US-Pakistan Workshop and Symposium on Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Karachi, Pakistan, Feb. 1998

该奖项是为了支持美国科学家参加将于1998年2月在巴基斯坦卡拉奇举行的“美国-巴基斯坦遗传工程和生物技术研讨会”。美国团队负责人是费城德雷塞尔大学生物科学与生物技术系的Michael Gealt博士，巴基斯坦合作组织者是巴基斯坦卡拉奇大学分子遗传学中心的Nuzhat Ahmed博士。研讨会的重点研究领域包括：现场生物降解；原位（固有）生物降解；开发新微生物的基因操作；风险评估;还有环境分析。这次会议包括一个由来自美国、巴基斯坦、欧洲和日本的科学家参加的研讨会。随后将举行美巴双边会议，根据研讨会收集的信息确定潜在的联合研究领域。会议记录，包括演讲和美国-巴基斯坦的建议，将由卡拉奇大学出版。范围：该项目旨在首先将美国和巴基斯坦的科学家与来自欧洲和日本的基因工程和生物技术重要领域的其他工作人员聚集在一起，交换信息和最近研究工作的结果。它还旨在将注意力集中在可以通过美巴科学合作更好地解决的科学问题上。美国等发达国家与巴基斯坦等发展中国家在这一领域的合作，有可能带来可观的收益。巴基斯坦有独特的植物、动物和微生物群，丰富了可供利用的生物资源。巴基斯坦也有相对廉价、熟练的科学人力，他们可以承担部分在生物技术和遗传工程领域常见的冗长和艰苦的研究工作。对许多发展中国家来说，成功合作的好处可能是巨大的。该提案符合INT支持可能加强美国和外国科学家在共同感兴趣领域合作的活动的标准。

Description: This award is for support of US scientists' participation in a `US-Pakistan Workshop and Symposium on Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology`, to be held in February 1998, in Karachi, Pakistan. The US team leader is Dr. Michael Gealt, Department of Biosciences and Biotechnology at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and the Pakistani co-organizer is Dr. Nuzhat Ahmed, of the Center of Molecular Genetics at the University of Karachi, Pakistan. The research areas to be emphasized in the workshop include: on-site biodegradation; in situ (intrinsic) biodegradation; genetic manipulation for development of new microorganisms; risk assessment; and environmental analysis. The meeting includes a symposium attended by scientists from the US and Pakistan, and from Europe and Japan. It will be followed by a bilateral US-Pakistan session to identify areas of potential joint research based on the information gathered in the symposium. The proceedings, including the presentations and also the US-Pakistan recommendations, will be published by the University of Karachi. Scope: This project is intended to first bring American and Pakistani scientists in a meeting with others working in the important areas of genetic engineering and biotechnology from Europe and Japan to exchange information and results of recent research work. It is also intended to focus attention to the scientific questions that can be better addressed through US-Pakistan scientific cooperation. There is potential for considerable benefits from collaboration between an advanced country such as the US with a developing country such as Pakistan in this field. There is a unique flora of plants, animals, and microorganisms in Pakistan that enriches the biological resources to be used. There is also relatively inexpensive, skilled, scientific manpower in Pakistan, which can carry part of the lengthy and laborious research work that is common in the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering. The benefits of successful collaboration, to many developing countries, can be great. The proposal meets INT criteria for supporting activities likely to enhance collaboration between US and foreign scientists in areas of mutual interest.