International Workshop on Autoantibodies & Autoimmunity

该申请申请资助第九届国际自身抗体研讨会 和自动免疫将于2005年9月29日至10月2日在佛罗里达大学希尔顿大学举行 酒店会议中心，位于美国佛罗里达州盖恩斯维尔。本系列研讨会每两天举行一次。 作为对自身抗体和自身免疫研究有共同兴趣的学术和行业科学家的国际聚会，该组织在世界各地举行了数年的会议。以前的会议分别在德国海德堡(1989年)、加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥(1991年)、德国施洛斯埃尔茂(1993年)、澳大利亚悉尼(1995年)、北卡罗来纳州教堂山(1997年)、挪威奥斯陆(1999年)、日本阿瓦吉什岛(2001年)和德国柏林(2003年)举行。最近在柏林举行的会议有200多人参加。研讨会致力于传播自身抗体研究的最新进展，以及与自身免疫性疾病的发病机制、诊断和治疗有关的免疫学和细胞生物学。它为不同学科的科学家提供了一个论坛，让他们展示科学研究成果，分享他们的专业知识和见解。我们预计将有来自美国、亚洲、欧洲和南美的约200名与会者参加。大会的演讲者将是来自广泛研究领域的科学家。很大一部分发言者将根据提交的摘要选出。其他数据将在海报会议上展示。这次会议将通过在主要期刊上刊登广告以及通过电子邮件通知以前的讲习班参与者和同事来广泛宣传。这六个主题是：免疫性疾病和癌症中自身抗原的生物学，自身免疫性疾病的生物标记物， 器官特异性自身免疫的早期诊断，自身免疫的遗传学，机制和 自身抗体产生的机制和自身免疫性疾病的免疫治疗。

The application requests funding support for the Ninth International Workshop on Autoantibodies and Autoimmunity to be held September 29 to October 2, 2005 at the University of Florida Hilton Hotel Conference Center, in Gainesville, Florida, USA. This workshop series is held every two years throughout the world as an international gathering of academic and industry scientists with common interest in research on autoantibodies and autoimmunity. Previous conferences were held in Heidelberg, Germany (1989), San Diego, California (1991), Schloss Elmau, Germany (1993), Sydney, Australia (1995), Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1997), Oslo, Norway (1999), Awajishima, Japan (2001), and Berlin, Germany (2003). The most recent meeting in Berlin was attended by over 200 participants. The symposium is dedicated to the dissemination of the latest advances in autoantibody research and immunology and cell biology as related to the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of autoimmune diseases. It provides a forum for scientists in a variety of disciplines to present scientific research findings and share their expertise and insights. We expect worldwide participation of ~200 participants from US, Asia, Europe, and South America. The conference speakers will be scientists from a broad range of research areas. A significant proportion of the speakers will be chosen on the basis of submitted abstracts. Other data will be presented in poster sessions. This meeting will be widely publicized through advertisements in major journals as well as e-mail announcements to previous workshop participants and colleagues. The six focus topics are: biology of autoantigens in immune disease and cancer, biomarkers for autoimmune diseases, early diagnosis of organ-specific autoimmunity, genetics of autoimmunity, mechanisms and pathogenesis of autoantibody production, and immunotherapy of autoimmune diseases.