U.S.-Australia Joint Seminar: Marine Bioinorganic Chemistry/Heron Island, Australia / June 1989

该奖项将资助由加州大学伯克利分校的Kenneth L.Raymond教授和澳大利亚昆士兰大学的Clifford Hawkins教授联合举办的“海洋生物无机化学”研讨会。与会者将于1989年6月在澳大利亚的苍鹭岛举行会议，进行联合实地实验，并计划这一新领域的合作项目。生物无机化学是研究以金属离子为关键成分的生物过程的学科。到目前为止，在这个快速发展的领域中，还没有人研究海洋的生物无机化学，尽管由于金属离子在浓度梯度上的浓缩和传输，从海水到生物，这一学科应该非常重要。苍鹭岛海洋研究站是澳大利亚岛屿上最大、设备最好的海洋研究站，是举办旨在促进这一重要领域研究的研讨会的理想地点。这项研究可能会在陆地和海洋无脊椎动物的生物学方面带来新的发现，并可能最终开发出新的治疗人类的化合物。

This award will support a seminar, "Marine Bioinorganic Chemistry", organized jointly by Prof. Kenneth L. Raymond of the University of California, Berkeley, and Prof. Clifford Hawkins of the University of Queensland, Australia. Participants will meet on Heron Island, Australia in June 1989 to conduct joint field experiments and plan collaborative projects in this new field. Bioinorganic chemistry is the study of biological processes involving metal ions as key components. As yet, in this rapidly growing field, the bioinorganic chemistry of the sea has not been studied, although the discipline should be of great importance due to the concentration and transport of metal ions across concentration gradients, from seawater to organisms. The Heron Island Marine Research Station, the largest and best-equipped on an Australian island, is an ideal location for a seminar intended to stimulate research in this important field. This research could lead to new discoveries in the biology of terrestrial and marine inver- tebrates, and possibly eventually to the development of new therapeutic compounds for humans.