Gordon Conference/Fertilization/Activation of Developm

描述(由申请人提供)：第十五届戈登受精和促进发展研究会议将提供一个论坛，介绍和讨论这一令人兴奋、快速发展的领域的新发展和新想法。会议将于2003年7月27日至8月1日在新罕布夏州普利茅斯的霍尔德内斯学校举行。自1974年以来，该会议每两年举行一次。这是唯一一次戈登研究会议，涉及受精和激活受精卵开始胚胎形成过程的关键过程中雄配子和雌配子的相互作用。它为在该领域工作的生物化学家、细胞生物学家、分子生物学家、生理学家、遗传学家和生物物理学家提供了一个互动的场所。这次会议非常成功地促进了经验和资历迥异的科学家之间的合作，以及美国和欧洲、日本、澳大利亚和拉丁美洲的研究实验室之间的合作。这些合作取得了许多丰硕成果。按照戈登研究会议的形式，会议将有九场会议。八场会议将集中讨论：1)替代生殖策略；2)精子-卵子相互作用；3)精子信号转导；4)精子-卵膜相互作用；5)卵子激活事件；6)父亲对发育的影响；7)母亲对发育的影响；8)建立胚胎的极性。这些会议将包括预定的演讲者，以及从海报和/或最新话题中挑选出来的简短演讲。后面这些讲座将特别以初级科学家为特色，包括博士后研究员和学生。此外，我们将在周二晚上的会议上有一位主旨发言人。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Fifteenth Gordon Research Conference on Fertilization and the Activation of Development will provide a forum for presentation and discussion of new developments and ideas in this exciting, rapidly advancing field. This meeting will be held at the Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire, July 27 - August 1, 2003. This conference has been held every two years since 1974. It is the only Gordon Research Conference concerned with the interaction of the male and the female gametes in the vital process of fertilization and activation of the fertilized egg to begin the process of embryo formation. It provides a venue for the interaction of biochemists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, physiologists, geneticists and biophysicists working in the field. This conference has been singularly successful in fostering collaborations among scientists with widely disparate experience and seniority and, among research laboratories in this country and in Europe, Japan, Australia and Latin America. These collaborations have borne many fruitful results. There will be nine sessions in the conference, following the Gordon Research Conference format. Eight sessions will focus on: 1) Alternative reproductive strategies; 2) Sperm-egg interactions; 3) Sperm signal transduction; 4) Sperm-egg membrane interactions; 5) Events of egg activation; 6) Paternal effects on development; 7) Maternal effects on development; 8) Establishment of embryonic polarity. These sessions will include both scheduled speakers, as well as selected short talks chosen from posters and/or late breaking topics. These latter talks will particularly feature junior scientists, including postdoctoral fellows and students. In addition, we will have a keynote speaker for the Tuesday evening session.