Gordon Conference: Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms, Oxnard, CA; January 13-17, 1992

这笔赠款是为了支持冬季戈登微生物感觉转导会议的与会者。这次会议预计将有110-135名与会者，将允许来自美国和海外的科学家讨论有关简单单细胞系统中感觉转导的分子机制的最新进展和想法，这些系统包括细菌、酵母、鞭毛虫和网柄硬毛藻。会议将强调关于化学感觉和光感觉受体、分子内转导、细胞内信号处理和反应过程的新的概括，从战术细胞中的鞭毛或伪足调节到原核和真核生物中的基因表达。将强调微生物和高等动物信号转导组件之间的同源性。感官信号转导是生物体感知环境并对其做出适当反应能力的关键。微生物感知和响应环境刺激的机制本身就令人着迷，对微生物物种的生存至关重要。此外，它们还为高等生物，无论是植物还是动物，同样地感知环境刺激并做出适当反应的机制提供了重要线索。

This grant is for support of participants at a winter Gordon Conference on Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms. The conference, which is anticipated to have 110-135 attendees, will permit scientists from the United States and abroad to discuss recent developments and ideas regarding molecular mechanisms of sensory transduction in simple unicellular systems including bacteria, yeast, flagellates, and Dictyostelium. Sessions will emphasize the emerging generalizations regarding chemosensory and photosensory receptors, intramolecular transduction, intracellular signal processing, and the response processes, ranging from flagellar or pseudopod modulation in tactic cells to gene expression in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Homologies between microbial and higher animal signal transduction components will be emphasized. Sensory signal transduction is the key to the ability of an organism to perceive and respond appropriately to its environment. The mechanisms by which microbes perceive and respond to environmental stimuli are fascinating in their own right, and crucial to the survival of microbial species. In addition, they provide important clues to mechanims whereby higher organisms, both plant and animal, likewise perceive and respond appropriately to environmental stimuli.