GORDON CONFERENCE ON PROLACTIN

1998年戈登催乳素研究会议将提供一个 出色的论坛，介绍和彻底的批判性讨论， 在与功能直接相关的科学领域取得进展， 催乳素（PRL）的生物化学和分子遗传学方面。 届会议 将涵盖以下主题领域：乳腺中的PRL， 大脑和行为，生长激素和泌乳素的作用，在整个 身体，PRL的神经内分泌控制，PRL/细胞因子受体功能， 催乳素和生殖功能以及免疫调节功能。 1998年的计划将在新的老鼠遗传学方面是例外的。 将描述模型，其中来自配体的每个元素 通过转录因子被基因敲除。 的 这些模型的表型肯定会引起很多讨论。 一 这次会议的独特的新特点将是一个完整的会议， 将从提交的摘要中选择的平台演示文稿。 这次会议将特别侧重于获得聪明的年轻学员， 和科学家们在他们职业生涯的早期， 调查结果。 将举行海报会议，以供非正式介绍 致所有与会者。 会议组织者和讨论领导人将 促进广泛参与讨论的环境， 批评会发生。 接受我们邀请的演讲者 代表了不同的研究兴趣，地理区域， 年龄和包括男性和女性的良好组合。 其他发言人 谁将被选为贡献论文会议将进一步增加 to the diversity多样性represented代表on the podium讲台. PRL上的GRC已播种 多年来的合作努力。 在过去 三年内分泌学会年会的专题讨论会 一直是一个GRC会议的直接后裔，和一个完整的问题， 乳腺生物学和肿瘤杂志最近出版了 作为最初在GRC上听到的演讲的产物。 在此申请中，我们要求资金支付部分费用 对于其摘要被接受用于演示的学员，以及 接受邀请的发言者的部分费用 介绍。

The 1998 Gordon Research Conference on Prolactin will provide an outstanding forum for presentation and thorough critical discussion of progress in scientific areas directly pertinent to the functional, biochemical and molecular genetic aspects of prolactin (PRL). Sessions will cover the following topic areas: PRL in the mammary gland, PRL in the brain and behaviors, growth hormone and PRL actions in the whole body, neuroendocrine control of PRL, PRL/cytokine receptor functions, lactogens and reproductive functions, and immunoregulatory functions. The program for 1998 will be exceptional in that new mouse genetic models will be described in which each of the elements from the ligand through transcription factors have been genetically knocked out. The phenotypes of these models will certainly generate much discussion. A unique new feature of this conference will be a full session of short platform presentations that will be selected from submitted abstracts. This session will specifically focus on getting bright young trainees, and scientists early in their careers, to present their hottest findings. Poster sessions will be held for informal presentations open to all attendees. The conference organizers and discussion leaders will promote an environment in which broad participation in discussions and critique will occur. The speakers who have accepted our invitations represent a diverse spectrum of research interests, geographic regions, ages and include a good mix of men and women. The additional speakers who will be selected for the contributed papers session will add further to the diversity represented on the podium. The GRC on PRL has seeded numerous collaborative efforts over the years. In each of the past three years a symposium at the Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society has been a direct descendent of a GRC session, and a full issue of the Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia was recently published as an outgrowth of presentations originally heard at the GRC. In this application we are requesting funds to partially defray expenses for trainees whose abstracts are accepted for presentation, and for a portion of the costs of speakers who have accepted invitations to make presentations.