Meeting Review: Joint Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research and Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development Symposium-Reproductive Genomics

摘要

Monash Institute of Reproduction and Development (MIRD) and Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research (PHIMR) are institutes with a traditional focus on reproductive biology. Located in Melbourne, they have expertise ranging from male and female fertility/infertility, hormonal regulation, pre-implantation biology and screening, sudden infant death syndrome, cancers of the reproductive tract, early human development, assisted reproductive technologies, endangered species conservation, and more recently, the development and use of embryonic stem cells for strictly non-reproductive purposes. This environment formed the perfect setting for an international symposium on reproductive genomics - a relatively new discipline, which, judging from the high caliber of data presented and the number of attendees, is being embraced emphatically.