Hormonal Regulation of Development and Cancer: Common Signaling Pathways

This Gordon Research Conference is a combination of the former Gordon Conferences on Hormone Action, Hormones and Development, and Hormonal Carcinogenesis. This unique merger aims to advance these separate yet overlapping fields through cross-fertilization of ideas and knowledge on the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms of hormone action and the common as well as unique aspects of hormonal control of developmental and carcinogenic events. The program will include state-of-the-art lectures and open discussions regarding the recent advances in hormone action, hormonal regulation of developmental events in diverse phyla, developmental pathways gone awry in cancer, steroid action in breast and prostate cancer, hormonal carcinogenesis at alternate sites and through alternate pathways, effects of environmental endocrine disruptors on development and cancer, epigenomic mechanisms in development and cancer under the control of hormones, and novel approaches for translational research. A wide range of model systems applicable to the study of hormone action in development, oncogenesis and cancer progression will be discussed as we attempt to identify common pathways that control early developmental events as well as carcinogenic events later in life. In addition to poster presentations by attendees, time will be allotted for short oral presentations of selected abstracts. Participation by trainees and members of both academia and industry is encouraged.