SWINE IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE

• Sponsoring Institution: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• Project Status: TERMINATED
• Funding Source: NRI COMPETITIVE GRANT
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0212760
• Grant No.: 2008-35205-18715
• Project No.: MO-ASCG1154
• Proposal No.: 2007-04214
• Program Code: 43.0
• Project Start Date: Dec 1, 2007
• Project End Date: Nov 30, 2008
• Grant Year: 2008

Project Director
Prather, R.

Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
(N/A)
COLUMBIA,MO 65211

Performing Department
ANIMAL SCIENCES

Non Technical Summary
The Swine in Biomedical Science (SBS) Conference is a conference that addresses the basic physiology and genetics of swine. The conference has both an agricultural and medical emphasis to address the communityAEs needs to develop and utilize swine models for the study basic problems in agriculture and of human health and disease. This meeting is the only conference that focuses exclusively on swine models and as such it is the premier meeting for investigators who use or develop swine as models for biomedical research. The recent technical advancements that allow creation of new genetically-modified swine models have further escalated the relevance and importance of pig models for human diseases. Recent studies have also provided data demonstrating the potential for pig organs and tissues for transplantation into humans, alleviating the enormous shortage of human organs needed for transplantation and potentially saving thousands of human lives and improving the quality of life for millions. The goals of the conference are to bring together individuals who are utilizing swine as models, individuals who are creating new swine models, and individuals who are studying human health and disease who may benefit from the use of swine models. This conference is structured to maximize opportunities for these scientists to interact, share information, and develop collaborations that will advance basic science information that will benefit both production agriculture and biomedical research.

Animal Health Component

25%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

85%

Applied

15%

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
301	3510	1020	10%
302	3510	1030	10%
303	3510	1040	10%
304	3510	1040	10%
304	3510	1080	10%
304	3510	1090	10%
305	3510	1020	10%
305	3510	1030	10%
306	3510	1020	10%
311	3510	1030	10%

Knowledge Area
311 - Animal Diseases; 305 - Animal Physiological Processes; 301 - Reproductive Performance of Animals; 302 - Nutrient Utilization in Animals; 303 - Genetic Improvement of Animals; 306 - Environmental Stress in Animals; 304 - Animal Genome;

Subject Of Investigation
3510 - Swine, live animal;

Field Of Science
1080 - Genetics; 1020 - Physiology; 1030 - Cellular biology; 1090 - Immunology; 1040 - Molecular biology;

Keywords

swine, human, disease, model, xenotransplanatation, genome,

physiology

Goals / Objectives
The goals of the conference are to bring together individuals who are utilizing swine as models, individuals who are creating new swine models, and individuals who are studying human health and disease who may benefit from the use of swine models. This conference is structured to maximize opportunities for these scientists to interact, share information, and develop collaborations that will advance basic science information that will benefit both production agriculture and biomedical research.

Project Methods
Swine are important animal models for human health and disease research and swine have the potential to be a source of critically needed organs for human transplantation. This proposal requests partial support for the 2008 Swine in Biomedical Research Conference, the only conference that focuses exclusively on swine models. As such it is the premier meeting in the field and it will provide unique opportunities for sharing information among investigators and establishing collaborations that will ultimately benefit human health.

Progress 12/01/07 to 11/30/08

Outputs
OUTPUTS: The goals of the conference was to bring together individuals who are interested in developing and utilizing swine to address basic agriculture needs, those who are developing swine as models, individuals who are creating new swine models, and individuals who are studying human health and disease. This conference was structured to maximize opportunities for these scientists to interact, share information, and develop collaborations that will advance basic research on swine and ultimately benefit production agriculture and human health. PARTICIPANTS: Prather, Critser and Riley organized the meeting. TARGET AUDIENCES: Not relevant to this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.

Impacts
The goals of the conference was to bring together individuals who are interested in developing and utilizing swine to address basic agriculture needs, those who are developing swine as models, individuals who are creating new swine models, and individuals who are studying human health and disease. This conference was structured to maximize opportunities for these scientists to interact, share information, and develop collaborations that will advance basic research on swine and ultimately benefit production agriculture and human health.

Publications

• Critser, J.K., M.H. Laughlin, R.S. Prather, L.K. Riley. 2009. Proceedings of The Conference on Swine in Biomedical Research. ILAR News 50:89-94. PMID 19106456.