US--JAPAN SEMINAR ON BIOORGANIC MARINE CHEMISTRY

描述：（主要研究者的）海洋生物有机的主题 化学和生物技术被提议参加一个美日联合研讨会， 于1998年12月14-18日在加利福尼亚州的圣克鲁斯举行。 目的是 来自美国的16名参与者和6名观察员，加13名与会者 和来自日本的7名观察员一起，以便他们能够进行正式和 就实地的前沿问题进行非正式讨论。 研讨会将 提供一个机会，而不是在其他科学会议上重复， 交流信息和想法，提出问题并进行辩论， 促进两国科学家之间的个人接触。 海洋 生物有机化学仍然被认为是一个令人兴奋的领域， 研究，密切关注的科学家从许多学科在这两个 化学和生物学。 对海洋生物有机技术的兴趣也是 在世界范围内的学术和工业领域不断升级。 有趣的是，大多数主要实验室以及新的研究人员 主要集中在美国和日本。 通常，这些想法 和技术开发的学术和工业研究小组在这些 两个国家都非常有影响力。 因此，联合研讨会将有 这对美国和美国正在进行的研究产生了重大影响， 日本研究人员由此确定了未来方向的主题。 讨论的主要领域将是广泛的，如下： 海洋大型生物的化学多样性; B）海洋衍生微生物， 不寻常的代谢物资源; c）新材料作为海洋研究的重点 生物技术; d）次级生物技术介导的物种间相互作用 代谢物; e）海洋来源的药理学工具;和f）机制 o海洋生物合成。 研讨会将包括一个小时的演讲 在上午和晚上，与下午免费为个人 讨论、展示海报或自发形成的特别 兴趣小组讨论。 这种格式的目的是最大化 在小型研讨会环境中建立个人联系，以促进更大的 研究方面的合作与协作，并促进解决 重要的研究问题。 研讨会的组织者是：美国-教授 菲利普克鲁斯，化学和生物化学系，大学 加州，圣克鲁斯;和日本-教授Takhui Kusumi，学院 德岛大学药学部。

DESCRIPTION: (Principal Investigator's) The subjects of marine bioorganic chemistry and biotechnology are proposed for a Joint U.S. - Japan seminar to take place in Santa Cruz, CA, during December 14-18, 1998. The aim is to bring 16 participants and 6 observers from the U.S., plus 13 participants and 7 observers from Japan together so they can engage in both formal and informal discussions on frontier issues in the field. The seminar will provide an opportunity, not duplicated in other scientific meetings, to exchange information and ideas, to raise and debate questions, and to promote personal contacts between scientists from the two countries. Marine bioorganic chemistr 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. Interestingly, 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. Thus, the joint seminar will have a substantial impact on the research being carried out both by U.S. and Japan investigators thereby setting the theme for future directions. The principal areas for discussion will be broad and are as follows: 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 o marine biosynthesis. The seminar will consist of one-hour presentations in the mornings and evenings, with the afternoons free for personal discussions, presentations of posters or spontaneously formed special interest group discussions. The intent of this format is to maximize the personal contacts developed in a small seminar setting, to foster greater cooperation and collaboration in research and to facilitate the solution of important research problems. The seminar organizers are: U.S. -Professor Phillip Crews, Departmen of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at Santa Cruz; and Japan - Professor Takenori Kusumi, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima University.