Alcohol & Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) Meeting

摘要 这个R13会议补助金申请寻求部分支持三个即将举行的年度酒精和免疫学 研究兴趣小组（AIRIG）会议与中西部秋季免疫学 会议（AIC）在芝加哥，IL，白细胞生物学学会（SLB），或基石研讨会。资金 要求支付学生，博士后研究员，初级教师和少数民族的旅行费用和住房费用 科学家，以及邀请演讲者的一些费用，为期一天的会议，将涵盖广泛的 酒精和免疫学方面。2019年AIRIG会议将于11月19日星期五在马萨诸塞州波士顿举行 第15届与白细胞生物学学会（SLB）年会一起举行。主题是“酒精和 组织特异性免疫”，并计划与2019年的精准医学重点协调活动 SLB会议。这次为期一天的AIRIG会议将包括3个全体会议：1）酒精的临床研究， 免疫，2）肺和肝中的组织特异性免疫，和3）肠和脑中的组织特异性免疫， 沿着的还有从提交的摘要中选出的海报和简短的演讲。我们将举办2020年和2021年 AIRIG在芝加哥洛约拉大学（Loyola）和科罗拉多丹佛大学（UCDeven）举行会议， 分别后两次会议的主题是“酒精、炎症反应和组织损伤”。 和“酒精和大麻对免疫的调节”SLB会议有300 - 500名注册者 视地点而定，会议是单独举行还是与其他小型科学学会联合举行，包括 国际内毒素和先天免疫学会。AIC是一个区域会议， 邀请的全体发言人和Keystone研讨会吸引了来自全国各地的参与者。有关 AIRIG，许多基石研讨会有免疫或疾病为基础的主题。持有AIRIG 与AIC、SLB或Keystone研讨会的会议将使酒精和免疫学的知名度更高 比在更大的会议上，如美国免疫学家协会， 或实验生物学。此外，这些会议为年轻人提供了许多机会， 科学家参加了许多层次，包括选择大量的口头介绍，从提交 摘要。此外，这些会议还有职业发展方案，包括会议和讲习班 题为职业免疫学，妇女和多样性，赠款写作，街头智慧的科学为学生 了解个人发展计划。这些课程为职业建设提供了时间， 合作机会，这在较大的会议上可能不可行或不容易获得。因此，此外， 为了提供一个讨论该领域当前研究的论坛，共同组织者的总体目标是 扩大学生、博士后实习生和少数族裔科学家的参与，增加关键 研究酒精和免疫学问题的科学家我们认为，这些目标将是最好的 通过与AIC、SLB或Keystone研讨会一起安排即将举行的AIRIG会议来实现。

Abstract This R13 meetings grant application seeks partial support for three upcoming annual Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meetings in conjunction with either the Midwest Autumn Immunology Conference (AIC) in Chicago, IL, the Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB), or Keystone Symposia. Funding is requested to cover travel costs and housing for students, postdoctoral fellows, junior faculty, and minority scientists, as well as some of the cost of invited speakers, for a one day meeting which will cover broad aspects of alcohol and immunology. The 2019 AIRIG meeting will be held in Boston, MA, on Friday November 15th in conjunction with the Annual Society for Leukocyte Biology (SLB) meeting. The topic will be “Alcohol & Tissue-Specific Immunity” with a plan of coordinating activities with the precision medicine focus of the 2019 SLB meeting. This full-day AIRIG meeting will include 3 plenary sessions: 1) Clinical studies on alcohol and immunity, 2) Tissue-specific immunity in the lung & liver, and 3) Tissue-specific immunity in the gut & brain, along with posters and short presentations selected from submitted abstracts. We will hold the 2020 and 2021 AIRIG meetings at Loyola University Chicago (Loyola) and the University of Colorado Denver (UCDenver), respectively. Themes of the latter two meeting will be “Alcohol, Inflammatory Responses and Tissue Injury” and “Immune Modulation by Alcohol and Cannabis.” SLB meetings have between 300 - 500 registrants depending on the venue and if the meeting is solo or joint with other small scientific societies, including the International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society. The AIC is a regional meeting with an impressive list of invited plenary speakers and Keystone Symposia attract participants from across the country. Relevant to AIRIG, many of the Keystone Symposia have immunologic- or disease-based themes. Holding the AIRIG meeting with AIC, SLB, or a Keystone Symposium will allow greater visibility of alcohol and immunology research than would be possible at much larger meetings such as the American Association of Immunologists or Experimental Biology. Additionally, these meetings have numerous opportunities for young developing scientist to participate on many levels, including selecting a large number of oral presentations from submitted abstracts. In addition, these meetings have Career Development Programs, including sessions and workshops entitled Careers in Immunology, Women and Diversity, Grant Writing, Streets Smarts of Science for Students and Understanding the Individual Development Plan. These sessions allow time for career building and collaborative opportunities, which may not be feasible or readily available at larger meetings. Thus, in addition to providing a forum for the discussion of current research in the field, overall goals of the co-organizers are to expand the participation of students, postdoctoral trainees, and minority scientists and to increase the critical mass of scientists working on alcohol and immunology issues. We believe that these goals will be best achieved by scheduling upcoming AIRIG meetings in conjunction with the AIC, SLB or Keystone Symposia.