INTERNATIONAL C ELEGANS MEETING

对线虫秀丽隐杆线虫的研究范围从调查整个神经系统的电路和功能以及基因组的组织等全球性问题，到调查参与控制基因表达和个体细胞命运规范的元素。 C.线虫已成为研究动物生物学许多方面的重要实验生物，特别是发育和行为的遗传和分子基础。 我们正在申请资金，以帮助支付费用和旅费的参与者参加国际C。elegans会议将于1999年6月在威斯康星州麦迪逊市的威斯康星州大学举行，并于2001年6月在加利福尼亚州洛杉矶的威斯康星州大学或加州大学举行。 前C。elegans会议导致了知识、思想、方法、突变体和克隆的交流，并对培养这一领域特有的兴奋感、共同性和合作性至关重要。

Research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans ranges from investigating such global problems as the circuitry and function of an entire nervous system and the organization of a genome, to investigating elements involved in control of gene expression and specification of the fates of individual cells. C. elegans has become an important experimental organism for the study of many aspects of animal biology, particularly the genetic and molecular bases of development and behavior. We are requesting funds to help cover costs and travel of participants to attend the International C. elegans Meeting to be held at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, WI, in June of 1999, and to be held either at the University of Wisconsin or at the University of California in Los Angeles, CA, in June of 2001. Previous C. elegans meetings have led to the exchange of knowledge, ideas, methods, mutants, and clones and have been vital in fostering the sense of excitement and the collegiality and cooperativity that characterize this field.