Conference: Symposium: Contemporary Approaches to Endocrine Signaling, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on January 4-8, 2003

本次关于当代内分泌信号研究方法的研讨会是综合比较生物学学会（SICB）年度会议的一部分。它解决了目前应用于非常规模式生物的技术创新。该项目的参与者拥有神经内分泌学、内分泌学、动物行为学和发育生物学方面的专业知识。研讨会将邀请高级和初级科学家和学生讨论这些从更传统的模式生物（如实验室啮齿动物）中衍生出来的新技术的应用。在加拿大多伦多举行的这次会议的国际性质加强了对社会新人的介绍。与会者将有旅费参加会议。如上所述，这种影响将扩展到许多研究领域。此外，会议将培养研究生和本科生参与比较生物学研究，并对这一尖端技术有清晰的认识，从而促进科学教育。当这些讨论发表在《综合比较生物学》和《普通比较内分泌学》杂志上时，将产生进一步的影响。

This symposium on contemporary approaches to endocrine signaling is part of the annual meeting for the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (SICB). It addresses technical innovations that are now being applied to unconventional model organisms. Participants in this program possess expertise in neuroendocrinolgy, endocrinology, animal behavior, and developmental biology. The symposium will engage both senior and junior ranked scientists and students in discussions of the application of these new techniques that have been derived from more traditional model organisms, such as laboratory rodents. Introduction of new people to the society is enhanced by the international nature of this meeting being held in Toronto, Canada. Travel funds will allow participants to attend the meeting. The impact of this will extend to numerous fields of study, as mentioned above. In addition, the meeting will foster scientific education by training graduate and undergraduate students to participate in comparative biological research armed with a clear understanding of this sophisticated technology. A further impact will be made when these discussions are published in the journals: Integrative & Comparative Biology and General & Comparative Endocrinology.