INTERNATIONAL C ELEGANS MEETING

对秀丽隐杆线虫的研究范围从研究整个神经系统的电路和功能以及基因组的组织等全球性问题，到研究涉及基因表达控制和单个细胞命运规范的因素。秀丽隐杆线虫已成为研究动物生物学许多方面，特别是发育和行为的遗传和分子基础的重要实验生物。我们正在请求资金帮助支付参加者参加国际秀丽隐杆线虫会议的费用和旅费，该会议将于1999年6月在威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校举行，并将于2001年6月在威斯康辛大学或加州大学洛杉矶分校举行。以前的秀丽隐杆线虫会议导致了知识、思想、方法、突变体和克隆的交流，并在培养这一领域特征的兴奋感、合作和合作方面发挥了至关重要的作用。

Research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans ranges from investigating such global problems as the circuitry and function of an entire nervous system and the organization of a genome, to investigating elements involved in control of gene expression and specification of the fates of individual cells. C. elegans has become an important experimental organism for the study of many aspects of animal biology, particularly the genetic and molecular bases of development and behavior. We are requesting funds to help cover costs and travel of participants to attend the International C. elegans Meeting to be held at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI, in June of 1999, and to be held either at the University of Wisconsin or at the University of California in Los Angeles, CA, in June of 2001. Previous C. elegans meetings have led to the exchange of knowledge, ideas, methods, mutants, and clones and have been vital in fostering the sense of excitement and the collegiality and cooperativity that characterize this field.