US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Chemical Ecology of Egyptian Red Sea Marine Invertebrates

0109004 FenicalDescription：该奖项是为了支持加州大学圣地亚哥分校海洋研究部的William Fenical博士和伊斯梅利亚苏伊士运河大学药学系的Diaa Youssef博士之间的合作研究，两人计划在埃及境内进行一系列探险和研究研讨会，并安排埃及科学家前往斯克里普斯研究所进行研究访问。位于加州的拉霍亚的海洋学。 其目的是扩大我们对红海无脊椎动物产生的防御分子的来源，类型和反应性的了解，并探索这些分子在防御适应中的自然功能。 目的是探索这些海洋无脊椎动物的天然产物化学和化学生态学，主要是柳珊瑚和软珊瑚、海绵和硬壳海鞘。 适用范围：该奖项将允许一个美国科学家团队与埃及科学家在一个研究项目中合作，研究一个不太了解的领域。互动应该是互利的。该项目将为Fenical的团队提供一个新的研究地点，并将为他们提供国际曝光。 这种接触对研究生特别有价值。 它将使优素福的小组受益，使他们接触到世界上领先的天然产品化学集团之一，通过先进的培训，并提供。

0109004FenicalDescription: This award is for support of a collaborative research between Dr. William Fenical, Marine Research Division, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California and Dr. Diaa Youssef, Department of Pharamcognosy, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, EgyptThe two plan a series of expeditions and research seminars within Egypt and research visits of the Egyptian scientist to Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. The purpose is to expand our knowledge of the sources, types and reactivities of the defensive molecules produced by Red Sea invertebrates, and to explore the natural functions of these molecules in defensive adaptations. The goal is to explore the natural products chemistry and chemical ecology of these marine invertebrates, principally gorgonian and alcyonacean corals, sponges and encrusting ascidians. Scope: This award will allow a team of US scientists to collaborate with Egyptian scientists in a research project to study an area that is not well understood. The interaction should be mutually beneficial. The project will provide Fenical's group access to a new research site, and will provide them international exposure. This exposure would be particularly valuable for graduate students. It will benefit Youssef's group by providing them exposure to one of the leading natural products chemistry groups in the world, by the advanced training, and by the provided.