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Processes and mechanisms of fertilization and early development in sea urchin and other marine invertebrates
Cell Differentiation, 11 (1982) 253 Elsevier/North-HollandScientific Publishers, Ltd.
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PROCESSES AND MECHANISMS OF FERTILIZATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT IN SEA URCHIN AND OTHER MARINE INVERTEBRATES
Stimulated by a suggestion from Japanese embryologists, a Joint U.S.--Japan Seminar on aspects of fertilization and early development of marine organisms was convened during the period September 4--8, 1981, to bring together biologists with kindred interests to discuss their research and to increase the strength of the existing foundation for interchange and interaction between developmental biologists in the two countries. The previous, similar meeting had been held in Japan in 1977, and the venue for the 1981 meeting was therefore the United States, at the Friday Harbor Laboratories of the University of Washington. The primary sponsors of the Seminar were the National Science Foundation, Division of International Programs, sponsoring American participation, and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, sponsoring Japanese participation. By understanding with these
agencies, the Seminar was limited to a very small number of participants of the primary countries. Grants from the Morimoto Foundation for Education, Tokyo, the Center for Advanced Studies and the Graduate School Research Fund of the University of Washington, Seattle, permitted attendance by three embryologists from other countries. Additional support was provided by DuPont/Sorvall, Philips Electronic Instruments, Beckman Instruments, Zeiss Corporation, and Fuji Kogyo Co. The essence of the presentations at the Seminar is provided in the form of extended abstracts in this issue of Cell Differentiation, published by arrangement with the Managing Editor, Professor L. SaxOn, to whom the participants and the organizers and editors of this issue express thanks.
Arthur H. Whiteley University of Washington Eizo Nakano Nagoya University Co-organizers of the Seminar, and Editors of the Extended Abstracts
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PROCESSES AND MECHANISMS OF FERTILIZATION AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT IN SEA URCHIN AND OTHER MARINE INVERTEBRATES
Stimulated by a suggestion from Japanese embryologists, a Joint U.S.--Japan Seminar on aspects of fertilization and early development of marine organisms was convened during the period September 4--8, 1981, to bring together biologists with kindred interests to discuss their research and to increase the strength of the existing foundation for interchange and interaction between developmental biologists in the two countries. The previous, similar meeting had been held in Japan in 1977, and the venue for the 1981 meeting was therefore the United States, at the Friday Harbor Laboratories of the University of Washington. The primary sponsors of the Seminar were the National Science Foundation, Division of International Programs, sponsoring American participation, and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, sponsoring Japanese participation. By understanding with these
agencies, the Seminar was limited to a very small number of participants of the primary countries. Grants from the Morimoto Foundation for Education, Tokyo, the Center for Advanced Studies and the Graduate School Research Fund of the University of Washington, Seattle, permitted attendance by three embryologists from other countries. Additional support was provided by DuPont/Sorvall, Philips Electronic Instruments, Beckman Instruments, Zeiss Corporation, and Fuji Kogyo Co. The essence of the presentations at the Seminar is provided in the form of extended abstracts in this issue of Cell Differentiation, published by arrangement with the Managing Editor, Professor L. SaxOn, to whom the participants and the organizers and editors of this issue express thanks.
Arthur H. Whiteley University of Washington Eizo Nakano Nagoya University Co-organizers of the Seminar, and Editors of the Extended Abstracts