity. The meeting will: (1) explore mechanisms of carcinogenesis, (2) explore the diseases and disease models relevant to the study of oncogenesis, and (3) highlight how cytokine-based therapies are being used to treat cancer and augment tumor immunity. Organization of the meeting is provided by Drs. Matthew Fenton, Nancy Ruddle, John Hiscott, and Nancy Reich who comprise the Executive Organizing Committee. The confirmed speaker list includes Drs. Tak Mak and Michael Karin as keynote speakers, as well as Drs. Tom Maniatis, Harvey Lodish, Anjana Rao, Shizuo Akira, John O'Shea, Keiko Ozato, Barrett Rollins, and Fran Balkwill as plenary lecturers. The program consists of 21 invited plenary presentations, 21 concurrent symposium presentations, 108 oral workshop presentations, plus three poster sessions. All of the workshop speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts, with abstracts from student and postdoctoral fellow applicants given special consideration for oral presentation. We request partial support to provide travel support for invited speakers, students, and junior scientists (postdoctoral and clinical fellows, junior faculty). Because of the location and program for the meeting, we anticipate attendance of approximately 400-500 people, with at least 150 students/postdoctoral fellows applying to attend. Overall, we will provide a forum for the interaction of diverse groups involved in the study of cytokines, cancer, and immunity.