2012 Environmental Endocrine Disruptors Gordon Research Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：戈登研究会议（GRC）环境内分泌干扰物（EED）的目的是提供科学家从广泛的学科与内分泌干扰物在各种疾病过程中的作用的最新研究成果。自1998年以来，该研究会议每两年举行一次;它是GRC将于2012年组织的150多个会议的一部分，该组织以其会议的高质量，前沿性而闻名。自13年前成立以来，出席会议的人数稳步增加。2012年关于EED的GRC将于2012年6月3日至8日在佛蒙特州的Mount Snow Resort举行。2012年会议的统一目标是将基础研究、临床调查和流行病学研究与真实的世界环境联系起来。会议将包括科学和公共政策;和EEDs与妇女健康，男性健康，神经内分泌系统，甲状腺和免疫系统，基因与环境的相互作用（包括分子表观遗传学）之间的联系。其他会谈将涉及EED暴露于进化过程和生态系统的结果。与这些新的研究领域相关的发现反过来可能会影响基础研究转化为EED暴露干预措施的方式。该研讨会将汇集具有广泛兴趣的国际领先专家，举办高质量的科学论坛。此外，在本次会议的历史上第一次，会前戈登凯南研究研讨会（GRS）将组织和初级研究人员。GRS期间的活动将面向早期研究人员，特别是学生和研究员，并旨在：（1）向他们提供有关环境内分泌干扰的共同机制的基本背景知识，以最大限度地提高他们对将在随后的会议上讨论的科学的理解，（2）从该领域的专家那里获得对其正在进行的研究项目的反馈，以及（3）促进他们与同行以及该科学界的高级成员的互动，以促进各级网络。我们充分期待，科学讨论，研究会谈，海报会议和GRC和GRS参与者之间的其他非正式互动将有助于促进我们对人类健康内分泌干扰的新分子机制的理解，并将为开发合作干预措施奠定基础，旨在促进暴露于这些污染物的人的新治疗方法，以及缓解这一公共卫生问题。 公共卫生相关性：戈登研究会议环境内分泌干扰，与会前戈登凯南研究研讨会一起，将汇集在这个多学科和跨学科领域的各种科学学科的领导者，沿着构成下一代研究人员的初级研究人员。本次会议期间的科学报告、讨论和研讨会旨在扩大我们对内分泌干扰物可能促进疾病进程的机制的理解，包括发育暴露对人类健康的影响、流行病学研究、野生动物和生态系统的结果以及内分泌干扰物的基本作用机制。预计本次会议传统上特有的合议和合作气氛将为智力发展和合议讨论提供完美的环境，以进一步推动该领域的生物医学研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors (EED) is designed to provide scientists from a wide range of disciplines with the latest research findings on the role of endocrine disruptors in a variety o disease processes. This research conference has been held every 2 years since 1998; it is part of over 150 conferences that will be organized in 2012 by the GRC, an organization internationally known for the high quality, cutting-edge nature of its meetings. Attendance at the meeting has grown steadily since its inception 13 years ago. The 2012 GRC on EEDs will be held June 3-8, 2012 at the Mount Snow Resort, VT. The unifying goal for the 2012 conference is to link basic research, clinical investigation, and epidemiological studies to the real world environment. Sessions will include Science and Public policy; and links between EEDs and Women's Health, Men's Health, Neuroendocrine Systems, Thyroid and Immune Systems, and Gene-environment interactions (including molecular epigenetics). Other talks will relate EED exposures to evolutionary processes, and outcomes on ecosystems. The findings associated with these novel areas of research are in turn likely to affect the manner in which basic research is translated into interventions for EED exposures. This GRC will bring together leading international experts with a broad range of interests in a high quality scientific forum. In additin, for the first time in the history of this conference, a pre-conference Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar (GRS) will be organized by and for junior investigators. Activities during the GRS will be oriented to early stage investigators, particularly students and fellows, and are intended to: (1) provide them with the basic background on common mechanisms involved in environmental endocrine disruption necessary to maximize their understanding of the science which will be discussed in the subsequent conference, (2) receive feedback on their ongoing research projects from experts in the field, and (3) facilitate their interaction with their peers as well a senior members of this scientific community to promote networking at all levels. We fully anticipate that the scientific discussions, research talks, poster sessions, and other informal interactions among the participants of the GRC and GRS will contribute to advancing our understanding of novel molecular mechanisms involved in endocrine disruption of human health and will set the basis for the development of collaborative interventions aimed at promoting new therapeutic treatments for people exposed to these contaminants, and for mitigation of this public health problem. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Narrative The Gordon Research Conference on Environmental Endocrine Disruption, together with the pre-meeting Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar, will bring together leaders in a variety of scientific disciplines in this multi- and interdisciplinary field, along with junior investigators constituting the future generation of researchers. The scientific presentations, discussions and workshops during this conference are designed to expand our understanding of the mechanisms by which endocrine disruptors may contribute to disease processes, including effects of developmental exposures on human health, epidemiological studies, outcomes for wildlife and ecosystems, and underlying mechanisms of action of endocrine disruptors. It is anticipated that the collegial and cooperative atmosphere that has traditionally characterized this conference will provide the perfect setting for the intellectual development and collegial discussions to further biomedical research in this field.