Systems Biology of Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis to Personalized Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：本次会议将讨论计算生物学和生物信息学，技术开发以及在广泛的传染病应用中使用系统级方法。我们将突出旨在了解、治疗和预防艾滋病、呼吸道感染和结核病等疾病的研究。我们还将介绍新兴病原体的鉴定，宿主遗传学在决定疾病结局中的作用，以及个性化护理的承诺。我们的目标是为多学科的研究人员提供一个独特的机会，相互学习，讨论如何利用新的资源和技术，并决定未来的研究和开发工作的重点。会议还将为建立网络和建立新的合作提供大量机会。为了鼓励与会者之间的互动和与企业赞助商，我们将上限注册150与会者。出席是开放给所有感兴趣的个人，并登记将处理先到先得的基础上。会议将在位于华盛顿大学南湖联盟校区的奥林史密斯会议中心举行。为鼓励青年科学家出席会议，我们将向研究生和博士后研究员提供总共10个旅行奖。在选择委员会成员和会议发言人的过程中，考虑到了性别和少数群体的代表性以及科学专长和优点。有关家庭护理服务的信息将公布在会议网站上，并将包括在提供给与会者的注册材料中。科学计划将包括五个口头会议和一个海报会议。口头会议将包括特邀演讲者和从提交的摘要中选出的其他演讲者的演讲。在选定的会议结束时，将举行圆桌讨论会，以促进发言者和与会者之间的交流，并集中讨论与各届会议主题有关的重要或有争议的问题。基因组科学、技术和计算的不断进步创造了一个快速变化的研究环境，使这次会议及时、重要和令人兴奋。我们的目标是促进这一迅速发展的领域的信息交流，并帮助确定未来的发展方向， 系统生物学方法进入转化和传染病研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This conference will feature discussions on computational biology and bioinformatics, technology development, and the use of systems-level approaches in a wide range of infectious disease applications. We will highlight research aimed at understanding, treating, and preventing conditions such as AIDS, respiratory infections, and tuberculosis. We will also feature presentations on the identification of emerging pathogens, the role of host genetics in determining disease outcome, and the promises of personalized care. Our goal is to provide a unique opportunity for a multidisciplinary group of investigators to learn from each other, discuss how to exploit new resources and technologies, and decide where to focus future research and development efforts. The conference will also provide abundant opportunities for networking and for establishing new collaborations. To encourage interactions between attendees and with corporate sponsors, we will cap registration at 150 attendees. Attendance is open to all interested individuals, and registrations will be processed on a first-come basis. The conference will be held at the Orin Smith Conference Center located on the South Lake Union campus of the University of Washington. To encourage attendance by young scientists, we will make available a total of 10 travel awards to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Gender and minority representation, as well as scientific expertise and merit, have been considered during the process of choosing members of committees and speakers for the conference. Information regarding family care services will be posted on the conference website and will be included with the registration materials provided to attendees. The scientific program will consist of five oral sessions and a poster session. Oral sessions will include presentations by invited speakers and additional speakers chosen from submitted abstracts. At the end of selected sessions, there will be a round-table discussion to promote exchanges between presenters and conference participants and to focus on important or controversial issues that relate to themes in the respective session. Ongoing advances in genome science, technology, and computation create a rapidly changing research environment that makes this conference timely, significant, and exciting. Our goal is to facilitate the exchang of information in this rapidly growing field and to help define future directions for incorporating systems biology approaches into translational and infectious disease research.