U.S.-Chile Workshop on Plant Cell Biology and Signal Transduction; November 13-16, 1998, Santiago

9813739 ChrispeelsThis美洲计划奖将支持一名高级和两名初级研究人员的差旅费和相关费用，参加11月13日至16日在智利圣地亚哥举行的植物细胞生物学和信号转导联合研讨会。 组织者是圣地亚哥加州大学的Marteen Chrispeels博士和智利大学的Ariel Orellana博士。主要目的是使智利研究人员及其学生与具有类似研究目标的美国同行接触，以讨论联合研究项目。 第二个目标是加强智利的植物细胞群落，并使学生接触植物细胞信号转导的快速发展前沿。 研讨会将包括智利和美国科学家的一系列讲座，以及如何最好地追求共同利益的讨论，讨论将集中在当前植物细胞生物学中非常重要的课题，如高尔基体在生物合成和分选中的作用，钾离子通道在信号转导中的作用，以及疾病和胁迫反应中的信号转导. 两国都将从这一活动中获益。 它将加强两国科学家之间的合作努力，并激发有前途的智利研究生对尖端植物细胞生物学的兴趣。 ***

9813739ChrispeelsThis Americas Program award will support travel and related expenses for one senior and two junior researchers, to participate in a joint workshop on plant cell biology and signal transduction, to take place in Santiago, Chile on Nov. 13-16. Organizers are Dr. Marteen Chrispeels, University of California, San Diego and Dr. Ariel Orellana, University of Chile. The main objective is to bring Chilean researchers and their students in contact with US counterparts who have similar research goals with the purpose of discussing joint research projects. A secondary goal is to strengthen the plant cell community in Chile and to expose their students to the rapidly advancing frontier in signal transduction in plant cells. The workshop will consist of a series of lectures by both Chilean and US scientists, and discussions on how common interests can best be pursued The discussions will focus on very important current topics in plant cell biology, such as the role of the Golgi in biosynthesis and sorting, the role of potassium channels in signal transduction, and signal transduction in the disease and stress responses. Both countries will profit from this activity. It will strengthen collaborative efforts between scientists of the two countries and stimulate interest among promising Chilean graduate students in cutting-edge plant cell biology. ***