Now that in vitro fertilization is common, genetic engineering is a household word and contraceptive vaccines are on the horizon, health scientists and officials are eyeing what the future holds for reproductive biology research and will be discussing it July 9-12 at the University of California, Davis. Some 1,100 researchers and policy-makers from throughout the nation and abroad will discuss current developments and future research priorities when the Society for the Study of Reproduction holds its annual meeting on campus. The society is a national scientific organization that promotes research in reproductive biology and publishes the journal Biology of Reproduction. "The meeting offers participants the opportunity to exchange ideas and their latest findings during the many state-of-the-art lectures, mini-symposia, and slide and poster sessions," said Lynn Wiley, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the UC Davis Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Health. "Such a forum enables scientists to increase their knowledge as researchers and to advance reproductive health care." Highlights of the meeting will include: • the mini-symposium "Steroid Control of Sexual Behavior," examining the role of brain chemistry in reproductive behavior. Scientists will discuss research involving brain chemicals that modulate female sexual behavior, changes in rat brains following exposure of females to male sex hormones and the effect of the male sex hormone androgen on male sexual behavior. 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 20, in Room 198 of Young Hall • the mini-symposium "Disruption of Reproductive Function by Environmentally Relevant Chemicals," focusing on the mechanisms by which industrial solvents, pesticides and other environmental toxicants are interfering with animal -- and potentially human -- health and fertility. 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, July 12, in Room 198 of Young Hall • a National Institutes of Health symposium examining "The NIH Program in Reproduction -- A view to the 21st Century." The symposium will address public health, economic and political issues. Keynote speaker will be Dr. C. Wayne Bardin, vice president of the Population Council in New York and director of the council's Bio-Medical Center. 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, July 9, in Room 1100 of the Social Sciences Bldg. For a complete listing of speakers and their subjects, see the attached conference schedule. Reporters should register and obtain media badges in the Mee Room on the third floor of the Memorial Union.