Gordon Conference on Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction; May 19-24, 2002, Barga, Italy

该奖项是为了支持将于2002年5月19日至24日在意大利巴尔加举行的第一届戈登研究会议（GRC）关于光感觉受体和信号转导的会议。鉴于近年来新的光敏感受器的突破性发现及其激活和信号传导机制的快速进展，召开并批准了这次新的会议。会议的重点是受体光传导的分子机制，会议汇集了古细菌、真细菌、真核微生物、植物和动物光感受器的结构/功能研究人员。会议将提供一个非常需要的机会来交流信息和想法，并使研究人员了解在这一快速发展的研究领域中可用的各种敏锐的分子工具。预计会议将激发对光感受器进化，分子机制，光信号转导原理的新兴见解的讨论，以及生物学中最引人入胜的光感接收前沿的奥秘。

This award is in support of the first Gordon Research Conference (GRC) meeting on Photosensory Receptors and Signal Transduction to be held May 19-24, 2002 at the GRC site in Barga, Italy. This new conference was developed and approved in view of the recent breakthrough discoveries of new photosensory receptors and current rapid progress on their activation and signaling mechanisms. The focus is on molecular mechanisms of receptor phototransduction, and the conference brings together investigators of structure/function of archaeal, eubacterial, eukaryotic microbial, plant, and animal photoreceptors. The meeting will provide a very much-needed opportunity to exchange information and ideas and for investigators to become aware of the diverse and incisive molecular tools available in this fast-moving area of research. It is expected that the conference will stimulate exciting discussion of emerging insights on photoreceptor evolution, molecular mechanisms, photosignal transduction principles, and the most engaging mysteries on the cutting edge of photosensory reception in biology.