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 painful^{Footnote 1}
• Do you know the sex of your cells? Table of the most commonly used cell lines appearing in AJP-Cell Physiology^{Footnote 2}
• Female mice liberated for inclusion in neuroscience and biomedical research^{Footnote 3}
• Female rats are not more variable than male rats: a meta-analysis of neuroscience studies^{Footnote 4}
• Sex Matters for Mechanism^{Footnote 5}
• SeXX matters in immunity^{Footnote 6}
• Sex and gender influence on pharmacological response: an overview^{Footnote 7}
• Gender role affects experimental pain responses: A systematic review with meta-analysis^{Footnote 8}
• Sex differences in pain: A brief review of clinical and experimental findings^{Footnote 9}
• Individual diet has sex-dependent effects on vertebrate gut microbiota^{Footnote 10}
• Sex differences in the gut microbiome–brain axis across the lifespan^{Footnote 11}
• Gender-related differences in irritable bowel syndrome: Potential mechanisms of sex hormones^{Footnote 12}
• Sex differences in the gut microbiome drive hormone-dependent regulation of autoimmunity^{Footnote 13}.
• Host remodeling of the gut microbiome and metabolic changes during pregnancy^{Footnote 14}

Date modified:

2017-10-12