1-5:30 PM

WORKSHOP: Sex Differences Caused by Direct Sex Chromosome Effects vs. Hormones: Designing and Interpreting Studies from Mouse and Human Models

1:00 PM

Art Arnold (UCLA). Introduction

1:10 PM

Art Arnold (UCLA). Experimental strategies for measuring direct genetic effects that cause sex differences

1:40 PM

Emilie Rissman (University of Virginia). Sex chromosomes, aneuploids, and other odd arrangements

2:15 PM

Stu Tobet (Colorado State University). Murine model for the study of gonad-independent brain sexual differentiation

2:50 PM

Geert De Vries (University of Massachusetts). Sex differences in the brain: agents of change, guardians of status quo

3:25 PM

Erica Eugster (Indiana University) and Sheri Berenbaum (The Pennsylvania State University). Variations of sex chromosomes and hormones in humans

4:10 PM

BREAK

4:25 PM

Breakout groups

5:10 PM

Reconvene for discussion