U.S.-Australia Cooperative Workshop: Ions and Water in Biological and Synthetic Membranes; 10-16 August, 1991; Honolulu, Hawaii

该奖项将支持一个“美国-澳大利亚合作社 研讨会：生物和合成膜中的离子和水” 定于1991年8月10日至16日在夏威夷的檀香山举行， 由加州大学的大卫·迪默博士组织的 戴维斯和澳大利亚联邦的布鲁斯康奈尔博士 科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）。 膜在细胞过程中起着核心作用，部分， 参与能量转换反应，离子和营养 运输和稳态调节的细胞内 环境 为了更好地理解这些过程， 必须回答一些基本问题， 膜的功能和结构在分子水平上。 美国和澳大利亚都拥有强大的科学实力 在膜生物物理学领域。然而，这种专业知识 在很大程度上是在与世隔绝的环境中长大的， 这些国家的科学家之间的互动， 领域为此，本次研讨会除了 促进科学信息交流，作为一个 主要目标是发展新的美国-澳大利亚合作- 提高对膜结构的认识， 功能会议主题包括：分子 膜蛋白和肽的结构;膜 脂质和脂质-肽相互作用;以及 离子电导对这些研究主题的探索， 一些案例产生了潜在的应用，特别是 在制药、生物技术、诊断和 微电子工业虽然研讨会将重点放在 进一步提高对膜功能的基本认识 在分子水平上的结构，参与也将 包括正在开发商业应用程序专家 与膜生物物理学的基础研究有关。

This award will support a "U.S.-Australian Cooperative Workshop: Ions and Water in Biological and Synthetic Membranes" to be held 10-16 August 1991 in Honolulu, Hawaii, and to be organized by Dr. David Deamer of the University of California- Davis and Dr. Bruce Cornell of the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO). Membranes play central roles in cellular processes, parti- cipating in energy transduction reactions, ion and nutrient transport, and homeostatic regulation of the intracellular environment. In order to better understand such processes, it is essential to answer certain fundamental questions about membrane function and structure at the molecular level. Both U.S. and Australia have significant scientific strength in the area of membrane biophysics. However, this expertise has grown up largely in isolation with only occasional interaction between the scientists of these countries in this field. For this reason, this workshop, in addition to promoting exchange of scientific information, has as a primary goal the development of new U.S.-Australian collab- orations to advance understanding of membrane structure and function. Themes of the conference include: molecular structure of membrane proteins and peptides; membrane lipidsand lipid-peptide interactions; and the bioenergetics of ion conductance. Exploration of these research themes has in several cases generated potential applications, particularly in pharmaceutical, biotechnological, diagnostic, and microelectronic industries. While the workshop will focus on furthering improved basic understanding of membrane function and structure at the molecular level, participation will also include experts who are developing commercial applications related to basic research in membrane biophysics.