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

9815175 keen该奖项支持美国科学家参加将于1999年6月19日至24日在加州Marina del Rey举行的关于植物病原体相互作用和向植物传递病原体信号的美日研讨会。联合组织者是加州大学河滨分校的snoel Keen教授和日本神户大学的Shigeyuki Mayama。植物与病原体相互作用的研究是整个植物生物学中发展最快的领域之一。植物抗病基因的克隆、生物化学研究和关键植物突变体的分离等方面的最新进展，以及病原体毒力机制研究方面的概念和技术进展，共同取得了前所未有的进展。研讨会将包括几个主题。这些包括：1)植物感知到的病原体信号；2)植物抗病基因；3)接收病原体等信号的植物成分；通过本次研讨会的成功举办，预计将在基础生物学和潜在的作物病害控制策略方面取得重大而广泛的进展。研讨会的组织者作出了特别的努力，让两国的年轻研究人员作为参与者和观察员参与其中。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，并将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.***