Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems to beheld August 18-23, 1996 in Keystone, Colorado

9600433加夫尼这笔赠款将为将于1996年8月18日至23日在科罗拉多州基斯通举行的第十二届生物系统磁共振国际会议提供部分支助。会议将集中讨论广泛的磁共振方法在生物过程研究中的应用。这个两年一度的会议已经成为讨论核磁共振研究进展的主要场所，核磁共振研究蛋白质和核酸的高分辨率结构和动力学，以及磁共振(核磁共振和电子顺磁共振)在结构生物学中的作用。蛋白质结构的核磁共振研究常常与X射线结晶学的研究相媲美，但核磁共振也提供了关于大分子动力学的独特信息--这一领域将在科学计划中得到强调。即将公布的体内核磁共振光谱和成像结果将阐明代谢过程及其细胞分支。其他会议将讨论新的磁共振方法，磁体设计的进步，以及光谱和成像仪器的改进。已经做出了相当大的努力来计划研讨会，以促进在高分辨率核磁共振、固体核磁共振、电子顺磁共振、活体光谱学和磁共振成像方面的专家群体之间的思想交流。会议围绕12场全体讲座和27场平行会议展开，共有81场特邀演讲和27篇从海报摘要中挑选出来的短文。三次海报会议，每次最多200张海报，结束了这个节目。NSF提供的资金将为75名年轻科学家(研究生、博士后和初任教师)的旅行提供部分支持。此外，还在向行业和其他政府机构寻求资金。通过允许更多的年轻科学家参加，这笔赠款将特别有利于促进女性以及在某种程度上少数群体调查人员的积极参与，因为她们在年轻群体中的比例往往不成比例。%%%

9600433 Gaffney This grant will provide partial support for the XVIIth International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (ICMRBS), to be held in Keystone Colorado, August 18-23, 1996. The meeting will focus on a broad range of magnetic resonance methods as applied to studies of biological processes. This biennial meeting has become the major venue for discussion of advances in NMR studies of the high resolution structure and dynamics of proteins and nucleic acids and of the role of magnetic resonance (both NMR and EPR) in structural biology. NMR studies of protein structure often rival those by x-ray crystallography, but NMR also provides unique information on the dynamics of macromolecules - an area that will be emphasized in the scientific program. In vivo NMR spectroscopic and imaging results to be presented will shed light on metabolic processes and on their cellular ramifications. Other sessions will cover new magnetic resonance methods, advances in magnet design, and improvements in instrumentation for spectroscopy and imaging. Considerable effort has been made to plan symposia in such a way as to stimulate cross-fertilization of ideas among the communities expert in high resolution NMR, solid state NMR, EPR, in vivo spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging. The conference is built around 12 plenary lectures and 27 parallel sessions with a total of 81 invited talks and 27 short contributions selected from poster abstracts. Three poster sessions of up to 200 posters each round out the program. The funds provided by NSF will provide partial support for travel of 75 younger scientists (graduate students, postdoctorals, beginning faculty). Funds are also being sought from industry and other government agencies. By permitting more younger scientists to attend, the grant will be particularly beneficial in promoting the active participation of female and, to some extent, minority investigators, who tend to be disproportionately represented in the younger gro up. %%%