• Additionally, PSA is conducting 6 task orders to support international conferences and travel to locations including Ethiopia, Congo, South Africa, and Kenya. These tasks involve supporting health researchers and senior health officials as they coordinate disease prevention efforts between the U.S. and partnering nations. These efforts are at the cutting edge of the international response to HIV/AIDS and other pandemics that threaten global health.

Supporting Special Initiatives with the National Institutes of Health

PSA will plan a meeting for the Protein Structure Initiative (PSI):Biology Network July 19-20, 2010. The PSI is a 10-year, $764 million initiative spearheaded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). PSI aims to reduce the cost and time required to determine three-dimensional protein structures, and is a key element in structural genomics research. PSI:Biology is the third and final phase of the PSI, and focuses on the biological problems that can benefit from protein structure determination.

PSA will also be planning a meeting for the NIH's Synchrotron Advisory Board. A synchrotron is a type of particle accelerator, and NIGMS and the National Cancer Institute have been utilizing synchrotrons to further structural genomics research.