U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Program on Plant Pathogen Interactions and Delivery of Pathogen Signals to Plants

9815175基恩该奖项支持美国科学家参与美国- 1999年6月19日至24日在加州的Marina德尔雷举行的日本植物病原体相互作用和向植物传递病原体信号研讨会。 共同组织者是加州大学滨江分校的诺埃尔·基恩教授和日本科比大学的真山重之教授。 植物-病原体相互作用的研究是所有植物生物学中发展最快的领域之一。 最近在克隆植物抗病基因、生物化学研究和分离关键植物突变体方面取得的进展，以及在病原体毒力机制研究方面的概念和技术进展，使我们能够取得前所未有的进展。 研讨会将包括几个主题。 其中包括：1）植物感知的病原体信号; 2）植物抗病基因; 3）接受病原体和其他信号的植物组分; 4）抗病性和抗病性的整体功能通过这次研讨会的成功，预计将取得重大和广泛的进展，这对基础生物学和潜在的作物病害控制策略都具有重要意义。 研讨会的组织者作出了特别努力，让两国的年轻研究人员既作为与会者又作为观察员参加。 与该领域的日本专家交流想法和数据将使美国参与者能够推进自己的工作，并为未来的合作项目奠定基础。

9815175KeenThis award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan seminar on Plant Pathogen Interactions and Delivery of Pathogen Signals to Plants, to be held in Marina del Rey, California from June 19-24, l999. The co-organizers are ProfessorsNoel Keen at the University of California, Riverside and Shigeyuki Mayama at Kobe University in Japan. The study of plant-pathogen interactions is one of the fastest moving areas in all of plant biology. Recent advances in the cloning of plant disease resistance genes, biochemical studies and the isolation of key plant mutants, as well as conceptual and technical advances in the study of virulence mechanisms in pathogens, have coalesced to permit unprecedented progress. The seminar will consist of several topics. These include: 1) pathogen signals perceived by plants; 2) plant disease resistance genes; 3) plant components receiving pathogen and other signals; and 4) Global functions of disease resistance and susceptibilityIt is expected that major and broad advances will be made through the success of this seminar with significance both for fundamental biology and for potential crop disease control strategies. Seminar organizers have made a special effort to involve younger researchers, from both countries, as both participants and observers. 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.***