U.S.-Australia Workshop on Synaptic Transmission

小行星9731686 对突触连接机制的理解是基础神经科学的核心问题。它也是理解神经系统许多病理状况的核心，因为神经疾病的药物治疗通常针对突触传递的某些方面。 目前对突触强度的长期修饰作为记忆模型的强烈兴趣也取决于对突触传递的透彻理解。 该奖项将支持美国参加一个关于突触传递当前进展和新方向的密集研讨会。 主要组织者是威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校生理学系的Laurence Trussell教授和澳大利亚国立大学神经科学系的Stephan Redman教授。 研讨会将于1998年1月24日至27日在澳大利亚的Thredbo举行，并得到澳大利亚工业、科学和技术部的部分支持。 除了来自澳大利亚的17名高级研究人员外，还有来自德国、以色列、英国和美国的8名高级研究人员。 美国团队将由四名高级研究人员和八名有前途的年轻美国研究生和博士后研究员组成，他们将与澳大利亚学生、博士后和教师互动。 将这些高级和初级研究人员带到这个研讨会将有助于为美国/澳大利亚科学合作。 此外，它将为相对孤立的澳大利亚学生和年轻教师提供一种与世界各地的科学家进行互动的手段。

9731686 Trussell An understanding of junctional mechanisms at synapses is a central issue in basic neuroscience. It is also central to understanding many pathological conditions of the nervous system, since pharmacological treatments of nervous illnesses usually target some aspect of synaptic transmission. The current intense interest in long-term modification to synaptic strength as a model for memory also depends on a thorough understanding of synaptic transmission. The award will support U.S. participation in an intensive workshop on current progress and new directions in synaptic transmission. The principal organizers are Professors Laurence Trussell of the Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Stephan Redman of the Department of Neuroscience, Australian National University. The workshop will be held Jan 2427th, 1998, in Thredbo, Australia and supported, in part, by the Australian Department of Industry, Science, and Technology (DIST). It will involve eight senior researchers from Germany, Israel, England, and the United States in addition to seventeen senior researchers from Australia. The U.S. team will consist of four senior researchers and eight promising young U.S. graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who will interact with Australian students postdocs, and faculty. Bringing these senior and junior researchers to this workshop will help foster new opportunities for U.S./Australian scientific cooperation. Moreover, it will provide a means for the relatively isolated Australian students and younger faculty to interact with scientists in their field from around the world.