International Travel Proposal: Funding to support travel and attendance at the 4th Intl. Symposium on Ranaviruses - Budapest, Hungary.

国际旅行提案：资助旅行和参加第四届国际旅行。

• 批准号: 1719681
• 负责人: Thomas Waltzek
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-15 至 2018-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1719681&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Travel; Proposal; Funding; support

Growing concerns about amphibian declines, the increasing reliance of humans on aqua- and mari-culture as a food source, and the ability of ranaviruses to infect divergent hosts underscores the need for a conference that brings together investigators interested in various aspects of infectious disease in cold-blooded vertebrates. Hence, the purpose of this proposal is to request funds to partially support the attendance of US investigators at the 4th International Symposium on Ranaviruses (4th ISR) to be held in Budapest, Hungary in conjunction with the 10th International Symposium on Viruses of Lower Vertebrates (10th ISVLV). The ISVLV (June 4 - 7, 2017) and ISR (June 7 - 10, 2017) will facilitate communication between senior and junior faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate/veterinary students working on five continents whose prime focus is on viruses that target cold-blooded vertebrates. The majority of the funds in this award will be used to support the travel of trainees (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) and junior faculty, with special attention paid to supporting members of underrepresented groups.Ranaviruses (RVs, family Iridoviridae) are emerging pathogens that target ecologically- and commercially important fish, amphibians, and reptiles. The RVs are promiscuous pathogens and the lack of host specificity suggests that infections in aqua- or mari-culture facilities may spread to wildlife, and vice versa. In view of the above, the purpose of this proposal is to request funding to support an international meeting, the 4th International Symposium on Ranaviruses (4th ISR) focused on RVs and the diseases they cause. The meeting will bring together a diverse array of investigators (e.g., virologists, veterinarians, immunologists, ecologists, veterinary pathologists) and provide a forum for the discussion of RVs and their impact on cold-blooded vertebrates. To further increase the usefulness of this meeting, the 4th ISR will be coupled to the 10th International Symposium on Viruses of Lower Vertebrates (ISVLV). The ISVLV has a long-standing interest in viruses infecting lower vertebrates and the joint meeting will facilitate collaboration among scientists interested in this field of study. Thus, the joint ISR-ISVLV meeting will bring together one of largest groups of investigators focused on viruses of poikilothermic vertebrates and leverage their complementary skills and expertise to produce a comprehensive understanding of pathogens that impact not only wildlife, but also important food species.

人们对两栖动物数量减少的日益担忧、人类对水产和海水养殖作为食物来源的日益依赖，以及蛙病毒感染不同宿主的能力，都强调需要召开一次会议，将对传染病各个方面感兴趣的研究人员聚集在一起冷血脊椎动物。因此，该提案的目的是申请资金部分支持美国研究人员参加将于匈牙利布达佩斯举行的第四届蛙病毒国际研讨会（第四届ISR），以及第十届低等脊椎动物病毒国际研讨会（第 10 个 ISVLV）。 ISVLV（2017 年 6 月 4 日至 7 日）和 ISR（2017 年 6 月 7 日至 10 日）将促进在五大洲工作的高级和初级教师、博士后研究员和研究生/兽医学生之间的沟通，这些学生的主要关注点是病毒以冷血脊椎动物为目标。 该奖项的大部分资金将用于支持学员（研究生和博士后研究员）和初级教员的旅行，特别关注支持代表性不足群体的成员。蛙病毒（RV，虹彩病毒科）是一种新兴病原体，以具有生态和商业重要性的鱼类、两栖动物和爬行动物为目标。 RV 是混杂的病原体，缺乏宿主特异性表明水产或海水养殖设施中的感染可能传播到野生动物，反之亦然。鉴于上述情况，本提案的目的是申请资金支持国际会议，即第四届蛙病毒国际研讨会（第四届 ISR），重点关注 RV 及其引起的疾病。该会议将汇集各种研究人员（例如病毒学家、兽医、免疫学家、生态学家、兽医病理学家），并为讨论 RV 及其对冷血脊椎动物的影响提供一个论坛。为了进一步提高本次会议的实用性，第四届ISR将与第十届低等脊椎动物病毒国际研讨会（ISVLV）同期举行。 ISVLV 对感染低等脊椎动物的病毒有着长期的兴趣，此次联席会议将促进对该研究领域感兴趣的科学家之间的合作。因此，ISR-ISVLV 联合会议将汇集专注于变温脊椎动物病毒的最大研究小组之一，并利用他们互补的技能和专业知识，全面了解不仅影响野生动物而且影响重要食物物种的病原体。