US-Australia Joint Seminar/Workshop on the Cytoskeleton: ItsFormation and Role in the Growth, Differentiation and Structure of Wool and Hair; Adelaide, Australia; Dec. 1987

美国-澳大利亚细胞骨架联合研讨会/讲习班：其形成及其在羊毛和毛发生长、分化和结构中的作用；

• 批准号: 8702947
• 负责人: Robert Goldman
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Northwestern University Medical School
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-09-01 至 1988-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8702947&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Australia; Joint; Seminar; Workshop

This award will support the travel of eight United States scientists to a workshop on the cytoskeleton and its formation and role in the growth, differentiation and structure of wool and hair. The workshop will be held in Adelaide, Australia, December 7-11, 1987. Dr. Robert D. Goldman, Northwestern University School of Medicine, and Dr. Tung-Tien H. Sun, New York University School of Medicine, are the U.S. organizers planning the workshop with Dr. George E. Rogers, University of Adelaide, and other Australian members of the Committee. The purpose of the workshop is to assess the use of hair and wool growth as a model system for studying the structure and function of the major intermediate filament (IF) proteins, in particular the keratins. Intermediate filament proteins are major components of the cytoskeletal system of all mammalian cell systems and keratins are the most well characterized of all of the intermediate filament proteins. Discussed at the workshop will be the structure and function of the cytoplasmic keratins and the newly described complexes of keratin-like proteins within the nuclear matrix, the lamins, as well as the microbiology of the keratin system including the characterization and regulation of the genes encoding these proteins. The result of the workshop will be an increased awareness of the scientific activities going on in the countries represented and greater possibilities for collaborative research between the participants. This meeting will bring together for the first time Australian keratin experts with investigators from the U.S. having expertise on the cellular and molecular aspects of the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells. The Australian Government Department of Science has already approved and funded support for the Australian participants. The NSF Program Director for Developmental Biology has recommended this activity at a high priority level.

该奖项将资助8名美国科学家前往参加一个关于细胞骨架及其形成和在羊毛和头发的生长、分化和结构中的作用的讲习班。讲习班将于1987年12月7日至11日在澳大利亚的阿德莱德举行。Robert D.戈德曼，西北大学医学院，和博士东田H。孙博士，纽约大学医学院，是美国组织者计划与博士乔治E研讨会。罗杰斯、阿德莱德大学和委员会其他澳大利亚成员。研讨会的目的是评估使用头发和羊毛生长作为模型系统，研究主要中间丝（IF）蛋白质，特别是角蛋白的结构和功能。中间丝蛋白是所有哺乳动物细胞系统的细胞骨架系统的主要组分，并且角蛋白是所有中间丝蛋白中最好表征的。研讨会将讨论细胞质角蛋白的结构和功能，以及新描述的核基质内角蛋白样蛋白复合物，核纤层蛋白，以及角蛋白系统的微生物学，包括编码这些蛋白质的基因的表征和调节。讲习班的结果将是提高对与会各国正在进行的科学活动的认识，并增加与会者之间进行合作研究的可能性。这次会议将首次汇集澳大利亚角蛋白专家与来自美国的研究人员，他们在真核细胞细胞骨架的细胞和分子方面具有专业知识。澳大利亚政府科学部已经批准并资助了对澳大利亚参与者的支持。美国国家科学基金会发育生物学项目主任建议将这项活动列为高度优先事项。