First International Meeting on the Cell and Molecular Neurobiology of Aplysia, September 28 - October 2, 1988, Cold Spring Harbor, New York

由于海兔（一种软体动物，海兔属）的神经系统细胞非常大（其中一些直径接近一毫米），并且有能力将这些细胞识别为独特的个体，因此海兔在研究单个细胞的特性、相互连接的模式、突触强度的调节、行为、学习和发展。在我们对人类神经系统的理解中，最根本的进步很大程度上始于对神经系统非常简单的动物的研究，比如澳大利亚。这次会议的目的是首次将全世界的澳大利亚神经生物学社区聚集在一起，并发起随后将在隔年举行的会议。第一次会议将提供一种讨论新方法和新发现的形式，这些新方法和发现已经出现在澳大利亚的细胞和分子生物学中。这些调查结果将在七个不同的会议上审议，每届会议都涉及不同层次的分析：离子通道和通道调制2。肽、小分子递质和突触传递细胞成像生理节奏神经回路与行为学习 7所示。本次研讨会为确定未来十年无脊椎动物研究的方向提供了一个独特的机会。

Because of the extraordinarily large size of its nervous system cells (some of which are almost a millimeter in diameter|) and the ability to recognize these cells as unique individuals, the sea hare (a mollusc, Aplysia) has proven extremely useful for studying the properties of individual cells, the patterns of interconnections, modulation of synaptic strength, behavior, learning and development. The most fundamental advances in our understanding of the human nervous system largely began with studies of animals with very simple nervous systems, such as Aplysia. The purpose of this meeting is to bring together, for the first time, the Aplysia neurobiology community throughout the world and to initiate meetings that will subsequently be held in alternate years. The first meeting will provide a format for discussing new methods and findings that have emerged in the cell and molecular biology of Aplysia. These findings will be considered in seven different sessions, each concerned with a different level of analysis: 1. Ion channels and channel modulation 2. Peptides, small molecule transmitters, and synaptic transmission 3. Cell imaging 4. Circadian rhythm 5. Neuronal circuitry and behavior 6. Learning 7. Development This symposium represents an unique opportunity to determine the direction of invertebrate research well in to the next decade.