U.S.-Japan Photoconversion/Photosynthesis Seminar: MolecularPhotophysics of Organized Assemblies; March 14-18, 1993, Palm Springs, California

该奖项支持16名美国科学家参加美国-日本关于有组织集会的分子光物理的光转化/光合作用研讨会。研讨会将于1993年3月14日至18日在加利福尼亚州棕榈泉举行，由内布拉斯加州大学化学系宋Pill-Soon教授和日本札幌市北海道大学化学过程工程系山崎岩雄博士共同举办。研讨会将侧重于光转化/光合作用生物光物理研究的新方面，新获得的关于生物分子及其组件(人工和生物系统)激发态结构和动力学的信息的生物相关性，以及目前对生物体内光能转换和信号转导(信号产生和放大)的分子机制的了解。研讨会围绕以下主题组织：分子组装的光物理，光合作用系统：初级光过程和电子转移，磁效应和有组织的分子磁性，光转化和光信号转导，以及光子能量捕获和转移。研讨会的目的是提供深入讨论的机会，这可能会导致美国和日本科学家之间进一步的研究合作。

This award supports the participation of 16 U.S. scientists in a U.S.-Japan Photoconversion/Photosynthesis Seminar on Molecular Photophysics of Organized Assemblies. The seminar, which will be held March 14-18, 1993 in Palm Springs, California is being co-organized by Professor Pill-Soon Song, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, and Dr. Iwao Yamazaki, Department of Chemical Process Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. The seminar will focus on new aspects of research in the biophotophysics of photoconversion/ photosynthesis, the biological relevance of newly acquired information on the structure and dynamics of the excited states of biomolecules and their assemblies (both artificial and biological systems), and the current understanding of the molecular mechanisms of light energy conversion and signal transduction (both signal generation and amplification) in living organisms. Seminar sessions are organized around the following topics: photophysics of molecular assemblies, photosynthetic systems: primary photoprocesses and electron transfer, magnetic effects and organized molecular magnetism, photoconversion and photo-signal transduction, and photon energy capture and transfer. The goal of the seminar is to provide opportunities for in-depth discussion, which could lead to further research collaboration between U.S. and Japanese scientists.