Sunday, December 22, 2024
12/22/2024
PROJECT SUMMARY In September 2024, the 19th Northwest Reproductive Science Symposium (NWRSS) meeting will be hosted by Oregon State University at the OSU-Cascades campus in Bend, OR. This long-standing series began in 1989 as the Washington State University (WSU) and the University of Idaho (UI) annual joint minisymposium, but now rotates biennially between WSU/UI, Oregon State University (OSU), and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). The scientific program serves to showcase the high quality of regional research in reproductive sciences, fertility and contraception, developmental biology, and animal and human health. The objective of the NWRSS meeting is to promote the exchange of information to advance our collective understanding of the mammalian reproductive tract both in normal function and in pathophysiological dysfunction. Because most of the attendees are concentrated in the Pacific Northwest region, many lasting collaborations arise from these gatherings. The NWRSS meeting also seeks to support career development within all aspects of reproductive biology, enabling interaction between trainees, new investigators, and established principal investigators. The training mission of the NWRSS extends to meeting organization as well, as an ad hoc trainee committee from all participating schools is solely responsible for organizing the scientific sessions into thematic groups, selection of trainee platform speakers, as well as serving as session chairs during the meeting. The majority of NWRSS talks are delivered by post-doctoral fellows as well as graduate and even undergraduate students. Similar to 2022, in addition to Keynote address from a preeminent leader in the field of reproductive biology, invited speakers addressing health disparities in reproduction and diversity in STEM fields will be featured. NWRSS organizers and participants are committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment to foster the sharing of ideas between developmental biologists, molecular biologists, systems biologists, population health biologists, and clinicians working in reproductive biology.
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