Illinois Symposium on Reproductive Sciences (ISRS) Annual Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：2013年10月，第五届伊利诺伊州生殖科学研讨会（ISRS）会议将由南伊利诺伊大学（SIU）在伊利诺伊州卡本代尔主办。许多生殖生物学的先驱进行了开创性的研究，使伊利诺伊州处于生殖科学调查的最前沿。新一代的科学家已经承担了这一重任，他们成功地保持了这一创造性、跨学科、资金充足和备受尊敬的研究遗产。这个教师，以及他们所指导的学员，已成为卓越的领导人在密切相关的专业社会，如社会的研究生殖，内分泌学会，妇科调查学会，美国社会生殖医学，和美国癌症研究协会。ISRS会议在由西北大学生殖科学中心组织的长期小型对称会议中有着坚实的基础。2009年，ISRS会议作为全州范围的年度会议在四个主办机构之间轮流举办。将西北大学与伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC）和伊利诺伊大学香槟分校（UIUC）之间长期存在的两年一度的生殖生物学会议合并，ISRS将SIU带入了与之前会议共享的竞技场。ISRS会议旨在展示伊利诺伊州机构内生殖科学（包括生育和疾病）的研究质量，并促进中西部的合作和科学发现交流。ISRS会议的目的是促进信息交流，以促进我们对哺乳动物生殖道正常功能和疾病状态的集体了解。由于大多数与会者集中在中西部，许多持久的合作源于这些会议，这些会议已被证明既富有成效又易于维护。自成立以来，ISRS会议每年都有来自伊利诺伊州和周边州的摘要提交数量增加。ISRS会议的创始支柱是为我们的学员提供与我们领域的高级领导人互动的机会。 这也延伸到会议的组织，因为培训生计划委员会完全负责将科学会议组织成专题小组和选择培训生平台发言人。与许多区域性会议不同的是，ISRS的主题演讲者是庆祝学员驱动研究的核心，其中75%的时间分配给口头演讲（2012年，学员提出了15个演讲和84张海报）。实习生研究竞赛质量很高，获奖者与大部分获奖者之间的差距很小。ISRS演讲旨在为所有参与者对问题，理解差距，争议和新技术进行批判性讨论奠定基础，这些技术使我们能够确定性腺发育和功能的中央调节器，并制定减少不孕症和治疗生殖疾病的方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In October 2013, the 5th Annual Illinois Symposium on Reproductive Sciences (ISRS) meeting will be hosted by Southern Illinois University (SIU) in Carbondale, IL. Many pioneers in reproductive biology performed groundbreaking research that established Illinois at the forefront of reproductive science investigation. This mantle has been assumed by a new generation of scientists who have been successful in maintaining this legacy of creative, interdisciplinary, well-funded, and highly respected research. This faculty, as well a the trainees they have mentored, have become preeminent leaders in germane professional societies such as the Society for the Study of Reproduction, the Endocrine Society, the Society for Gynecologic Investigation, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and the American Association for Cancer Research. The ISRS meeting has firm roots in the long running minisymposium organized by the Center for Reproductive Sciences at Northwestern University. In 2009, the ISRS meeting was organized as a statewide annual meeting rotating among four host institutions. Merging the Northwestern University minisymposium with the long standing biannual reproductive biology meeting between the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), the ISRS brought SIU into the shared arena with the prior meetings. The ISRS meeting serves to showcase the quality of research in reproductive sciences, both in fertility and disease, within Illinois institutions and fosters collaborations and the exchange of scientific discoveries across the Midwest. The objective of the ISRS meeting is to promote the exchange of information to advance our collective understanding of the mammalian reproductive tract both in normal function and in diseased states. Because the majority of the attendees are concentrated in the Midwest, many lasting collaborations stem from these meetings that have proven both productive and easy to maintain. Since its inception, the ISRS meeting has seen an annual increase in the number of abstract submissions both from Illinois and surrounding states. The founding pillar of the ISRS meeting is to provide an opportunity for our trainees to interact with senior leaders in our field. This extends to the organization of the meeting as well, as the trainee program committee is solely responsible for organizing the scientific sessions into thematic groups and selection of trainee platform speakers. In contrast to many regional meetings where a bevy of established names are used to draw in participation, the ISRS keynote speaker serves as the centerpiece for the celebration of trainee-driven research which comprises 75% of the time allotted to oral presentations (In 2012, trainees presented 15 talks and 84 posters). The trainee research competition has been of high quality with only a narrow margin separating award winners from the bulk of the pack. The ISRS presentations are designed to serve as a foundation for critical discussion by all participants of questions, gaps in understanding, controversies, and new technologies that are allowing us to identify the central regulators of gonad development and function, and develop inroads to reduce infertility and treat reproductive disorders.