ATTENTION: The GRS bus picks up and drops off at the Florence Airport (FLR) only. GRC no longer has bus service to / from the Pisa Airport.
The Environmental Endocrine Disruptors GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
The 13th Gordon Research Seminar on Environmental Endocrine Disruptors (EEDs) will be held at the Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco Resort in Tuscany, Italy. The GRS provides a unique opportunity for graduate students, postdocs, and other training scientists to get together and exchange new data, ideas, and experiences in an intimate setting. The GRS will complement the GRC by emphasizing the importance of EEDs in planetary health, the transdisciplinary field that addresses the impacts of human activity on the health of all life on Earth.
The 2024 GRS will feature trainees from early and late stages of their training and cover a diverse range of study topics within the EED field. Critical to protecting human and environmental health from EED is the communication and spread of scientific knowledge via publications and oral presentations. This year's GRS will focus on developing trainee communication through engaging scientific publications and oral presentations. Trainees will have the opportunity to share their unpublished data and receive feedback from their peers creating an environment of support and research advancement.
Application Instructions
The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.
The seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by March 17, 2024. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Information section above.
Program Format
Gordon Research Seminars are 2-day meetings which take place on the Saturday and Sunday just prior to the start of the associated GRC. The GRS opens with a 1-hour introductory session on Saturday afternoon, followed by a poster session, dinner and a 2-hour session in the evening. Sunday morning begins with breakfast and is followed by another 2-hour session, a second poster session, and lunch. A final 1-hour session takes place just after lunch, and the associated GRC begins later that evening.
