11th International Congress of Human Genetics

Session Details

The Genetics of Sex Determination

Thursday, 10 August 2006 08:30 -10:30

P3/P4/P5

Co-Chair Dr Judith Allanson Childrens Hospital of Eastern OntarioCanada
Co-Chair Peter Koopman University of QueenslandAustralia

Sex determination: lessons from families and embryos
  • Harry Ostrer, New York University School of Medicine, United States
  • The role of nuclear receptors SF1 and DAX1 in the tenuous process of sex determination
  • J Larry Jameson, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, United States
  • Disorders of sex development: new genes and new names
  • Eric Vilain, UCLA, United States
  • A new approach to identifying the molecular basis of gonadal dysfunction in sex reversed patients
  • Prof Andrew Sinclair, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Australia
  • Published on Tuesday, 1 August 2006 by the Professional Conference Organiser