Vertebrate Sex Determination 2023

项目摘要 本申请旨在为第九届国际生物学术研讨会提供部分资金支持 脊椎动物性别鉴定报告于2023年4月发布。该研讨会自成立以来，每隔3年举行一次。 成立于1997年。由于大流行，原定于2021年举行的研讨会被推迟到2023年。 这一独特的研讨会是由致力于性别决定的整个国际领域在不同的 脊椎动物系统，如两栖动物、鱼类、鸟类、爬行动物、单孔动物、有袋类和真兽类哺乳动物， 包括家养物种、老鼠和人类。要跟上所取得的进步几乎是不可能的 在这么多不同的脊椎动物系统中。因此，这次研讨会的目的是让社会各界 这样初级和高级科学家就可以交流信息，使用比较的方法来推动 我们对性别决定、性别分化、性别障碍和性别差异的理解 发展，以及环境对这一进程的影响。前八次研讨会产生了许多合作成果： 双方交换了试剂，计划了实验，并讨论了研究性别决定的新方法。 2018年的上一次研讨会吸引了许多初级科学家(约70%的参与者)，包括毕业生 学生、博士后研究员和助理教授。我们建议通过以下方式继续和发扬这一传统 包括组织委员会的实习生和初级教职员工，并授权他们组织活动 对他们的事业有利。我们还强调加强多样性和创造一个没有骚扰的 会议环境。我们期待着第九届研讨会像前几届一样富有成效和激动人心 并将在中断5年后将科学界聚集在一起。

Project Summary This application is to request funds to provide partial support for the 9th International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination in April of 2023. This symposium has been held at 3-year intervals since its inception in 1997. Due to the pandemic, the originally scheduled symposium in 2021 was postponed to 2023. This unique symposium is attended by the entire international field working on sex determination in diverse vertebrate systems, such as amphibians, fishes, birds, reptiles, monotreme, marsupial, and eutherian mammals, including domesticated species, mice, and humans. It is nearly impossible to keep up with the advances made in so many diverse vertebrate systems. Therefore, the objective of this symposium is to bring the community together so that junior and senior scientists can exchange information, using a comparative approach to advance our understanding of the process of sex determination, sex differentiation, disorders and differences of sex development, and environmental impacts on this process. The first eight symposia yielded many collaborations: reagents were exchanged, experiments planned, and new ways of investigating sex determination discussed. The last symposium in 2018 attracted many junior scientists (~70% of the participants), including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and assistant professors. We propose to continue and enhance this tradition by including trainees and junior faculty on the organization committee and empowering them to organize activities beneficial to their careers. We also emphasize on enhancing diversity and creating a harassment-free conference environment. We expect the 9th Symposium to be as productive and stimulating as the previousones and will bring the scientific community together after a 5-year hiatus.