Symposium on Development in Vertebrate Embryos: Environmental, Parental and Embryonic Interactions; Cambridge, United Kingdom; August 9-13, 1992.

这项提案寻求资金支持参加为期两天的研讨会的美国与会者的海外旅费，该研讨会是1992年8月在剑桥大学举行的为期四天的大型会议的一部分。本次会议由位于欧洲、加拿大和美国的四个科学学会联合主办，将有来自世界各地的约300名生物学家参加。这次研讨会的题目是“脊椎动物胚胎的发育：比较生理学、环境影响和亲代的作用”。会议由Carol Vleck博士（亚利桑那大学）和Amos Ar博士（以色列特拉维夫大学）组织，将有来自9个国家的19人参加，其中包括11名美国人。这次研讨会将集中讨论脊椎动物胚胎从一个单细胞发展成一个独立个体所面临的特殊生理问题。这些正在发育的个体在面对压力时，不像成年人那样具有维持功能的生理和行为反应，但仍然必须能够应对他们所暴露的条件。相对而言，很少有人关注胚胎生理策略的多样性，以及父母如何改善胚胎发育的物理环境。研讨会将首次汇集来自脊椎动物生理学不同背景的人士。但都对胚胎的形态和功能特别感兴趣。

This proposal seeks funding to support the overseas travel costs of American participants to a two-day symposium which is part of a larger four-day meeting at Cambridge University in August, 1992. This meeting is jointly sponsored by four scientific societies located in Europe, Canada and the United States and will be attended by approximately 300 biologists from throughout the world. The symposium is entitled "Development in Vertebrate Embryos: Comparative physiology, environmental influences and parental role." It was organized by Dr. Carol Vleck (University of Arizona) and Dr. Amos Ar (Tel Aviv University, Israel) and will be attended by 19 persons from nine countries, including 11 American. The symposium will focus on the special physiological problems that vertebrate embryos face as they progress from just a single cell to an independent individual. These developing forms do not have the same arsenal of physiological and behavioral responses that adults do to maintain function in the face of stress, yet still must be able to cope with conditions to which they are exposed. Relatively little attention has been given to understanding the diversity of physiological strategies available to embryos and how parents ameliorate the physical environment in which the embryo develops. The symposium will bring together for the first time persons from diverse backgrounds in vertebrate physiology. but all with a special interest in embryonic form and function.