Vertebrate Sex Determination 2023

项目摘要 此申请是为了申请资金，为第九届生物学国际研讨会提供部分支持。 脊椎动物的性别决定该研讨会自2002年以来每三年举行一次， 成立于1997年。受疫情影响，原定于二零二一年举行的研讨会推迟至二零二三年举行。 这个独特的研讨会是由整个国际领域的性别决定工作，在不同的 脊椎动物系统，例如两栖动物、鱼类、鸟类、爬行动物、单孔目动物、有袋动物和真兽目哺乳动物， 包括家养物种、小鼠和人类。几乎不可能跟上已经取得的进展 在许多不同的脊椎动物系统中。因此，本次研讨会的目的是让社区 这样，初级和高级科学家可以交流信息，使用比较方法， 我们对性别决定、性别分化、性别失调和性别差异的理解 发展和环境对这一进程的影响。前八次研讨会产生了许多合作： 交换了试剂，计划了实验，并讨论了研究性别决定的新方法。 2018年的最后一次研讨会吸引了许多初级科学家（约70%的参与者），包括研究生 学生、博士后研究员和助理教授。我们建议继续并加强这一传统， 将学员和初级教师纳入组织委员会，并授权他们组织活动 对他们的职业生涯有益。我们还强调提高多样性和创造一个无骚扰的 会议环境。我们期望第九届研讨会能像前几届一样富有成效和令人振奋 并将在中断五年后将科学界聚集在一起。

Project Summary This application is to request funds to provide partial support for the 9th International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination in April of 2023. This symposium has been held at 3-year intervals since its inception in 1997. Due to the pandemic, the originally scheduled symposium in 2021 was postponed to 2023. This unique symposium is attended by the entire international field working on sex determination in diverse vertebrate systems, such as amphibians, fishes, birds, reptiles, monotreme, marsupial, and eutherian mammals, including domesticated species, mice, and humans. It is nearly impossible to keep up with the advances made in so many diverse vertebrate systems. Therefore, the objective of this symposium is to bring the community together so that junior and senior scientists can exchange information, using a comparative approach to advance our understanding of the process of sex determination, sex differentiation, disorders and differences of sex development, and environmental impacts on this process. The first eight symposia yielded many collaborations: reagents were exchanged, experiments planned, and new ways of investigating sex determination discussed. The last symposium in 2018 attracted many junior scientists (~70% of the participants), including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and assistant professors. We propose to continue and enhance this tradition by including trainees and junior faculty on the organization committee and empowering them to organize activities beneficial to their careers. We also emphasize on enhancing diversity and creating a harassment-free conference environment. We expect the 9th Symposium to be as productive and stimulating as the previousones and will bring the scientific community together after a 5-year hiatus.