U.S.-Australian Cooperative Workshop: The Nature of Embryonic Signals Which Influence the Maternal Endocrine System; 1-3 July 1991, Honolulu, Hawaii

该奖项将支持美国-澳大利亚联合研讨会“影响母体内分泌系统的胚胎信号的性质；1991年7月1日至3日在夏威夷檀香山。研讨会的美国和澳大利亚组织者是佛罗里达大学的Fuller Bazer博士和澳大利亚维多利亚州Werribee动物研究所的Robert J. Fairclough博士。研讨会的主要目的是回顾1989-1991年发表的和未发表的研究结果，这些研究结果表明，在了解胚胎着床过程和几种胚胎着床和妊娠建立的概念信号的性质和作用方式方面取得了重大突破哺乳动物物种。主要讨论早孕因素，包括血小板活化因子（PAF）和妊娠干扰素，它们的作用机制，它们的内分泌控制和它们在牲畜和妇女早孕期间的影响。预计这方面的知识将最终导致降低畜牧业胚胎死亡率和提高牲畜和妇女生育率的新方法。会议的范围将限于在围着床期影响确定妊娠的因素。由于澳大利亚和美国的科学家在这一研究领域开展了重要活动，本次研讨会将为交流已发表和未发表的成果以及确定未来美澳合作研究的领域提供一个论坛。

This award will support a joint U.S.-Australia workshop "The Nature of Embryonic Signals Which Influence the Maternal Endocrine System; 1-3 July 1991 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The U.S. and Australian organizers of the workshop are Dr. Fuller Bazer of the University of Florida and Dr. Robert J. Fairclough, Animal Research Institute, Werribee, Victoria, Australia. The principal objective of the workshop is to review published and unpublished results of research from 1989-1991 indicating major and important breakthroughs in understanding of the implantation process of embryos and the nature and mode of action of conceptus signals responsible for implantation and establishment of pregnancy in several mammalian species. The major discussion will focus on early pregnancy factors, including platelet activating factor (PAF) and conceptus interferons, their mechanism(s) of action, their endocrine control and their effects during early pregnancy in both livestock and women. It is anticipated that this knowledge will ultimately lead to new methods for reducing embryonic mortality in animal agriculture and increasing fertility in both livestock and women. The scope of the meeting will be limited to factors affecting establishment of pregnancy during the peri-implantation period. Because of significant activities in this area of research by scientists in Australia and the United States, the seminar will provide a forum for the exchange of published and unpublished results, as well as for establishing areas for future U.S.-Australian cooperative research.