Resources for applicants to the Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: A Focus on function and translation
Below are some guidelines, tools and resources to help researchers and reviewers integrate sex and gender into applications for the Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: A Focus on Function and Translation.
Fact sheets
- Sex, gender and the microbiome
- Can medicine be personalized without sex and gender?
- Does sex make a difference in preclinical research?
Training
- Online training module: Sex and gender in biomedical research
- Online training module: Sex and gender in primary data collection with human participants
- GBA+ online training (Status of Women)
Guidance
- Evaluating the Integration of Sex and Gender: Biomedical Research Guidelines (CIHR-IGH)
- Evaluating the Integration of Sex and Gender: Guidelines for Research with Human Participants (CIHR-IGH)
- ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments) Guidelines (NCR3)
- Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) Guidelines (European Association of Science Editors)
- Rigor and Reproducibility in Grant Applications (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
- Reviewer Guidance to Evaluate Sex as a Biological Variable [ PDF (228 KB) - external link ] (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
- Sexing 101 (sexing rats and mice) (American Fancy Rat & Mouse Association)
- Considerations for Inclusion of Women in Clinical Trials and Analysis of Sex Differences (Health Canada)
Videos and webinars
- Accounting for Sex and Gender in Research with Cells or Animals
- The X Factor: Accounting for Sex in Biomedical Research
- Making Sure Everyone Counts: Considerations for Inclusion, Identification and Analysis of Transgender and Transsexual Participants in Health Surveys
Key articles and reports
- Perspective: Equality need not be painfulFootnote 1
- Do you know the sex of your cells? Table of the most commonly used cell lines appearing in AJP-Cell PhysiologyFootnote 2
- Female mice liberated for inclusion in neuroscience and biomedical researchFootnote 3
- Female rats are not more variable than male rats: a meta-analysis of neuroscience studiesFootnote 4
- Sex Matters for MechanismFootnote 5
- SeXX matters in immunityFootnote 6
- Sex and gender influence on pharmacological response: an overviewFootnote 7
- Gender role affects experimental pain responses: A systematic review with meta-analysisFootnote 8
- Sex differences in pain: A brief review of clinical and experimental findingsFootnote 9
- Individual diet has sex-dependent effects on vertebrate gut microbiotaFootnote 10
- Sex differences in the gut microbiome–brain axis across the lifespanFootnote 11
- Gender-related differences in irritable bowel syndrome: Potential mechanisms of sex hormonesFootnote 12
- Sex differences in the gut microbiome drive hormone-dependent regulation of autoimmunityFootnote 13.
- Host remodeling of the gut microbiome and metabolic changes during pregnancyFootnote 14
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