1999 FASEB Conference: The Biology and Chemistry of Vision; June 13 -18, 1999; Copper Mountain, CO

这个关于视觉生物学和化学的会议是年度系列会议之一。与其他感官系统相比，对视觉的研究涉及从分子生物学到心理学等不同学科的广泛参与。视觉生物学的进展非常有趣，与发育、分子生物学、蛋白质结构、信号转导以及健康等领域相关。今年将继续报道快速发展的蛋白质如何参与光传导级联，以及遗传学如何阐明光感受器的功能。会议是围绕问题而不是技术来组织的，今年将扩大对光感受器适应和失活的讨论，以及跨学科合作的结果。对视觉科学的影响将来自于这次会议上提出的不同方法之间的密切互动。让年轻的研究人员与该领域的领导者进行讨论，对他们的职业生涯产生影响，也会产生额外的影响。

This conference on biology and chemistry of vision is one of an annual series. Research on vision has, more than any other sensory system, involved great participation of different disciplines from molecular biology through psychology. Advances in the biology of vision are very broadly interesting and relevant to fields such as development, molecular biology, protein structure, and signal transduction, as well as health. This year there will be continued coverage of the rapidly progressing story of how proteins are involved in the phototransduction cascade, and how genetics can clarify photoreceptor function. The sessions are organized around questions instead of techniques, and this year there will be expanded discussion on photoreceptor adaptation and inactivation, and on the results from cross-disciplinary collaborations. The impact on visual science will come from the close interactions across different approaches presented at this conference. Added impact comes from integrating young investigators into discussions with leaders in the field, to have an impact on their careers.