Support for 2002 GRC on Photosensory Receptors & Signal

描述(由申请者提供)：请求支持将于2002年5月19日至24日在意大利巴尔加的GRC网站举行的关于光感受器和信号转导的第一次戈登研究会议(GAC)。这次新的会议是考虑到最近新的光敏受体的突破性发现以及目前在其激活和信号机制方面的快速进展而开发和批准的。重点是受体光转导的分子机制，并汇集了微生物、植物和动物光受体的结构/功能的研究人员。这次会议将提供一个非常需要的机会来交流信息和想法，并让研究人员认识到这一快速发展的研究领域中可用的各种和精辟的分子工具。我们预计这次会议将激发关于光传感信号转导前沿的新见解、一般原则和最引人入胜的谜团的令人兴奋的讨论。

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.