Chemical Marine Ecology

研究的重点是珊瑚礁的海洋天然产物化学。这项研究的一个亮点将是了解绿藻宿主和索舌类软体动物之间的关系，这些关系导致环状脱肽的产生。另一个项目将试图在一种通向萜类和氰基化合物的鞭毛海绵中发现生物合成途径。此外，还将从夏威夷水域丰富但鲜有研究的被毛类和苔藓虫中寻找新的化合物。%有了这个奖项，合成有机计划支持夏威夷大学马诺阿分校化学系的Paul J.Scheuer博士的研究。Scheuer教授将专注于从分子水平上阐明珊瑚礁现象，方法是从居住在夏威夷水域的生物或生物群中发现新的天然产物。

The focus of the research is on the marine natural product chemistry of coral reefs. One highlight of the research will be to understand the relationship between green algal hosts and sacoglossan mollusks that leads to the production of cyclic depsipeptides. Another project will attempt to discover the biosynthetic pathways in a verongid sponge that leads to terpenes and cyano compounds. Also, new compounds will be sought from tunicates and bryozoa that are abundant in Hawaiian waters but have received little study. %%% With this award, the Synthetic Organic Program is supporting the research of Dr. Paul J. Scheuer of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Professor Scheuer will focus his work on elucidating coral reef phenomena at the molecular level by discovering new natural products from organisms or groups of organisms which reside in Hawaiian waters.