U.S.-Japan Seminar on Bioorganic Marine Chemistry

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9726797 Crews This award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan seminar on Bioorganic Marine Chemistry, to be held in Santa Cruz, California from December 14-18, l998. The co-organizers are Professors Phillip Crews of the University of California at Santa Cruz and Takenori Kusumi of Tokushima University in Japan. The seminar will address a broad range of topics including: (a) chemodiversity of marine macroorganisms; (b) marine-derived microorganisms as a resource for unusual metabolites (c) new materials as a focus for marine biotechnology; (d) interactions between species mediated by secondary metabolites; (e) pharmacological tools from marine sources; and (f) mechanisms of marine biosynthesis. Marine bioorganic chemistry continues to be regarded as an exciting area of research, watched closely by scientists from many disciplines in both chemistry and biology. Interest in marine bioorganic technology is also escalating in both the academic and industrial domain worldwide. A majority of the major labs, as well as the new investigators in this field, are concentrated in the U.S. and Japan. Frequently, the ideas and techniques developed by academic and industrial research groups in these two countries are extremely influential. In addition, younger scientists will be included in the seminar. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese experts in this field will enable U.S. participants to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative projects. ***