Symposium on Development in Vertebrate Embryos: Environmental, Parental and Embryonic Interactions; Cambridge, United Kingdom; August 9-13, 1992.

这项提案寻求资金支持美国与会者参加一个为期两天的研讨会的海外旅费，这是1992年8月在剑桥大学举行的一个更大的为期四天的会议的一部分。这次会议由位于欧洲、加拿大和美国的四个科学学会联合主办，将有来自世界各地的大约300名生物学家参加。这次研讨会的题目是“脊椎动物胚胎的发育：比较生理学、环境影响和父母角色。”会议由Carol Vleck博士(亚利桑那大学)和Amos Ar博士(以色列特拉维夫大学)组织，将有来自9个国家的19人参加，其中包括11名美国人。研讨会将集中讨论脊椎动物胚胎在从单个细胞到独立个体的过程中面临的特殊生理问题。这些发育中的形式没有成年人那样的生理和行为反应来维持面对压力时的功能，但仍然必须能够应对他们所暴露的条件。对胚胎可利用的生理策略的多样性以及父母如何改善胚胎发育的物理环境的了解相对较少。这次研讨会将首次将来自不同背景的脊椎动物生理学人士聚集在一起。但它们都对胚胎形态和功能有特殊的兴趣。

This proposal seeks funding to support the overseas travel costs of American participants to a two-day symposium which is part of a larger four-day meeting at Cambridge University in August, 1992. This meeting is jointly sponsored by four scientific societies located in Europe, Canada and the United States and will be attended by approximately 300 biologists from throughout the world. The symposium is entitled "Development in Vertebrate Embryos: Comparative physiology, environmental influences and parental role." It was organized by Dr. Carol Vleck (University of Arizona) and Dr. Amos Ar (Tel Aviv University, Israel) and will be attended by 19 persons from nine countries, including 11 American. The symposium will focus on the special physiological problems that vertebrate embryos face as they progress from just a single cell to an independent individual. These developing forms do not have the same arsenal of physiological and behavioral responses that adults do to maintain function in the face of stress, yet still must be able to cope with conditions to which they are exposed. Relatively little attention has been given to understanding the diversity of physiological strategies available to embryos and how parents ameliorate the physical environment in which the embryo develops. The symposium will bring together for the first time persons from diverse backgrounds in vertebrate physiology. but all with a special interest in embryonic form and function.