Fifteenth Ovarian Workshop

描述(申请人提供)：第十五届卵巢研讨会“卵巢：调节发育和功能障碍的信号机制”将于2004年7月29-31日在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华举行。 卵巢研讨会为感兴趣的临床医生、科学家和学生提供了一个论坛，以交流关于卵巢的发展、调节和维护的想法和当前的概念，而不分学科界限。该讲习班促进在女性生殖生物学研究的前沿领域介绍和交流思想。这个科学项目已经演变成一个受到国际尊重的会议，吸引了来自不同背景的科学家，他们在了解卵巢细胞的功能方面有着共同的兴趣。会议的目的是增进我们对卵巢功能的了解，以便将这些基本知识转化为临床应用，以增强或控制生育能力，治疗、减少和/或消除卵巢功能障碍和癌症。这个研讨会的形式扩展了转化性研究的主题，通过将新的基础科学与临床相关的问题和临床科学家的陈述结合在一起，从工作台延伸到床边。研讨会的主题是细胞信号和功能后果。主要内容包括性腺组织、卵泡发育、排卵和黄体形成、类固醇生成、多囊卵巢综合征、肥胖和胰岛素抵抗、细胞因子信号转导、卵巢生殖系干细胞、卵巢衰竭、卵巢毒性和卵巢癌。该计划将通过与研讨会主题相关的两次主旨演讲和海报会议而备受关注。新的研究人员将被邀请提交扩展的摘要，这些摘要将被评估为科学价值以及旅行奖项和科妮莉亚·P·钱宁新研究人员奖的竞争。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Fifteenth Ovarian Workshop, "The Ovary: Signaling Mechanisms Regulating Development and Dysfunction," will be held 29-31 July 2004 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Ovarian Workshop provides a forum for interested clinicians, scientists, and students to exchange ideas and current concepts on the development, regulation, and maintenance of the ovary without regard to disciplinary boundaries. The Workshop promotes the presentation and exchange of ideas at the frontiers of research in female reproductive biology. The scientific program has evolved into an internationally respected conference attracting scientists from diverse backgrounds who share a common interest in understanding the function of cells in the ovary. The goal of the proposed meeting is to advance our understanding of ovarian function so that this basic knowledge can be translated to clinical applications to enhance or control fertility and to treat, reduce, and/or eliminate ovarian dysfunctions and cancer. The format of this Workshop expands on the theme of translational research that reaches from bench to bedside by incorporating new basic science together with clinically relevant issues and presentations by clinical scientists. The theme of the Workshop is cell signaling and functional consequences. The major topics to be covered are Gonadal Organization, Follicular Development, Ovulation and Corpus Luteum Formation, Steroidogenesis, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Obesity and Insulin Resistance, Cytokine Signaling, Ovarian Germ Line Stem Cells, Ovarian Failure, Ovotoxicity and Ovarian Cancer. The program will be high lighted by two keynote addresses and poster sessions related to the theme of the Workshop. New investigators will be invited to submit expanded abstracts that will be evaluated for scientific merit and competition for travel awards and the Cornelia P. Channing New Investigator Award.