IV International Conference on Retinal Proteins - July 22-28, 1990, Santa Cruz, CA

这次国际视网膜蛋白质会议预计将有130-150人参加，将允许来自美国和国外的科学家讨论关于原核生物、低等真核生物和高度进化的真核生物的视网膜蛋白质的光感知和能量转换的结构、功能、遗传学、进化和分子机制的最新进展和想法。目前，美国、欧洲、日本、中国和以色列的大量实验室正在进行含视网膜色素的感觉和能量转导的研究。考古细菌和真核生物中的一系列生物被研究，特别是关于能量转换以及化学和光敏转导机制。正在采取的方法也非常多样化。它们包括行为研究、电生理学、遗传学、生物化学、光谱和分子生物物理、超微结构和免疫细胞化学研究。这次会议的目的之一是聚集来自许多实验室的研究人员，他们使用广泛的技术来研究各种系统中光感官转导和光能转换的分子机制，比较结果，并寻求基本的共同原则。微生物和高等真核生物的感觉系统组件之间的新出现的同源性使得现在是对高等生物和低等生物进行详细比较的好时机。因此，这次会议包括研究从最原始的古细菌到高等脊椎动物的各种系统中的光敏转导的科学家。它还包括生理学家、生物化学家和分子遗传学家，以及生物物理学家，以呈现对这些问题的综合看法。因此，它为参与者，特别是年轻科学家提供了一个难得的机会，以获得该领域的广泛背景。

This International Conference on retinal proteins, which is anticipated to have 130-150 attendees, will permit scientists from the United States and abroad to discuss recent developments and ideas regarding the structure, function, genetics, evolution, and molecular mechanisms of light sensing and energy conversion by retinal proteins in prokaryotes, lower eukaryotes, and the visual rhodopsins of highly evolved eukaryotes. Research on sensory and energy transduction mediated by retinal-containing chromoprotein pigments is currently underway in a large number of laboratories in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and Israel. A range of organisms among the archaebacteria, and eukaryotes are studied, especially with regard to energy conversion and chemo and photosensory transduction mechanisms. Approaches being taken are also very diverse. They include behavioral studies, electrophysiology, genetics, biochemistry, spectroscopic, and molecular biophysical, ultrastructural, and immunocytochemical studies. One of the purposes of this meeting is to bring together investigators from many laboratories who use a wide range of techniques to study molecular mechanisms of photo-sensory transduction and light energy conversion in a variety of systems, to compare results, and seek fundamental common principles. Emerging homologies between the components of sensory systems of microorganisms and higher eukaryotes make this an opportune time to make detailed comparisons between higher and lower organisms. Accordingly, this meeting includes scientists who study photosensory transduction in systems ranging from the most primitive archaebacteria to higher vertebrates. It includes also physiologists, biochemists and molecular geneticists, and biophysicists to present an integrated view of the problems. Thus it provides a rare opportunity for the participants, particularly the young scientists, to acquire a broad background in the field.