Frontiers in Reproduction(FIR)Training Course

描述（由申请人提供）：生殖前沿（FIR）是一个为期6周的课程，每年夏天在伍兹霍尔马海洋生物实验室举行。FIR是一个充满活力且不断发展的实体，每天提供一系列关于前沿主题的讲座，以及广泛的讨论、实验室研究、研讨会和非正式研讨会。自1998年成立以来，FIR旨在培养基础或临床科学的独立科学家，高级博士后研究员，以及致力于生殖科学临床和基础研究事业的研究生。FIR由科学顾问委员会指导，该委员会由指导生殖科学不同领域的基础或转化研究计划的科学家组成。飞行信息报告课程本身分为三个部分，由一名主任和三名主任组织和实施。第1节包括下丘脑-垂体-性腺轴的信号转导和基因表达。第2节包括配子发生、受精和干细胞。第3节包括着床、生殖道发育和转基因。部门主任和参与教师和讲师被选中，因为他们在生殖科学的领导地位。FIR的总体目标是培养下一代生殖科学家，促进初级和高级生殖科学家之间的合作和指导。飞行情报中心已经连续举行了16年，所有迹象表明，我们成功地实现了这些目标。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) is a 6-week long course held every summer at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole MA. FIR is a dynamic and evolving entity offering a series of daily lectures on cutting edge topics, as well as extensive discussions, laboratory research, workshops and informal seminars. Since its inception in 1998 FIR has aimed to train beginning independent scientists, advanced postdoctoral fellows in the basic or clinical sciences, as well as graduate students who are committed to clinical and basic research careers in the reproductive sciences. FIR is directed by a Board of Scientific Counselors composed of scientists who direct basic or translational research programs in different areas of the reproductive sciences. The FIR course itself is divided into three sections and is organized and implemented by one lead director and three section directors. Section 1 covers signal transduction and gene expression in the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. Section 2 covers gametogenesis, fertilization and stem cells. Section 3 covers implantation, development of the reproductive tract and transgenesis. The section directors and the participating faculty and lecturers are selected because of their leadership positions in the Reproductive Sciences. The overall purpose of FIR is to train the next generation of reproductive scientists and to promote collaborations and mentorship among junior and senior reproductive scientists. FIR has now been continuously held for 16 years and all indications are that we have been successful in attaining these goals.