U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Developmental Biology of the Ascidian / Tohuku University, Aomori, Japan / August 1988

该奖项将支持美国参加由加州州立大学富勒顿分校的Charles Lambert教授和日本东北大学的Takaharu Numakunai博士联合举办的“海asciian发育生物学”研讨会。六名美国研究人员将于1988年8月在东北大学浅木岛海洋生物站与日本科学家会面。将讨论的海鞘生物学主题包括：卵裂过程中受精和细胞分化的分子基础，生殖周期的控制，菌落形成和识别的控制，发育过程中金属离子的积累和功能，变态的机制，复杂细胞外结构的形成，以及海鞘产生的对病毒有毒物质的性质。细菌和肿瘤细胞。海鞘作为现存最原始的脊索动物，是研究发育生物学基本问题的理想生物，它可以告诉我们很多关于脊椎动物的发育和进化的知识。在过去的五年中，我们对海鞘发育的许多方面的理解取得了显著的进步。这次美日联合研讨会将为我们两国的海鞘生物学家交流研究成果和想法提供一个急需的论坛。

This award will support U.S. participation in a seminar on the "Developmental Biology of the Ascidian" organized jointly by Professor Charles Lambert of California State University, Fullerton and Dr. Takaharu Numakunai of Tohoku University, Japan. Six U.S. researchers will meet with Japanese scientists in August 1988 at the Asamushi Marine Biological Station of the Tohoku University. Topics of ascidian biology to be discussed include: the molecular basis of fertilization and cell differentiation during cleavage, control of the reproductive cycle, controls of colony formation and recognition, the accumulation and function of metal ions during development, the mechanism of metamorphosis, the formation of complex extracellular structures, and the nature of substances made by ascidians which are toxic to viruses, bacteria and tumor cells. Ascidians, as the most primitive of the living chordates, are ideal organisms for studying basic questions in developmental biology and may teach us much about the development and evolution of vertebrates. Remarkable strides have been made over the last five years in our understanding of many aspects of ascidian development. This joint U.S.-Japan seminar will provide a much-needed forum for the exchange of research results and ideas between ascidian biologists in our two countries.