U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Developmental Biology of the Ascidian / Tohuku University, Aomori, Japan / August 1988

该奖项将支持美国参加一个关于 “海鞘的发育生物学”， 加州州立大学的查尔斯·兰伯特教授， Fullerton和日本东北大学的Takaharu Numakunai博士。 六名美国研究人员将于8月与日本科学家会面 1988年在东北部的Asamushi海洋生物站 大学 将讨论的海鞘生物学主题包括： 受精和细胞分化的分子基础 在卵裂过程中，控制生殖周期， 群体的形成和识别， 金属离子在发育过程中，变态机制， 复杂的细胞外结构的形成，以及 海鞘产生的对病毒、细菌、 和肿瘤细胞。 海鞘，作为最原始的脊索动物， 研究发展中基本问题的理想生物 生物学，并可能教我们很多关于发展和进化 脊椎动物。 在过去的几年里， 五年来，我们对海鞘的许多方面的了解 发展 这一联合国-日本研讨会将提供一个 交流研究成果和想法的迫切需要的论坛 海鞘生物学家之间的交流

This award will support U.S. participation in a seminar on the "Developmental Biology of the Ascidian" organized jointly by Professor Charles Lambert of California State University, Fullerton and Dr. Takaharu Numakunai of Tohoku University, Japan. Six U.S. researchers will meet with Japanese scientists in August 1988 at the Asamushi Marine Biological Station of the Tohoku University. Topics of ascidian biology to be discussed include: the molecular basis of fertilization and cell differentiation during cleavage, control of the reproductive cycle, controls of colony formation and recognition, the accumulation and function of metal ions during development, the mechanism of metamorphosis, the formation of complex extracellular structures, and the nature of substances made by ascidians which are toxic to viruses, bacteria and tumor cells. Ascidians, as the most primitive of the living chordates, are ideal organisms for studying basic questions in developmental biology and may teach us much about the development and evolution of vertebrates. Remarkable strides have been made over the last five years in our understanding of many aspects of ascidian development. This joint U.S.-Japan seminar will provide a much-needed forum for the exchange of research results and ideas between ascidian biologists in our two countries.