SAGE III brings together invited participants in a variety of fields to discuss the molecular and cellular underpinnings of sex differences in biology. SAGE III will include discussion of cutting-edge research on model organisms for understanding sex differences in development, sex & gene expression in the immune system, and the interplay of steroid hormones, apoptosis, and carcinogenesis. In addition, workshops highlighting steroid hormone effects and gene imprinting and parent of origin effects will be held.
The following topics will be covered at the meeting:
The Multiple Effects of Mullerian Inhibiting Substance
Patricia Donahoe, MD, Harvard Medical School
Model Systems for Understanding Sex Differences in Development
Moderator:
Margaret Fuller, PhD Stanford University
Regulation of Gene Expression in Primary Spermatocytes by Male Specific
Transcription Machinery
Valerie Reinke, PhD, Yale University
A Molecular Definition of Germline Development in the Model Organism C.
elegans
Bruce Baker, PhD, Stanford University
Sex, Flies and Developmental Fates
Panel Discussion: Model Systems for Understanding Sex Differences in
Development (continued)
Panelists:
Art Arnold, PhD, UCLA
The role of sex chromosomes in sexual differentiation of the brain
Daphne Preuss, PhD, University of Chicago
Sexual Signaling on a Cellular Level: Lessons from Plant Reproduction
Panel Discussion: Sex & Gene Expression in the Immune System
Moderator:
Denise Faustman, MD, PhD, Harvard University
Reversal of Established Autoimmune Diabetes by Restoration of Endogenous
Cell Function
Panelists:
Caroline Whitacre, PhD, The Ohio State University
Sex Influences in Multiple Sclerosis
J. Lee Nelson, MD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Fetal and Maternal Microchimerism in Human Health and Disease
Fetal Cells i
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Contact: Sarah Gevers
Sarahg@womens-health.org
202-496-5011
Society for Women's Health Research
1-Apr-2002