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Women andminorities areencouragedto apply. TheMBL is an
EqualOpportunity/Afrmative ActionInstitution.
FIR IS NOT YOUR REGULAR UNIVERSITY COURSE!Lectures and
laboratories are taught by 30-40leading investigators rom 20-30
dierent institutionsrepresenting all areas o reproductive
biology.
IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO LEARN ALL OFTHE TECHNIQUES AND
APPROACHES covered atFIR in any university course. Techniques
coveredat FIR include transections o mammalian
cells,characterization o signal transduction
pathways,transcriptional regulation techniques such as real timePCR
and chromatin immunoprecipitation, oocytematuration, conocal
imaging, meiosis, germ celltransplantation, microarrays,
bioinormatics, IVF,ICSI, FISH, nuclear transer, embryo
manipulations,one cell embryo and ES cell microinjection,
tissuerecombination, implantation, analysis o mutantmice, and
genotyping.
AS A FIR TRAINEE YOU WILL BECOME A MEMBEROF AN ENTHUSIASTIC
GROUP OF SCIENTISTSwho share common research interests and have
aninnate curiosity about reproductive biology. Theseinteractions
provide invaluable career networkingopportunities.
Frontiers in Reproduction (FIR) is a 6-week-long laboratoand
lecture course designed or scientists-in-training(graduate
students, postdoctoral ellows, as well as clinicaellows) who are
interested in improving basic conceptuaknowledge and methodological
skills to pursue a researchcareer in the reproductive sciences.
Entering our thirteentyear o operation, we now have more than 200
alumniworldwide.
FIR is limited to 20 participants per year and is held atthe
Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole,Massachusetts, a
site rich in the tradition o biologicalinquiry. The course is
organized into three sections
consisting o lectures rom resident aculty and invited speakers,
discussions, and inormalseminars, as well as hands-on laboratory
exercises. Dr. Mario Ascoli (University o Iowa) is FIRlead course
director. The frst section is directed by Dr. Leslie Heckert
(University o KansasMedical Center), and covers signal
transduction, gene expression, and bioinormatics, as theyapply to
reproductive endocrinology. Section 2 is directed by Dr. Ann
Sutherland (University oVirginia), and covers transgenic
technology, cell-cell interactions in reproductive tissues
duringdevelopment, as well as embryology and implantation biology.
Section 3, directed by Dr. HarvFlorman (University o Massachusetts
Medical School), ocuses on gametogenesis, ertilizationcloning, and
stem cells.
FIR is supported by major grants rom the NICHD and the Burroughs
Wellcome Fund.
FIR FACULTY AND TRAINEES ARE FREE FROMOTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
ound at homeinstitutions, enabling ull immersion in the
FIRexperience. Participants only responsibilities areto teach and
learn. These characteristics o FIR,coupled with the rich scientifc
atmosphere o theMBL, provide a unique, inormal and relaxed
settingto complement an intense lecture and laboratoryprogram.
Faculty who requently teach in the FIR courseinclude: David
Albertini, Mario Ascoli, IndraniBagchi, Blanche Capel, David
Carroll, MarcoConti, Paul Cooke, Jay Cross, Wendy Dean,Don
DeFranco, Franco DeMayo, Ina Dobrinski,Tom Ducibella, John Eppig,
Asgi Fazleabas, LouGuillette, Barry Hinton, Pat Hunt, Joan Hunt,
RindyJae, Ursula Kaiser, David Keee, Ruth Keri, KenKorach, Jon
Levine, Kelly Mayo, John Nilson, EricOverstrom, Richard Schultz,
Jerry Strauss, TeresaWoodru, Humphrey Yao, and Tony Zeleznik.
or more inormation about
FIR, admissions,and fnancial aid
assistance, see
fr.MBL.eduor contact the course
coordinator:[email protected]
Why you should attend:
COURSE DATES:
May 2-June 12, 2010
DMISSIONS DEADLINE:
January 19, 2010
Substantial scholarshippport is available to U.S.oreign
citizens, and mayer the majority of courseees and travel
expenses.
Financial aid decisionsare made on the basis ofeed and are not a
factorin admissions decisions.
Frontiers in ReproductionMolecular & Cellular Concepts
The MBL is an EqualOpportunity/Afrmative
Action Institution.
