Chemical Marine Ecology

通过这一奖项，合成有机计划和多学科活动办公室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博士将把他的工作重点放在了解海洋生态和生物合成上，并为发现具有重要生物学特性的化合物寻找线索。这项研究的重点是阐明软体动物和头类软体动物及其藻类或软体动物饲料的成分，以及研究Verongida目海绵以确定海洋海绵中氰基/异氰基功能的起源。另一个重点是筛选固着、软体的无脊椎动物进行有趣的生物学活动。

With this award, the Synthetic Organic Program and the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities are supporting the research of Dr. Paul J. Scheuer of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Dr. Scheuer will focus his work on gaining an understanding of marine ecology and biosynthesis and seek leads for the discovery of compounds having important biological properties. The focus of this research is the elucidation of the constituents of sacoglossan and cephalaspidean mollusks and of their algal or molluskan diets and the study of a sponge of order Verongida to determine the origin of the cyano/isocyano functions in marine sponges. Another focus involves the screening of sessile, soft-bodied invertebrates for interesting biological activity.