Journal article
Fifty years of reproductive biology in Australia: highlights from the 50th Annual Meeting of the Society for Reproductive Biology (SRB)
Elizabeth G Bromfield, Samson N Dowland, Jessica EM Dunleavy, Kylie R Dunning, Olivia J Holland, Brendan J Houston, Michael W Pankhurst, Dulama Richani, Angelique H Riepsamen, Ryan Rose, Michael J Bertoldo
REPRODUCTION FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1071/RD18436
Abstract
The 2018 edition of the Society for Reproductive Biology’s (SRB) Annual Meeting was a celebration of 50 years of Australian research into reproductive biology. The past 50 years has seen many important contributions to this field, and these advances have led to changes in practice and policy, improvements in the efficiency of animal reproduction and improved health outcomes. This conference review delivers a dedicated summary of the symposia, discussing emerging concepts, raising new questions and proposing directions forward. Notably, the symposia discussed in this review emphasised the impact that reproductive research can have on quality of life and the health trajectories of individuals...
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the following speakers who presented their research in the symposia and thank them for supplying their talks: John Hearn, Christopher Grupen, David Handelsman (University of Sydney); Mark Hedger, Lois Salamonsen, Jock Findlay, Alan Trounson, Robert McLachlan, Patrick Western (Hudson Institute of Medical Research); Darryl Russell, Sarah Robertson, Robert Norman, Claire Roberts, Raymond Rodgers, Michelle Lane, Jeremy Thompson (University of Adelaide); Marilyn Renfree, Natalie Hannan, Mary Wlodek, Andrew Pask (The University of Melbourne); Roger Smith, John Aitken, Elizabeth Bromfield, Kirsty Pringle (University of Newcastle); David Whittingham (University of Cambridge); James Cuffe, Karen Moritz (University of Queensland); Iain Clarke, Karla Hutt (Monash University); and Graeme Martin (University of Western Australia). The authors also acknowledge the SRB President Moira O'Bryan, past President Christopher O'Neill and the Editor-in-Chief of Reproduction, Fertility and Development, Graeme Martin, for their support of the SRB Early Career Researchers and this review. Kylie R. Dunning was supported by the Australian Research Council (CE140100003).