U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Molecular and Genetic Approaches for the Analysis of Fern Development and Evolution

9604593银行该奖项支持美国科学家参加将于1997年7月28日至31日在印第安纳州西拉斐特举行的美国和日本关于分析蕨类发育和进化的分子和遗传方法的研讨会。联合组织者是普渡大学的Jo Ann Banks博士和日本东京都大学的Akeo Kadota博士。本次研讨会有三个目的：1)探索以蕨类植物为模式系统，最有效地解决植物发育和进化中的各种问题；2)讨论在细胞、分子和机制水平上理解这些问题所必须开发和实施的遗传、生化和分子工具；3)教育和鼓励研究生和博士后研究人员利用蕨类植物作为研究植物生长、发育和进化的实验系统。蕨类植物的原始特征促进了对植物发育基本方面的研究，特别是那些在开花植物中难以或不可能研究的方面。这次研讨会将汇聚美国和日本的研究人员，他们使用不同的模式物种研究蕨类植物发育的分子生物学和遗传学。与日本科学家交换想法和数据将使美国科学家能够推进他们自己的工作。研讨会将有研究生和博士后研究人员积极参与，会议结果将通过万维网主页广泛传播。***

9604593 Banks This award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan seminar on Molecular and Genetic Approaches for the Analysis of Fern Development and Evolution, to be held in West Lafayette, Indiana from July 28-31, 1997. The co-organizers are Dr. Jo Ann Banks of Purdue University and Dr. Akeo Kadota of the Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan. This seminar has three objectives: 1) to explore the diversity of questions in plant development and evolution that can be addressed most effectively using ferns as model systems; 2) to discuss the genetic, biochemical and molecular tools that must be developed and implemented in order to understand these questions at the cellular, molecular and mechanistic level; and 3) to educate and encourage ideas from graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in the use of ferns as experimental systems in studies of plant growth, development and evolution. %%% The primitive features of ferns have facilitated the study of fundamental aspects of plant development, especially those that are difficult or impossible to study in flowering plants. This seminar will bring together American and Japanese researchers who work on the molecular biology and genetics of fern development using different model species. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese scientists will enable the U.S. scientists to advance their own work. The seminar will involve active participation by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, and the results of the meeting will be widely disseminated via a World Wide Web homepage. ***