US-Japan Seminar - Frontiers in Marine Natural Products Research

简介（由申请人提供）：一场名为“海洋天然产物研究前沿”的美日联合研讨会将于2007年7月1日至6日在美国犹他州帕克城举行。本次联合研讨会将有36位发言人和8位观察员。场地将是位于帕克城郊区的峡谷度假村，距离盐湖城市中心和盐湖城国际机场约35英里。这将代表第六届美日海洋天然产品研讨会。这个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教授和大阪大学的Isao Kitagawa教授主持。第一次研讨会是加强这两个国家面向海洋化学的研究小组之间相互作用的一个重要步骤。众所周知，美国和日本在创新和技术发展方面处于世界领先地位。与此同时，美国和日本是海洋天然产品研究的世界强国，这两个国家的研究人员在这一领域取得了许多开创性的发现。其目的是就广泛的主题交流信息并探讨未来前景。会议计划的主题是：(a)作为化学多样性独特来源的海洋微生物和宏观生物(b)海洋微生物和宏观生物的生物医学潜力；(c)作为分子生物学和生物技术工具的海洋天然产品；(d)次生代谢物介导的物种间相互作用；(e)用经典和分子遗传方法研究的海洋生物合成；(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。这些主题将为探索各种基础学科以及新兴的新技术提供机会。这次研讨会的形式将强调提出和讨论的想法，这些想法无疑将成为未来在这一领域进行研究的基础，并必将在这些重要的生物医学主题上促进新的双边合作。参与者名单包括来自主要学术、工业和政府实验室的代表，并提供了成熟的研究人员、处于职业生涯早期阶段的个人、少数民族和妇女的平衡。

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.