U.S.-South Africa Workshop on Imaging Cellular Dynamics During Development & Reproduction

这个以实验室为基础的研讨会和国际研讨会由本系的Gerald Schatten教授联合举办。美国威斯康星州麦迪逊大学动物学系的教授和该系的巴里法比安教授。南非约翰内斯堡威特沃特斯兰德大学动物学教授。这项活动将于1996年1月5日至24日在美国纽约举行。威特沃特斯兰德大学的非洲细胞与发育生物学研究所有多方面的目标：提高细胞与发育生物学教学和研究水平;鼓励代表性不足的群体的科学家的工作并使其可见;通过成立非洲细胞与发育生物学学会加强非洲区域网络;以及促进美国和非洲科学家之间的合作研究项目。组织者从国际制造商那里借来了先进的成像设备和人员。 通过将先进的仪器和专门知识带到一个中心地点，讲习班将使来自非洲各地的大约20多名合格的年轻研究人员能够亲自进行实验，熟悉这项技术的技巧和能力，并希望激励他们将这些工具传授给自己的受训人员。 国家科学基金会正在支持来自非洲各地的五名科学家-教员（四名来自美国，一名来自肯尼亚）以及五名非洲受训者-参与者，他们是博士前、博士后和非正式研究员。 这项活动将加强非洲青年研究人员使用先进技术的能力;促进新的动植物物种的实验;并促进南非英才中心与其他非洲国家机构之间的有益联系。

This laboratory-based workshop and international symposium is jointly organized by Prof. Gerald Schatten of the Dept. of Zoology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, and Prof. Barry Fabian, of the Dept. of Zoology, University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event, to take place January 5-24, 1996, at the U. of Witwatersrand, has manifold objectives: to enhance the level of cell and developmental biology teaching and research; to encourage and give visibility to the work of scientists who are members of under-represented groups; to strengthen Africa regional networking through the formation of the African Society of Cell and Developmental Biology; and to stimulate collaborative research projects between US and African scientists. The organizers have marshalled the loan of demonstration advanced imaging equipment and personnel from an international array of manufacturers. By bringing advanced instrumentation and expertise to a central location, the workshop will enable some two dozen qualified young investigators from various parts of Africa to perform experiments themselves, become familiar with the techniques and capabilities of the technology, and, it is hoped, inspire them to pass on these tools to their own trainees. NSF is supporting the participation of five scientist-instructors (four from the U.S. and one from Kenya), plus five African trainee-participants, at the pre-doctoral, post-doctoral and young-investigator level, from throughout Africa. This activity will strengthen the capacity of young researchers in Africa to use advanced techniques; promote experimentation in novel animal and plant species; and stimulate beneficial networking between a center of excellence in South Africa and institutions in other African countries.