U.S.-Japan Symposium: Steroid Hormone Receptors and Neural Sex Differences

OISE-0737946（亚利桑那大学汉达分校）美国-日本研讨会：类固醇激素受体和神经性别差异？AbstractThis奖支持一个国际研讨会，题为：？类固醇激素受体与神经性别差异？将于2008年9月在日本岐阜举行。研讨会将汇集来自美国和日本的发言者。Nobuhara Harada博士（藤田保健大学）和Mitsuhiro Kawata博士（京都府立大学）是日本方面的主要组织者。 鉴于神经科学和类固醇激素生物学领域的压倒性进展，本次研讨会的目标是重振合作，并提供美国和日本神经科学家之间的新联系。研讨会为期三天半，随后美国科学家将访问日本名古屋地区的实验室设施。研讨会的主题包括：（1）性类固醇激素在大脑中的作用：转录调节和细胞功能;（2）类固醇激素在大脑中作用的替代机制：快速的膜和配体非依赖性反应;（3）G蛋白偶联受体及其信号伙伴在控制生殖中的作用;（4）生殖细胞中的作用;（5）生殖细胞中的作用。（4）GnRH神经元的调节和类固醇激素分泌的中枢控制;（5）类固醇激素的发育作用：脑的性别分化;类固醇激素与成人性分化功能。该奖项还支持年轻研究人员的旅行（博士后和研究生水平）在研讨会小组和海报会议上展示他们最近的研究成果，从而使他们能够与这个不断发展的领域的新老研究人员进行互动。

OISE-0737946 (Handa, University of Arizona)U.S.-Japan Symposium: Steroid Hormone Receptors and Neural Sex Differences?AbstractThis award supports an international workshop entitled: ?Steroid Hormone Receptors and Neural Sex Differences? to be held in Gifu, Japan in September, 2008. The workshop will bring together speakers from the United States and Japan. Drs. Nobuhara Harada (Fujita Health University) and Mitsuhiro Kawata (Kyoto Prefectural Univ.) are the primary organizers from the Japan side. Given the overwhelming recent advances in the field of neuroscience and steroid hormone biology, the goal of this workshop is to reinvigorate collaborations and provide new linkages between neuroscientists in the United States and Japan. The workshop will be held over a 3 ½ day period with subsequent visits for US scientists to laboratory facilities in the Nagoya, Japan region. The workshop will cover the following topics: (1) Sex steroid hormone action in the brain: transcriptional regulation and cellular functions; (2) Alternative mechanisms of steroid hormone action in brain: rapid membrane and ligand-independent responses; (3) Role of G-protein coupled receptors and their signaling partners in the control of reproduction; (4) Regulation of GnRH neurons and central control of steroid hormone secretion; (5) Developmental effects of steroid hormones: sexual differentiation of the brain; and (6) Steroid hormones and adult sexually differentiated function.The award also supports the travel of young investigators (postdoctoral and graduate student level) to present their recent research findings in workshop panels and poster sessions, thereby allowing them to interact with new and established investigators in this growing field.