Gordon Conference On Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms,Oxnard, California, January 15-19, 1990

感觉转导是一种过程，通过这种过程，刺激的物理能量，如光、声音或化学结合，被生物受体细胞转化为影响该细胞行为的信号。这个过程是许多系统中细胞之间交流的基本过程，特别是作为神经系统的信息输入。一些单细胞生物也利用感觉转导来定位光线、食物来源或邻近细胞。它们的生物化学和基因操作系统使它们不仅可以作为“高等”生物的模型，而且可以作为它们自身的研究对象，用于阐明感觉转导的潜在机制。自1976年以来，戈登会议一直是该主题的两年一次的系列会议之一，并提供了一种形式，允许在这个高度多学科领域的研究人员进行激烈的讨论。本次会议将对生理学家、神经科学家、生物化学家和分子生物学家产生影响，他们对当前令人兴奋的细胞通讯话题感兴趣。

Sensory transduction is the process by which the physical energy of a stimulus, such as light, sound, or chemical binding, is converted by a biological receptor cell to a signal that affects the behavior of that cell. The process is a fundamental one for communication between cells in many systems, notably as the input of information to nervous systems. Several unicellular organisms also utilize sensory transduction to orient toward light, or a food source, or neighboring cells. The access of their systems to biochemical and genetic manipulation has made them useful to study, not only as models for "higher" organisms, but in their own right, to clarify the mechanisms underlying sensory transduction. This Gordon Conference is one of a continuing biennial series since 1976 on this topic, and provides an format that allows intense discussion among investigators in this highly multidisciplinary field. The impact of this conference will be on physiologists, neuroscientists, biochemists, and molecular biologists who are interested in the currently exciting topic of ellular communication.