2009 Fertilization and Activation of Development Gordon Research Conference

2009年施肥与发育激活戈登研究会议

基本信息

批准号：
7743880
负责人：
George L. Gerton
金额：
$ 0.6万
依托单位：
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-07-06 至 2010-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Seventeenth Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Fertilization and the Activation of Development will provide a forum for presentation and discussion of new developments and ideas in this exciting, rapidly advancing field. This meeting will be held at the Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire, July 12 - July 17, 2009. This conference has been held every two years since 1974. It is the only Gordon Research Conference concerned with the interaction of the male and the female gametes in the vital process of fertilization and activation of the fertilized egg to begin the process of embryo formation. It provides a venue for the interaction of biochemists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, physiologists, geneticists, and biophysicists working in the field. This conference has been singularly successful in fostering collaborations among scientists with widely disparate experience and seniority and, among research laboratories in this country and in Europe, Japan, Australia and Latin America. These collaborations have borne many fruitful results. There will be nine sessions in the conference, following the Gordon Research Conference format. They are: 1) Gamete Differentiation. 2) Sperm epididymal maturation and capacitation. 3) New approaches to gamete and embryo biology. 4) Fertilization and activation of development. 5) Sperm flagellar regulation. 6) Egg and embryo polarity. 7) Key Note Lecture - Evolution of gamete recognition proteins. 8) Egg envelopes and the sperm acrosome reaction. 9) Embryogenesis and epigenetics. These sessions will include both scheduled speakers and possibly some selected short talks chosen from posters. Particular emphasis has been placed on junior scientists, including postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Gordon Research Conference on Fertilization and the Activation of Development is concerned with the interaction of sperm and eggs in the vital process of fertilization and activation of the fertilized egg to begin the process of embryo formation, which are key processes underlying human fertility. It provides a venue for the interaction of biochemists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, physiologists, geneticists, and biophysicists working in the field. The conference will promote collaborations to address human infertility, activation of embryonic development, stem cell biology, and contraception among US and international scientists with widely disparate experiences/seniority, methodologies, and model systems.

描述（由申请人提供）：关于受精和开发激活的第十七届戈登研究会议（GRC）将为这个令人兴奋的，快速发展的领域的新发展和思想提供论坛。这次会议将于2009年7月12日至7月17日在新罕布什尔州普利茅斯的霍尔德尼斯学校举行。该会议自1974年以来每两年举行一次。这是唯一与男性及其相互作用的戈登研究会议女配子在受精和激活的至关重要过程中开始胚胎形成。它为生物化学家，细胞生物学家，分子生物学家，生理学家，遗传学家和在该领域工作的生物物理学家的相互作用提供了一个场所。这次会议在促进经验和资历的科学家之间以及该国以及欧洲，欧洲，日本，澳大利亚和拉丁美洲的研究实验室中的科学家之间取得了单一的成功。这些合作取得了许多富有成果的结果。遵循戈登研究会议格式，会议将在会议中有9次会议。它们是：1）配子差异化。 2）精子附睾成熟和电容。 3）配子和胚胎生物学的新方法。 4）发育的受精和激活。 5）精子鞭毛调节。 6）鸡蛋和胚胎极性。 7）关键注意讲座 - 配子识别蛋白的演变。 8）鸡蛋包膜和精子属性反应。 9）胚胎发生和表观遗传学。这些会议将包括预定的演讲者，也可能包括一些从海报中选择的简短演讲。特别强调了包括博士后研究员和研究生在内的初级科学家。公共卫生相关性：戈登受精研究和发展激活的研究会议与精子和卵的相互作用有关，在受精和激活的至关重要的过程中开始胚胎形成的过程，这是人类的关键过程生育能力。它为生物化学家，细胞生物学家，分子生物学家，生理学家，遗传学家和在该领域工作的生物物理学家的相互作用提供了一个场所。该会议将促进合作，以解决人类不孕症，激活胚胎开发，干细胞生物学的激活，以及我们和国际科学家之间具有广泛不同的经验/资历，方法论和模型系统的避孕。