35th Annual International Narcotics Research Conference

描述（由申请人提供）： 请求为将于2004年7月18日至23日在日本京都举行的国际麻醉品研究会议第三十五届年会提供支助。多年来，INRC一直是传播和交流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。主题范围从分子到行为和临床研究。虽然主要议题仍然是阿片类药物和滥用，但对大麻、可卡因和酒精等其他滥用药物的讨论也越来越多，因为这些药物与内源性阿片系统之间的广泛相互作用已被记录在案。请求提供的支助主要是部分旅费支助，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。一小部分资金将用于资助与成瘾药物研究有关的其他学科的杰出全体发言人，他们将描述可能对INRC听众有用的战略、概念或技术。应邀的专题讨论会发言者，通常不是INRC的与会者，将得到部分支助。行政和会议费用所需资金约占总额的15%。今年INRC邀请了3位关于各种相关主题的全体演讲者，包括NIDA主任诺拉·库夫，英国的巴里·埃弗里特和日本的中西重忠。谁将出席创始人奖讲座的科学家将很快被选中。九个专题讨论会将涵盖应用程序中描述的广泛主题，在被认为值得更新的领域，与上一届INRC所涵盖的主题只有有限的重叠。每次专题讨论会将选出一些相关的论文作口头介绍。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会议的一个标志，在非正式的环境中举行，参与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。在这次会议上建立了许多新的合作和友谊。我们认为，许多博士前和博士后学生的参与已经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 35th annual meeting of the International Narcotics Research Conference (INRC) to be held in Kyoto, Japan July 18-23, 2004. 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 marijuana, 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 3 plenary speakers on various relevant topics, including Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA, Barry Everitt, UK and Shigetada Nakanishi, Japan. The scientist who will present the Founders Award Lecture will be selected shortly. Nine 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.