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，每年夏天在马萨诸塞州伍兹霍尔的海洋生物实验室举行。FIR是一个充满活力和不断发展的实体，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、讲习班和非正式研讨会。自1998年成立以来，FIR的目标是培养初学的独立科学家、基础或临床科学方面的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由一个由科学家组成的科学顾问委员会领导，这些科学家在生殖科学的不同领域指导基础或转化研究计划。FIR课程本身分为三个部分，由一名首席主任和三名部门主任组织和实施。第一节介绍了下丘脑-垂体-性腺轴的信号转导和基因表达。第2节介绍配子发生、受精和干细胞。第3节涉及植入、生殖道发育和转基因。分部主任和参与的教职员工和讲师是因为他们在生殖科学方面的领导地位而被挑选出来的。FIR的总体目的是培训下一代生殖科学家，并促进初级和高级生殖科学家之间的合作和指导。FIR现已连续举行了16年，所有迹象表明，我们已经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.