2010 REPRODUCTIVE TRACT BIOLOGY GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE

描述（由申请人提供）：资金要求部分支持生殖道生物学戈登研究会议将于2010年8月举行。该会议自1973年开始以来每两年举行一次。参加会议的有在不同哺乳动物系统中工作的生殖生物学家，包括实验室动物，牲畜，非人类灵长类动物和人类。本次会议的目的是交流信息，以促进我们对哺乳动物生殖道器官生物学的理解。这些会议产生了大量的合作成果：交换了试剂，计划了实验，讨论了观察生殖道生物学的新方法。2008年会议的与会者中约有45%是初级科学家，这提供了一个重要的培训机会。我们期待2010年会议与以往会议一样富有成效和令人振奋。 公共卫生相关性：哺乳动物的生殖道包括性腺（睾丸或卵巢）、生殖管和相关器官（输卵管、子宫和阴道、附睾、输精管、前列腺）、外生殖器和胎儿-母体相互作用的器官胎盘。这些器官对于物种的延续至关重要，也是人类疾病的常见部位，包括不孕症和癌症。拟议的戈登生殖道生物学研究会议将汇集研究不同哺乳动物和人类的高级和初级科学家，以更多地了解哺乳动物生殖器官的生物学，将新知识应用于疾病的治疗。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to partially support the Gordon Research Conference on Reproductive Tract Biology to be held in August of 2010. This meeting has been held at 2-year intervals since its inception in 1973. The meeting is attended by reproductive biologists working in diverse mammalian systems including laboratory animals, livestock, non-human primates, and humans. The objective of this meeting is to exchange information to advance our understanding of the biology of the mammalian reproductive tract organs. A great deal of collaboration results from these meetings: reagents were exchanged, experiments planned and new ways of looking at reproductive tract biology discussed. Approximately, 45% of the participants of the 2008 conference were junior scientists, offering an important training opportunity. We expect the 2010 meeting to be as productive and stimulating as the previous ones. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The mammalian reproductive tract includes the gonads (testes or ovaries), genital ducts and associated organs (oviduct, uterus, and vagina, epididymis, vas deferens, prostate), external genitalia, and the organ of fetal-maternal interaction, the placenta. These organs are essential for the continuation of species and a frequent site of human disease, including infertility and cancer. The proposed Gordon Research Conference on Reproductive Tract Biology will bring together senior and junior scientists studying diverse mammals and humans to learn more about the biology of the mammalian reproductive organs to apply new knowledge to the treatment of disease.