Many Hosts of Mycobacteria Meeting VI

 描述(由申请人提供)：第六届分枝杆菌(MHM VI)多东道主会议将于2015年3月在路易斯安那州科文顿的杜兰国家灵长类研究中心(TNPRC)举行。这次会议由米歇尔·拉森(阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦医学院)、雷·沃特斯(美国农业部国家动物疾病中心)和唐·恩尼斯(路易斯安那大学拉斐特分校)共同组织。迪帕克·考沙尔(TNPRC微生物学和免疫学教授)是第六届分枝杆菌多东道主会议的当地东道主，也是规划委员会的成员。会议系列的目的是将研究分枝杆菌疾病/宿主的基础研究人员、临床医生和兽医研究人员聚集在一起。前五届分枝杆菌会议分别在爱荷华州艾姆斯(2007年9月)、宾夕法尼亚州葛底斯堡(2008年9月)、路易斯安那州卡维尔(2009年11月)、佛罗里达州坦帕(2011年3月)和马里兰州贝塞斯达(2012年7月)的国家动物疾病中心、路易斯安那州卡维尔的历史悠久的前麻风疗养院(2009年11月)举行。这些会议规模较小(约70-80人)，并开放注册。会议采用研讨会形式，以促进公开和互动的讨论。13个模型(小鼠、豚鼠、棉鼠、兔子、獾、负鼠、螳螂、鱼、鹿、牛、大象、猴子和人)以及实验和自然感染(牛分枝杆菌和结核分枝杆菌引起的结核病；麻风分枝杆菌引起的麻风病，副结核分枝杆菌引起的约翰氏病，以及溃疡分枝杆菌和非结核分枝杆菌引起的普通分枝杆菌感染)都纳入了不同的视角。以分枝杆菌疾病和宿主为主要主题，每次会议都有一个特定的焦点：这些模型在理解分枝杆菌疾病、发病机制和疫苗开发方面的实用性和局限性(MHM I，Ames，IA)；免疫病理学(MHM II，葛底斯堡，宾夕法尼亚州)；比较分枝杆菌学(MHM III，Carville，LA)；生物标记物(MHM IV，Tampa，FL)；以及翻译科学(MHM V，Bethesda，MD)。第六届分枝杆菌多东道主会议的主题将是宿主专一性和分枝杆菌疾病动力学。我们的目标是让年轻的研究人员作为这些会议的演讲者和主持人，以促进对新想法的讨论，并允许发展通常不相互作用的研究小组之间的合作。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): The 6th Many Hosts of Mycobacteria (MHM VI) meeting will be held at the Tulane National Primate Research Center (TNPRC) in Covington, Louisiana in March 2015. This meeting is co-organized by Michelle Larsen (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Ray Waters (National Animal Disease Center, USDA), and Don Ennis (University of Louisiana at Lafayette). Deepak Kaushal (Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, TNPRC) is the local host for the 6th Many Hosts of Mycobacteria meeting and a member of the planning committee. The purpose of the meeting series is to bring together basic researchers, clinicians, and veterinary medicine researchers that study mycobacterial diseases/hosts. The previous five Many Hosts of Mycobacteria meetings have been held at the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa (September 2007), Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (September 2008), the historic former leprosy sanatorium in Carville, Louisiana (November 2009), Lowry Zoo in Tampa, Florida (March 2011), and Bethesda, Maryland (July 2012). These meetings are small (~70-80 attendees) and have open registration. A workshop format is used for the meetings to foster open and interactive discussion. The diverse perspectives are exemplified by inclusion of thirteen models (mouse, guinea pig, cotton rat, rabbit, badger, possum, armadillo, fish, deer, cattle, elephant, monkeys and humans) and both experimental and natural infections (Tuberculosis from M. bovis and M. tuberculosis; Leprosy from M. leprae, Johne's Disease from M. avium paratuberculosis, and general mycobacterial infections from M. ulcerans and non-tuberculous mycobacteria). With an overarching theme of mycobacterial diseases and hosts, each meeting has had a specific focus: utility and limitations of these models in understanding myobacterial disease, pathogenesis, and vaccine development (MHM I, Ames, IA); immunopathology (MHM II, Gettysburg, PA); comparative mycobacteriology (MHM III, Carville, LA); biomarkers (MHM IV, Tampa, FL); and translational science (MHM V, Bethesda, MD). The theme of the 6th Many Hosts of Mycobacteria meeting will be host specificity and mycobacterial disease dynamics. We target inclusion of young investigators as speakers and moderators for these meetings to foster discussion of new ideas and allow for development of collaboration between research groups that do not typically interact with each other.