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The Ciba/Novartis Foundation meetings are amazing. I remember the ¢rst one I attended, back in 1958. Last week I was in the University of California in Berkeley, talking to Professor Howard Bern, the distinguished comparative biologist. He said, ‘Do you know how my scienti¢c career began? It was when, as a young graduate student, I was invited to a Ciba Foundation meeting in 1952, on germ cells’ (Ciba Foundation 1953). I hope that in another 40 years’ time, some of you will be saying something similar about this meeting. It is the discussions that we have at these meetings that are so exciting | The Genetics and Biology of Sex Determination Novartis Foundation Symposium 244. Volume 244 Edited by Derek Chadwick and Jamie Goode Copyright Novartis Foundation 2002. ISBN 0-470-84346-2 THE GENETICS AND BIOLOGY OF SEX DETERMINATION The Novartis Foundation is an international scientific and educational charity UK Registered Charity No. 313574 . Known until September 1997 as the Ciba Foundation it was established in 1947 by the CIBA company ofBasle which merged with Sandoz in 1996 to form Novartis. The Foundation operates independently in London under English trust law. It was formally opened on 22 June 1949. The Foundation promotes the study and general knowledge of science and in particular encourages international co-operation in scientific research. To this end it organizes internationally acclaimed meetings typically eight symposia and allied open meetings and 15 20 discussion meetings each year and publishes eight books per year featuring the presented papers and discussions from the symposia. Although primarily an operational rather than a grant-making foundation it awards bursaries to young scientists to attend the symposia and afterwards work with one of the other participants. The Foundation s headquarters at 41 Portland Place London W1B 1BN provide library facilities open to graduates in science and allied disciplines. Media relations are fostered by regular press conferences and by articles prepared by the Foundation s Science Writer in Residence. The Foundation offers accommodation and meeting facilities to visiting scientists and their societies. Information on all Foundation activities can be found at http Novartis Foundation Symposium 244 THE GENETICS AND BIOLOGY OF SEX DETERMINATION 2002 JOHN WILEY SONS .