Reproductive Sciences Symposium

简介（由申请人提供）：美国生殖研究学会（Society for The Study of Reproduction， SSR）每年召开一次科学会议，来自美国和其他国家的1000多名科学家和学员参加了会议。会议的目标是介绍生殖科学的最新研究成果，并为科学对话和受训人员的专业发展提供最佳环境。此申请是对2003年会议和随后的2007年会议的部分支持的竞争性更新。2003年会议将于7月19日至22日在俄亥俄州辛辛那提市的希尔顿荷兰广场、千禧酒店和萨宾会议中心举行，由辛辛那提大学和辛辛那提动物园主办。特别要求支持差旅、注册和会议费用：a)主题演讲；b)主席专题讨论会发言一人；c)两个最先进的扬声器；d) 15名非SSR成员的迷你专题演讲人；(e)为身为科学科学学会会员的小型讲者减免注册费的经费。还要求支助30名有证明需要但没有国家安全顾问支助的受训人员的旅费奖励。2003年的会议将包括丰富多样的研究课题，以吸引生殖科学领域的广泛科学家。主题演讲将由伦敦帝国学院医学院的罗伯特·温斯顿发表。他将就辅助生殖技术的现状、益处和风险问题发表讲话。主席专题讨论会的题目是“生殖与环境”。Sally Perreault和Louis Guillette将就环境污染物对人类生殖健康和动物种群生殖生物学的影响发表演讲。最先进的讲座将包括S.K. Dey关于植入的讲座，以纪念Bruce Moulton，以及Paolo Sassone-Corsi和Benita Katzenellenbogen关于表观遗传学主题的讲座。十五场小型专题讨论会，每一场有三名演讲者（总共45名演讲者），将围绕生物医学、临床、动物科学、野生动物保护和环境部门的科学家当前感兴趣的主题举行。口头平台讲座（168）和海报（约430或更多）将突出学员和其他人的个人研究贡献。学员还担任平台会议的联合主席。已作出具体努力，鼓励代表性不足的少数民族参加会议的所有方面。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) holds an annual scientific meeting attended by over 1000 scientists and trainees from the U. S. and other countries. The goals of the meeting are the presentation of state of the art research in reproductive sciences, and providing an optimal environment for scientific dialogue, and for professional development of Trainees. This application is a competing renewal for partial support for the 2003 meeting and the ensuing meetings through 2007. The 2003 meeting will be held in Cincinnati, OH (July 19- 22), at the Hilton Netherland Plaza and Millennium Hotels and Sabin Convention Center and will be hosted by the University of Cincinnati and the Cincinnati Zoo. Support is requested specifically for travel, registration and meeting expenses: a) Keynote speaker; b) one President's Symposium speaker; c) two State-of-the-Art speakers; d) fifteen Minisymposia speakers, who are not SSR members; and e) funds for waiver of registration fee for Minisymposia speakers who are members of SSR. Support is requested also for travel awards for 30 Trainees with documented need and who are not supported by a NRSA. The 2003 meeting will consist of a rich diversity of research topics selected to appeal to a wide range of scientists in the reproductive sciences. The Keynote address will be given by Robert Winston of the London Imperial College School of Medicine. He will speak on the current status of Assisted Reproductive Technology, the benefits and concerns for risk. The President's Symposium is entitled, "Reproduction and the Environment." Sally Perreault and Louis Guillette will speak on the impact of environmental contaminants on human reproductive health and on the reproductive biology of animal populations. State-of-the-Art lectures will feature a lecture by S.K. Dey on implantation as a memorial to Bruce Moulton and lectures by Paolo Sassone-Corsi and by Benita Katzenellenbogen on the theme of epigenetics. Fifteen Minisymposia, each featuring three speakers (total of 45 speakers), will be held on subjects of current interest to scientists in biomedical, clinical, animal science, wildlife preservation, and environmental sectors. Oral Platform talks (168) and Posters (~430 or more) will highlight individual research contributions by Trainees and others. Trainees also serve as Co-Chairs of Platform sessions. Specific efforts are made to encourage the participation of under-represented minorities in all aspects of the meeting.