US-Japan Seminar - Frontiers in Marine Natural Products Research

描述(申请人提供)：美国和日本联合举办的题为“海洋天然产物研究前沿”的研讨会将于2007年7月1-6日在美国犹他州帕克城举行。这次联合研讨会将有36名发言者和8名观察员参加。地点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。这将代表第七届美日海洋天然产品研讨会。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教授和大阪大学的Isao Kitagawa教授主持。第一次研讨会是朝着加强这两个国家面向海洋化学的研究小组之间的互动迈出的重要一步。美国和日本在创新和技术发展方面处于世界领先地位，这是有据可查的。同时，美国和日本是海洋天然产物研究的世界强国，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和探索未来前景。计划为这次会议规划的主题是：(A)作为化学多样性独特来源的海洋衍生微型和大型生物；(B)海洋微型和大型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)次级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性质。这些主题将提供探索各种基本主题以及新兴新技术的机会。这次研讨会的形式将强调对想法的介绍和讨论，这些想法无疑将成为这一领域未来研究的基础，并必然会促进在这些重要生物医学主题上的新的双边合作。参与者名单包括来自主要学术、工业和政府实验室的代表，并提供了现有研究人员、职业生涯早期阶段的个人、少数族裔和女性的平衡。

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.