Fertilization and Activation of Development 2007 Gordon Research Conference

描述(由申请者提供)：第十七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。这次会议将在 霍尔德尼斯学校，普利茅斯，新汉普郡，2007年7月15日至7月20日。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。八场会议将集中于：1)睾丸后精子成熟；2)女性生殖道在配子相互作用中的作用；3)趋化性和精子活力；4)精子-卵子相互作用；5)精子信号；6)卵母细胞到胚胎的转变；7)卵子和早期胚胎的极性；8)配子、早期胚胎和表观遗传学。这些会议将包括预定的演讲者以及选定的 从海报和/或最新话题中选择简短的演讲。特别重视初级科学家，包括博士后研究员和研究生。此外，我们还将就该领域的过去、现在和未来进行圆桌讨论。戈登受精和发育激活研究会议关注受精的关键过程中雄配子和雌配子的相互作用以及受精卵的激活以开始胚胎形成过程，这是导致生育的关键过程。它为生物化学家、细胞生物学家、分子生物学家、生理学家、遗传学家和 在这一领域工作的生物物理学家。这次会议将促进美国和美国之间的合作 和拥有截然不同的经验/资历、方法、 和模型系统。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Seventeenth 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 15 - July 20, 2007. 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) Post-testicular maturation of sperm; 2) The role of the female reproductive tract in gamete interactions; 3) Chemotaxis and Sperm Motility; 4) Sperm-egg interactions; 5) Sperm signaling; 6) Oocyte to Embryo Transition; 7) Polarity of egg and early embryo; 8) Gametes, early embryos, and epigenetics. These sessions will include both scheduled speakers as well as selected short talks chosen from posters and/ or late breaking topics. Particular emphasis has been placed on junior scientists, including postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. In addition, we will have a round table discussion on the past, present, and future of this field. The Gordon Research Conference on Fertilization and the Activation of Development is 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, which are key processes underlying fertility. It provides a venue for the interaction of biochemists, cell biologists, molecular biologists, physiologists, geneticists, and biophysicists working in the field. The conference will promote collaborations among US and international scientists with widely disparate experiences/seniority, methodologies, and model systems.