US-Japan Seminar - Frontiers in Marine Natural Products Research

描述（由申请人提供）：将于2007年7月1-6日在美国帕克城犹他州举行一次题为“海洋天然产物研究前沿”的美日联合研讨会。这次联合研讨会将有36名发言者和8名观察员。 该地点将是位于帕克城郊区的The Wellons Resort，距离湖城中心和湖城国际机场约35英里。 这是第六届美日海洋天然产物研讨会. 这一系列的第一次研讨会于1986年在冲绳举行，由夏威夷大学的Paul J. Scheuer教授和大坂大学的Isao Kitagawa教授主持。 这第一次讨论会是朝着加强这两个国家的海洋化学研究小组之间的相互作用迈出的重要一步。 美国和日本在创新和技术发展方面领先于世界，这是有据可查的。 与此同时，美国和日本是海洋天然产物研究的世界强国，来自这两个国家的研究人员负责这一领域的许多开创性发现。 目的是就广泛的议题交流信息和探讨未来前景。 计划会议的主题是：（a）海洋衍生的微型和大型生物体作为化学多样性的独特来源;（B）海洋微型和大型生物体的生物医学潜力;（c）海洋天然产品作为分子生物学和生物技术的工具;（d）次级代谢物介导的物种之间的相互作用;（e）以传统和分子遗传学方法研究海洋生物合成;（f）具有重要生物医学意义的海洋代谢物的化学合成和特性。 这些主题将提供机会，探索各种基础科目沿着新兴的新技术。 这次研讨会的形式将强调提出和讨论的想法，这无疑将成为未来在这一领域进行的研究的基础，并将必然激发新的双边合作，这些重要的生物医学主题。 参与者名单包括来自主要学术、工业和政府实验室的代表，并平衡了知名研究人员、职业生涯早期阶段的个人、少数族裔和女性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A joint US - Japan seminar, entitled "Frontiers in Marine Natural Products Research" will be held in Park City Utah, USA on July 1-6, 2007. This joint seminar will feature 36 speakers and 8 observers. The venue will be The Canyons Resort which is located on the outskirts of Park City, approximately 35 miles from downtown Salt Lake City and the Salt Lake City International Airport. This will represent the VIth US - Japan seminar on Marine Natural Products. The first seminar in this series was held in Okinawa in 1986, hosted by Professor Paul J. Scheuer, University of Hawaii and Professor Isao Kitagawa, Osaka University. This first seminar constituted an important step towards increasing interaction between marine chemistry-oriented research groups from these two countries. It is well documented that the US and Japan lead the world in innovation and technology development. In parallel, the US and Japan are the world powerhouses for marine natural products research, and researchers from these two countries have been responsible for many of the seminal findings in this field. The objective is to exchange information and explore future prospects on a broad range of topics. Themes planned for the meeting are: (a) marine-derived micro and macro organisms as unique sources of chemical diversity (b) biomedical potential of marine micro and macro organisms; (c) marine natural products as tools in molecular biology and biotechnology; (d) interactions between species mediated by secondary metabolites; (e) marine biosynthesis studied by classical as well as molecular genetic methodologies, and (f) chemical synthesis and properties of biomedically-important marine metabolites. These topics will provide opportunities to explore a variety of fundamental subjects along with emerging new techniques. The format for this seminar will emphasize the presentation and discussion of ideas which will undoubtedly underlie future research to be conducted in this field, and will necessarily stimulate new bilateral collaborations on these important biomedical topics. The list of participants includes representatives from major academic, industrial, and government laboratories, and provides a balance of established investigators, individuals at early stages of their careers, minorities and women.