FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF VERTEBRATE MORPHOLOGY

国际脊椎动物形态学大会（ICVM） 脊椎动物形态学和脊椎动物之间国际合作 形态学和其他与健康相关的基础科学。第四次代表大会 将是北美的第一个，预计将吸引 来自许多国家的杰出科学家。ICVM-4的目的是 使脊椎动物形态学的最新研究成果 北美科学家提供脊椎动物之间的合成 形态学及其同源领域，将提供方向， 90年代和下个世纪。在美国举办ICVM-4， 一个难得的机会，大量的美国人接触到的工作， 欧洲和其他学者。虽然形态学的各个方面 在美国有很强的代表性，许多地区都集中在其他地方。 以前，只有前往欧洲参加会议的科学家才能参加 充分利用这些领域的新发展。 大会的科学重点将由一位受邀的 程序包括（1）全体讲座描绘的相互作用 形态学和其他领域，包括分子遗传学， 发育生物学，（2）非正式的，动手讲习班，目的是 促进讨论和互动，以及（3）更多正式专题讨论会 针对现代研究领域的主要综合，如整合 新的分子发现进入有机体生物学的框架， 探索如何将生理学和古生物学证据结合起来 to illuminate照明structure结构.大会还将提供论文 和海报会议的形式，旨在加强社会互动 在参与者中。 此应用程序请求支持4个专题讨论会（脊椎动物分割： 机制和进化;牙齿：功能的同源框;定量 脊椎动物形态学的遗传基础;神经系统的进化） 一次讲习班和3次关于专题讨论会相关主题的全体讲座。资金 还请批经费，用于支助来自东欧的捐助者的旅费 集团和发展中国家。这些产品的主要目的是 新的遗传学观点与发育生物学的结合 和形态学。

The International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (ICVM) promotes international cooperation in vertebrate morphology and between vertebrate morphology and other health-related basic sciences. The Fourth Congress will be the first in North America and is expected to attract distinguished scientists from many countries. The purposes of ICVM-4 are to make the most current research in vertebrate morphology available to North American scientists and to provide the syntheses between vertebrate morphology and its cognate fields that will provide direction through the 90's and into the next century. Holding of ICVM-4 in the U.S. presents a rare opportunity for a large number of Americans to be exposed to the work of European and other scholars. Although aspects of morphology are strongly represented in the U.S., many areas are centered elsewhere. Previously, only scientists who traveled to European meetings could take full advantage of new developments in these fields. The scientific focus of the Congress will be provided by an invited program consisting of (1) plenary lectures delineating the interactions between morphology and other areas, including molecular genetics and developmental biology, (2) informal, hands-on workshops intended to stimulate discussion and interaction, and (3) more formal symposia directed at major syntheses of modern research areas, such as integrating new molecular findings into the framework of organismal biology and exploring how physiological and paleontological evidence can be combined to illuminate structure. The Congress will also feature contributed paper and poster sessions in a format intended to enhance social interactions among the participants. This application requests support for 4 symposia (Vertebrate segmentation: mechanisms and evolution; Teeth: homeoboxes to function; Quantitative genetic basis for vertebrate morphology; Evolution of neural systems) plus a workshop and 3 plenary lectures on topics related to the symposia. Funds are also requested to support the travel of contributors from Eastern block and developing countries. The primary thrust of these offerings is an integration of new genetic points of view with developmental biology and morphology.