U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Molecular Interactions of Actin

该奖项支持美国科学家参加将于1997年4月1日至5日在夏威夷毛伊岛举行的关于肌动蛋白分子相互作用的美日澳研讨会。联合组织者是明尼苏达大学的David D. Thomas教授、日本大阪大学的Toshio Yanagida教授和澳大利亚悉尼大学的Cristobal G. dosRemedios教授。本次研讨会将重点讨论肌动蛋白在细胞收缩和运动过程中的作用，并探讨肌动蛋白如何在结构水平上与其他蛋白质相互作用。肌动蛋白是一种生物医学上重要的蛋白质，在所有肌肉的收缩中起着至关重要的作用，是细胞骨架的主要组成部分，对动物和植物中每个细胞的功能都至关重要。这次研讨会将汇集来自美国、日本和澳大利亚的研究人员，他们已经开发了研究肌动蛋白生物物理学的互补技术。与日本和澳大利亚科学家交流思想和数据将使美国科学家能够推进他们自己的工作，并将为未来的合作研究项目奠定基础。研讨会组织者特别努力让博士后研究人员参与进来。会议记录预计将发表在《肌动蛋白和肌动蛋白结合蛋白》一书中。＊＊＊

9616741 Thomas This award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan-Australia seminar on Molecular Interactions of Actin, to be held in Maui, Hawaii from April 1-5, 1997. The co-organizers are Professors David D. Thomas of the University of Minnesota, Toshio Yanagida of Osaka University in Japan, and Cristobal G. dosRemedios of the University of Sydney in Australia. This seminar will focus on the role of actin in the process of contractility and cell movement, and will examine how actin interacts with other proteins at the structural level. Actin is a biomedically important protein that plays an essential role in the contraction of all muscles and is a major component of the cytoskeleton which is crucial to the function of every cell in both animals and plants. This seminar will bring together researchers from the United States, Japan and Australia who have developed complementary techniques to study actin biophysics. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese and Australian scientists will enable the U.S. scientists to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative research projects. Seminar organizers have made a special effort to involve postdoctoral researchers. The proceedings of the meeting are expected to be published in a book entitled Actin and Actin-Binding Proteins. ***