MEETING: Evolutionary Endocrinology: Hormones as Mediators of Evolutionary Phenomena (SICB Symposium, January 5, 2016 in Portland, OR)

本次会议将汇集顶尖专家探讨激素在进化研究中的重要性。现代生物学的一个中心目标是了解基因转化为生物体的复杂网络。从历史上看，内分泌学领域通过发现激素调节生物体的行为、发育和生理的许多途径，在这一努力中发挥了重要作用。与此同时，进化生物学领域已经发展出统计工具来预测基因和生物体如何在自然选择的影响下进化，以及各种实验技术来测试这些预测。然而，进化生物学家很少寻求将激素和内分泌途径纳入进化理论，大多数内分泌学家仍然关注少数“模式生物”，为他们的机制研究提供相对较少的进化背景。随着非模式物种基因组数据的不断增加，以及“下一代”测序技术使科学家能够相对容易地评估激素在协调数千个基因表达中的作用，在进化内分泌学的新兴框架下，这些领域的合成已经成熟。在综合与比较生物学学会的年度会议上举行，这次会议将汇集内分泌学家和进化生物学家，探讨激素在调节现象中的许多作用，这些现象处于现代进化研究的前沿。它将建立SICB作为这一新兴领域的家园，同时利用该学会不同部门的网络和互补的观点（比较内分泌学，生态学与进化，进化发育生物学，动物行为学）。该奖项将支持研讨会的演讲者，他们涵盖了性别、职业阶段、焦点物种、内分泌途径和进化现象的不同组合。它还将支持由同样多样化的学生、博士后和早期职业科学家组成的补充会议，以及旨在促进这些年轻研究人员与该领域知名领导者之间合作的在线资源和网络活动。参与者每人将在《综合与比较生物学》的特刊上发表一篇同行评议的文章。会议组织者将提供综合概述和招股说明书，旨在为进化内分泌学的综合领域确定和制定可操作的策略，以作为培训下一代综合科学家的基础。

This conference will bring together leading experts to explore the importance of hormones in evolutionary research. A central goal of modern biology is to understand the complex networks through which genes are translated into organisms. Historically, the field of endocrinology has played a large part in this endeavor by discovering the many pathways through which hormones regulate the behavior, development, and physiology of organisms. In parallel, the field of evolutionary biology has developed the statistical tools for predicting how both genes and organisms evolve in response to selection, as well as a variety of experimental techniques for testing these predictions. Yet, evolutionary biologists have rarely sought to incorporate hormones and endocrine pathways into evolutionary theory, and most endocrinologists still focus on a handful of "model organisms," providing relatively little evolutionary context for their mechanistic studies. With the increasing availability of genomic data from non-model species and the relative ease with which "next-generation" sequencing technologies now permit scientists to assess the roles of hormones in coordinating the expression of thousands of genes, these fields are ripe for synthesis under the emerging framework of Evolutionary Endocrinology. Held at the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, this conference will bring together endocrinologists and evolutionary biologists to explore the many roles of hormones in mediating phenomena that are at the forefront of modern evolutionary research. It will establish SICB as the home for this emerging field while leveraging this society's diverse network of Divisions with complementary views (Comparative Endocrinology, Ecology & Evolution, Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Animal Behavior). The award will support symposium speakers who encompass a diverse mix of genders, career stages, focal species, endocrine pathways, and evolutionary phenomena. It will also support a complementary session by a similarly diverse lineup of students, postdocs and early career scientists, along with online resources and networking events designed to foster collaboration between these young investigators and established leaders in the field. Participants will each contribute a peer-reviewed article to a special issue of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Conference organizers will provide a synthetic overview and prospectus piece designed to identify and develop actionable strategies for a synthetic field of Evolutionary Endocrinology to emerge as a foundation for training the next generation of integrative scientists.