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

本次实验室研讨会暨国际研讨会由美国威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校动物学系的Gerald Schatten教授和南非约翰内斯堡威特沃特斯兰德大学动物学系的Barry Fabian教授联合举办。该活动将于1996年1月5日至24日在威特沃特斯兰德大学举行，其目标有多方面：提高细胞和发育生物学的教学和研究水平；鼓励来自代表性不足群体的科学家，并让他们的工作得到关注；通过成立非洲细胞和发育生物学学会加强非洲区域网络；并刺激美国和非洲科学家之间的合作研究项目。组织者从众多国际制造商那里调集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不同地区的大约24名合格的年轻研究人员能够自己进行实验，熟悉这项技术的技术和能力，并希望能够激励他们将这些工具传授给他们自己的学员。美国国家科学基金会正在支持来自非洲各地的5名科学讲师（4名来自美国，1名来自肯尼亚），以及5名非洲受训人员（包括博士预科、博士后和青年研究员）的参与。这项活动将加强非洲青年研究人员使用先进技术的能力；促进对新的动植物物种进行实验；并促进南非卓越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.