SEVENTH ANNUAL TROPICAL DISEASES SYMPOSIUM

该提案要求提供资金，以支持题为“2000年世界银行全球金融危机后， “热带病免疫学和生物化学的最新进展” 将在田纳西州纳什维尔的梅哈里医学院举行， 1990年4月23日至24日，星期一和星期二。 本次研讨会的目标是 双重的： (1)讨论目前对引起热带病的生物的研究 疾病; (2)鼓励少数民族学生接受研究生教育， 分子生物学、生物化学和生物医学科学。 研讨会将由研究生院和 梅哈里医学院生物医学系。 的一部分 这次会议，本科生和研究生从历史黑色 将鼓励学院和大学参加并展示海报 他们在各个实验室进行的研究， 机构职能体系 学生们将有机会讨论他们的 与研讨会与会者以及梅哈里医学院的研究 教师。 此外，还将鼓励他们参观各种 实验室和讨论正在进行的研究在我们的机构。 的 研讨会将邀请七位来自热带战神的讲师参加 包括非洲锥虫病，血吸虫病， 疟疾、利什曼病、麻风病和南美锥虫病。 足够的时间 可供讨论。 自1984年以来，每年都举办一次。

This proposal request funds for support of the seventh symposium entitled "Recent Advances in The Immunology and Biochemistry of Tropical Diseases" which will be held at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday and Tuesday, April 23-24, 1990. The goals of this symposium are twofold: (1) To discuss current research on the organisms which cause tropical diseases; (2) To stimulate minority students towards postgraduate education in molecular biology, biochemistry and biomedical sciences. The symposium will be sponsored by the School of Graduate Studies and the Division of Biomedical Sciences at Meharry Medical College. As part of this conference, undergraduate and graduate students from historical black colleges and universities will be encouraged to attend and present posters on research that they are undertaking in various laboratories at their institutions. The students will have an opportunity to discuss their research with attendees at the symposium as well as Meharry Medical College faculty. In addition, they will be encouraged to visit various laboratories and discuss ongoing research at our institution. The symposium will include seven invited lecturers in various ares in tropical diseases covering topics such as African trypanosomiasis, schistosomiasis, malaria, leishmaniasis, leprosy and Chagas disease. Ample time will be available for discussions. The symposium has been held each year since 1984.