Financial Support for the 18th Annual Symposium in Plant Physiology, January 18-20, 1996, Riverside, California

加州大学河滨分校（UCR）植物与植物科学系在过去的17年里一直在举办植物生物学主题的研讨会。第18届植物生物学年会题为“植物如何利用光环境调节生长和发育”，将于1996年1月18日至20日举行。1996年专题讨论会的目的是将从事受光影响的植物生长和发育领域的科学家聚集在一起，目的是通过这些介绍和由此引起的讨论，使人们对光环境的细胞、生理和遗传方面有更深入的了解。它将涵盖影响地球上植物的主要电磁波段，包括光敏色素和蓝光反应以及由于臭氧层屏蔽的削弱而将增加的紫外线光谱。这五个部分将是：1)光感受器的性质；2)基因表达的轻调控；3)信号转导；4)突变体的使用；5)整个植物的反应，也包括昼夜节律。来自国外和其他机构的演讲者，包括引进创新分子方法的年轻研究人员，将被邀请参加。海报展示也将包括在项目中。所提交的论文以及海报摘要将迅速廉价地出版。里弗赛德是这次研讨会的理想地点，因为在加州和西部各州有许多研究人员。

9513967 Heath The Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside (UCR) has held a symposium for the past 17 years on timely topics in plant biology. The 18th Annual Sympoisum in Plant Biology, entitled "How Plants Use the Light Environment to Regulate Growth and Development," will be held January 18-20, 1996. The objective of the 1996 Symposium is to bring together scientists working in the area of plant growth and development as influenced by light, with the intention that the presentations, and the discussion arising from them, will lead to a greater understanding of the cellular, physiological, and genetic aspects of the photo-environment. It will cover the major electromagnetic bands which influence plants on earth, including the phytochrome and blue light responses and the UV spectrum which will be increasing due to the weakening of the ozone layer shield. The five sections will be: 1) properties of the photoreceptors; 2) light regulation of gene expression; 3) signal transduction; 4) the use of mutants; and 5) the whole plant response, to also including circadian rhythms. Speakers from abroad and from other institutions, including young investigators who have introduced innovative molecular approaches, will be invited to participate. Poster presentations will also be included in the program. The presented papers, as well as poster abstracts, will be published rapidly and inexpensively. Riverside is an ideal location for this symposium because there are many researchers within California and the western states.