Gordon Conference On Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms,Oxnard, California, January 15-19, 1990

感觉转导是生物感受器细胞将刺激的物理能量，如光、声或化学结合，转化为影响该细胞行为的信号的过程。这一过程是许多系统中细胞之间交流的基本过程，特别是作为信息输入到神经系统。一些单细胞生物体也利用感觉转导来朝向光线、食物来源或邻近的细胞。它们的系统可以进行生化和遗传操作，这使它们不仅可以作为“高等”生物体的模型进行研究，而且还可以用来阐明感觉转导的机制。这次戈登会议是自1976年以来关于这个主题的连续两年一次的系列会议之一，并提供了一种形式，使这一高度多学科领域的研究人员能够进行激烈的讨论。这次会议的影响将对生理学家、神经学家、生物化学家和分子生物学家产生影响，他们对当前令人兴奋的细胞通讯话题感兴趣。

Sensory transduction is the process by which the physical energy of a stimulus, such as light, sound, or chemical binding, is converted by a biological receptor cell to a signal that affects the behavior of that cell. The process is a fundamental one for communication between cells in many systems, notably as the input of information to nervous systems. Several unicellular organisms also utilize sensory transduction to orient toward light, or a food source, or neighboring cells. The access of their systems to biochemical and genetic manipulation has made them useful to study, not only as models for "higher" organisms, but in their own right, to clarify the mechanisms underlying sensory transduction. This Gordon Conference is one of a continuing biennial series since 1976 on this topic, and provides an format that allows intense discussion among investigators in this highly multidisciplinary field. The impact of this conference will be on physiologists, neuroscientists, biochemists, and molecular biologists who are interested in the currently exciting topic of ellular communication.