2018 Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction, Il Ciocco, Italy March 3-9, 2018

2018年光电感受器和信号转导，Il Ciocco，意大利2018年3月3-9日

• 批准号: 1803010
• 负责人: Katrina Forest
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Gordon Research Conferences
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-01-15 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1803010&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: 2018; Photosensory; Receptors; Signal; Transduction

Light-sensing mechanisms impact the lifecycle and physiology of all branches of life. Researchers at the 2018 Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction Gordon Conference study biological molecules that absorb light and cause changes in cellular behavior in response to it. Examples range from the mechanisms of human vision to the ability of bacteria to interact with plants. This work has wide-ranging implications: the basic science discoveries in this area have and will continue to lead to understandings of the human circadian clock, optimization of biofuel production, and light-driven artificial controls of neuronal response. Over the past 20 years, this biannual meeting has been the site of a remarkably fruitful exchange of results, new ideas, and technical progress among researchers who are experts in a wide variety of experimental techniques. This mixing leads to creative novel proposals. Moreover, the meeting has a strong attendance by junior scientists, female scientists, and an internationally diverse group of researchers. This demographic keeps the meeting lively and promotes the careers of future leaders in Photoreceptor Science.Understanding how different photoreceptor systems orchestrate biological processes - from mammalian vision through plant growth to bacterial symbioses - requires integration of diverse methodologies and expertises. We request funds to support the 2018 Photosensory Receptors & Signal Transduction Gordon Research Conference and its closely associated Gordon Research Seminar, in Il Ciocco, Italy March 3-9, 2018. Our vision is to provide a platform for photobiologists from diverse disciplines to showcase recent advances, integrate in lively debate and share new applications. Specifically, participants will discuss how molecular photoreceptors are changed by interaction with light and how these structural changes are amplified through signaling networks to affect diverse physiology. The 2018 GRC will specifically integrate research on photoreceptors from animals, plants and microbes and will cover time scales from femtoseconds to evolutionary eons. The nine sessions represent a diversity of topics including emerging areas of understanding (e.g. Carotenoid-dependent signaling proteins). Diversity will be maximized through integration of disciplines (e.g. biophysics, structural biology; signaling) across biological systems.

光感机制影响生命的所有分支的生命周期和生理。2018年感光受体和信号转导戈登会议的研究人员研究吸收光并引起细胞行为变化的生物分子。例子从人类视觉机制到细菌与植物相互作用的能力。这项工作具有广泛的影响：该领域的基础科学发现已经并将继续导致对人类生物钟的理解，生物燃料生产的优化以及神经元反应的光驱动人工控制。在过去的20年里，这个一年两次的会议一直是研究人员谁是各种实验技术的专家之间的成果，新思想和技术进步的显着富有成效的交流网站。这种混合导致了创造性的新提议。此外，参加会议的年轻科学家、女科学家和来自国际各地的研究人员人数众多。了解不同的光感受器系统如何协调生物过程--从哺乳动物的视觉到植物生长再到细菌共生--需要整合不同的方法和专业知识。我们要求资金支持2018感光受体信号转导戈登研究会议及其密切相关的戈登研究研讨会，在伊尔Ciocco，意大利3月3日至9日，2018年。我们的愿景是为来自不同学科的光生物学家提供一个平台，展示最新进展，融入激烈的辩论并分享新的应用。具体来说，与会者将讨论分子光感受器如何通过与光的相互作用而改变，以及这些结构变化如何通过信号网络放大以影响不同的生理学。 2018年的GRC将专门整合对动物、植物和微生物光感受器的研究，并将涵盖从飞秒到进化论的时间尺度。九个会议代表了主题的多样性，包括新兴的理解领域（例如类胡萝卜素依赖性信号蛋白）。通过跨生物系统的学科整合（例如生物物理学、结构生物学;信号传导），将最大限度地提高多样性。