Support for 2002 GRC on Photosensory Receptors & Signal

描述（由申请人提供）：现申请支持将于2002年5月19日至24日在意大利巴尔加举行的第一届戈登研究会议（GAC）光感觉受体和信号转导会议。鉴于近年来新的光敏感受器的突破性发现及其激活和信号传导机制的快速进展，召开并批准了这次新的会议。重点是受体光传导的分子机制，汇集了微生物，植物和动物光感受器的结构/功能的研究人员。会议将提供一个非常需要的机会来交流信息和想法，并使研究人员了解在这一快速发展的研究领域中可用的各种敏锐的分子工具。我们期待这次会议将激发对新兴见解、一般原理和最引人入胜的光感信号转导前沿奥秘的热烈讨论。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Support is requested for the first Gordon Research Conference (GAC) meeting on Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction to be held May 19-24, 2002 at the GRC site in Barga, Italy. This new conference was developed and approved in view of the recent breakthrough discoveries of new photosensory receptors and current rapid progress on their activation and signaling mechanisms. The focus is on molecular mechanisms of receptor phototransduction and brings together investigators of structure/function of microbial, plant, and animal photoreceptors. The meeting will provide a very much-needed opportunity to exchange information and ideas and for investigators to become aware of the diverse and incisive molecular tools available in this fast-moving area of research. We expect the conference will stimulate exciting discussion of emerging insights, general principles, and the most engaging mysteries on the cutting edge of photosensory signal transduction.