2011 Hormone Action In development & Cancer GRC

描述(申请人提供)：第四届戈登研究会议(GRC)关于激素在发育和癌症中的作用将于2011年7月31日(星期日)晚上至2011年8月5日(星期四)晚上举行。2011年会议的地点将是位于罗德岛州史密斯菲尔德的布莱恩特大学，距离普罗维登斯市只有15分钟的路程。本次戈登研究会议将汇集来自学术界、医学界和工业界的顶尖科学家，致力于激素对发育、生殖和癌症的控制。研究人员、临床医生和行业科学家的这种组合，加上一系列独特的主题，将提供思想和知识的协同交叉培养。主要主题包括荷尔蒙对基因表达、发育和生理的作用，以及这些途径如何被突变、内分泌干扰物、饮食和生活方式操纵。今年的一个新的子焦点将是新陈代谢的荷尔蒙控制，以及新发现的新陈代谢荷尔蒙对发育、时钟、行为和疾病的相互作用。将作出重大努力，促进受邀演讲者与出席会议的许多青年科学家和受训人员之间的互动。这项工作将从为期两天的戈登研究研讨会开始，该研讨会将在会议之前由受训者组织并为受训者举办。我们预计，受邀科学家的兼收并蓄，加上空前数量的新学员和热情的年轻学员，将使这次会议具有非同寻常的互动性、激励性和丰富性。 与公共卫生的相关性：2011年会议组织了一系列合乎逻辑的会议，这将使会议主题在五天的时间里变得更加复杂和深入，从而在会议结束时实现思想和概念的重大交流。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Fourth Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Hormone Action in Development and Cancer will be held from the evening of Sunday, July 31st, 2011, until the evening of Thursday, August 5th 2011. The venue for the 2011 conference will be Bryant University located in Smithfield, Rhode Island just 15 minutes from the city of Providence. This Gordon Research Conference will bring together leading scientists, from academia, medicine and industry, working on the hormonal control of development, reproduction and cancer. This combination of researchers, clinicians and industry scientists, together with a unique array of topics, will provide a synergistic cross-fertilization of ideas and knowledge. Major topics will include hormone action on gene expression, development and physiology, and how these pathways can be manipulated by mutations, endocrine disruptors, diet and lifestyle. A new sub-focus for this year will be the hormonal control of metabolism, and the reciprocal roles of newly discovered metabolic hormones on development, clocks, behavior and disease. A major effort will be made to stimulate interactions between the invited speakers and the many young scientists and trainees attending. This effort will begin with a two day Gordon Research Seminar, organized by and for trainees that will precede the conference. We expect the eclectic mix of invited scientists, together with the unprecedented numbers of new and enthusiastic young trainees, will make for an unusually interactive, stimulating and productive conference. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The 2011 conference has been organized in a logical series of sessions that will permit the conference theme to grow in complexity and depth over the course of five days thus permitting significant cross-fertilization of ideas and concepts by the meeting's end.