2006 Meiosis Gordon Research Conference to be held in New London, New Hampshire, from June 11 to June 16, 2006

减数分裂戈登会议每两年在新罕布什尔州新伦敦的科尔比索耶学院举行一次。2006年的会议定于6月11日至16日举行。这次会议的重点是研究减数分裂的机制，减数分裂是一种特殊的细胞分裂过程，允许有性繁殖的生物体形成配子。预计将有大约175名科学家参加这次会议。超过40%的与会者是博士生和博士后，会议为各个职业阶段的科学家提供了一个重要的交流场所。减数分裂戈登会议是仅有的两个专注于减数分裂的会议之一。另一个会议隔年在欧洲举行，提供的参与机会更有限，特别是对来自美国的科学家。因此，减数分裂戈登会议为介绍和讨论关于有性生殖和维持基因组完整性的核心过程的新发现提供了最重要的论坛。全体会议将涵盖减数分裂前S和早期减数分裂事件；减数分裂的调控与细胞周期控制重组启动;染色质修饰与减数分裂的表观遗传学重组机制;着丝点与内聚；染色体配对、动力学和分离；交叉分布;以及减数分裂和性染色体的进化。此外，还有一场会议将专门用于庆祝发现突触复合体50周年。会议的主席和副主席Miriam Zolan和Scott Keeney是减数分裂领域的国际领袖，由上届会议的与会者选举担任他们的职位。会议是根据戈登研究会议的既定指导方针组织的，为正式和非正式的讨论和辩论提供了充足的时间。会议为处于各个职业阶段的科学家提供了一个重要的交流场所。预计将有大约175名科学家参加这次会议。超过40%的参与者将是博士生和博士后。最近对减数分裂有研究兴趣的知名科学家也将出席。这两组参与者不仅将受益于由分支学科的领导者介绍减数分裂研究中的关键概念，还将受益于学习新的未发表的发现，并与该领域的知名科学家进行互动。该会议在吸引女性参与者方面一直非常成功，来自美国和世界各地的科学家都参加了会议。与少数民族科学家的接触将通过与该领域的科学家接触和国际广告进行。会议场地对身体残障人士完全开放。该奖项将用于支付学生，博士后研究员和初级教师的会议费用。

The Meiosis Gordon Conference is held biennially at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. The 2006 meeting is scheduled for June 11-16. This conference focuses on research aimed at understanding the mechanisms of meiosis, the specialized cell division process that allows sexually reproducing organisms to form gametes. Approximately 175 scientists are expected to participate in the conference. Over forty percent of participants are doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, and the conference provides an important venue for interactions among scientists at all career stages. The Meiosis Gordon Conference is one of only two meetings that concentrate on meiosis. The other meeting is held in alternate years in Europe and provides a more limited opportunity for participation, especially for scientists from the United States. The Meiosis Gordon Conference thus provides the most important forum for presenting and discussing new findings regarding a process central to sexual reproduction and to maintenance of genome integrity. Plenary sessions will cover pre-meiotic S and early meiotic events; regulation and cell cycle control of meiosis; recombination initiation; chromatin modifications and the epigenetics of meiosis; recombination mechanisms; kinetochores and cohesion; chromosome pairing, dynamics, and segregation; cross-over distribution; and the evolution of meiosis and sex chromosomes. In addition, one session will be devoted to a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the synaptonemal complex. The chair and vice-chair of the meeting, Miriam Zolan and Scott Keeney, are international leaders in the field of meiosis, elected to their positions by the participants of the previous meeting. The meeting is organized according to the well-established guidelines for Gordon Research Conferences that allow ample time for formal and informal discussion and debate.The conference provides an important venue for interactions among scientists at all career stages. Approximately 175 scientists are expected to participate in the conference. Over forty percent of participants will be doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. Established scientists who have recently developed research interests in meiosis will also attend. These two groups of participants will benefit not only from the introduction to key concepts in the study of meiosis by leaders of sub-disciplines, but also from learning about new unpublished discoveries, and from interacting with established scientists in the field. The meeting has always been highly successful in attracting female participants and has been attended by scientists from throughout the US and the world. Outreach to minority scientists will be through contacts with scientists in the field and through international advertising. The meeting site is completely accessible to those with physical disabilities. This award will be used to defray the conference expenses of students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty.