FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF VERTEBRATE MORPHOLOGY

国际脊椎动物形态学大会(ICVM)促进 脊椎动物形态和脊椎动物之间的国际合作 形态学和其他与健康相关的基础科学。第四次全国代表大会 将是北美的第一家，预计将吸引 来自多个国家的杰出科学家。ICVM-4的目的是 将脊椎动物形态学的最新研究成果提供给 北美科学家提供脊椎动物之间的合成 形态及其同源域，将通过 90年代的S，进入了下一个世纪。在美国举行ICVM-4是一种 为大量美国人提供接触这项工作的难得机会 欧洲和其他国家的学者。尽管形态的各个方面是 在美国有很强的代表性，许多地区都集中在其他地方。 此前，只有前往欧洲参加会议的科学家才能 充分利用这些领域的新发展。 大会的科学焦点将由一位受邀的 计划包括(1)描述互动的全体讲座 在形态学和其他领域之间，包括分子遗传学和 发育生物学，(2)非正式的动手讲习班，旨在 促进讨论和互动，以及(3)更正式的研讨会 针对现代研究领域的主要综合，如整合 对生物生物学框架的新分子发现和 探索如何将生理学和古生物学证据结合起来 来照亮结构。大会还将展示投稿的论文 以及旨在增强社交互动的形式的海报会议 在参与者中。 此应用程序请求支持4个专题讨论会(脊椎动物分段： 机制和进化；牙齿：同源异型盒的功能；定量 脊椎动物形态的遗传基础；神经系统的进化)加上 一次研讨会和三次与研讨会相关的主题的全体讲座。基金 也被要求支持来自东方的贡献者的旅行 集团国家和发展中国家。这些产品的主要目的是 新的遗传学观点与发育生物学的结合 和形态。

The International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM) promotes international cooperation in vertebrate morphology and between vertebrate morphology and other health-related basic sciences. The Fourth Congress will be the first in North America and is expected to attract distinguished scientists from many countries. The purposes of ICVM-4 are to make the most current research in vertebrate morphology available to North American scientists and to provide the syntheses between vertebrate morphology and its cognate fields that will provide direction through the 90's and into the next century. Holding of ICVM-4 in the U.S. presents a rare opportunity for a large number of Americans to be exposed to the work of European and other scholars. Although aspects of morphology are strongly represented in the U.S., many areas are centered elsewhere. Previously, only scientists who traveled to European meetings could take full advantage of new developments in these fields. The scientific focus of the Congress will be provided by an invited program consisting of (1) plenary lectures delineating the interactions between morphology and other areas, including molecular genetics and developmental biology, (2) informal, hands-on workshops intended to stimulate discussion and interaction, and (3) more formal symposia directed at major syntheses of modern research areas, such as integrating new molecular findings into the framework of organismal biology and exploring how physiological and paleontological evidence can be combined to illuminate structure. The Congress will also feature contributed paper and poster sessions in a format intended to enhance social interactions among the participants. This application requests support for 4 symposia (Vertebrate segmentation: mechanisms and evolution; Teeth: homeoboxes to function; Quantitative genetic basis for vertebrate morphology; Evolution of neural systems) plus a workshop and 3 plenary lectures on topics related to the symposia. Funds are also requested to support the travel of contributors from Eastern block and developing countries. The primary thrust of these offerings is an integration of new genetic points of view with developmental biology and morphology.