Symposium on: RNA Biology II; to be held in North Carolina Research Triangle on October 17-19, 1997.

许多不同的研究小组正在使用各种方法来了解RNA的可塑性，以及RNA结构如何被其他RNA和小分子识别。因此，召开RNA专题讨论会是非常及时的。九位主要研究人员（来自美国、欧洲和加拿大）已接受邀请，将于1997年10月17日至19日在北卡罗来纳研究三角区举行的研讨会上发言。随着RNA学会的认可和认可，北卡罗来纳的研究人员成立了一个“分会”，即北卡罗来纳RNA学会，负责组织和资助RNA生物学研讨会。本次研讨会的目的如下：1。促进在RNA结构/功能关系这一重要研究领域的交流，以一种集中的方式进行，这在常规的社会或其他小组会议上是无法获得的；2. 为博士后和研究生提供一个教育体验，有利于与在RNA相互作用领域具有广泛经验的知名研究人员进行公开讨论；3. 鼓励校长、博士后和学生之间的讨论和分享思想和技术；和4。将研究人员带到三所主要大学、联邦研究机构和实验室以及许多公司研究中心所在的地点。仅在美国，RNA研究就催生了十几家生物技术公司，并得到了几家大型知名公司的广泛资助，其中包括北卡罗来纳州三角研究中心的那些公司。RNA的合成、化学、结构和功能对所有生物系统的生存能力至关重要。在这些领域的研究已经导致RNA作为靶标和试剂的生物技术应用。新的和令人兴奋的RNA结构已经被发现，它们既是潜在的靶标也是工具，并且揭示了与蛋白质相互作用的有趣的新功能模式。本次会议将重点讨论这一领域，并将作为分享数据和技术的论坛。* * *

9722435 Agris Many different groups are using a variety of approaches to understand the plasticity of RNA and how RNA structure is recognized by other RNAs and small molecules. A symposium on RNA will thus be very timely. Nine major researchers (from the USA, Europe, and Canada) have accepted invitations to speak at a Symposium on October 17-19, 1997, in the North Carolina Research Triangle. With the acknowledgement and recognition of the RNA Society, researchers in North Carolina have formed a "chapter", the RNA Society of North Carolina, which is responsible for organizing and funding the Symposium on RNA Biology. The objectives of this symposium are as follows: 1. Promote communication in this important research area of RNA structure/function relationships in a focused manner not obtainable at regular society, or other group meetings; 2. Provide an educational experience for postdoctoral fellows and graduate students in a setting conducive to open discussions with established investigators who have broad experience in the field of RNA interactions; 3. Stimulate discussion and the sharing of ideas and techniques by principals as well as by postdoctoral fellows and students; and 4. Bring researchers to a venue where three major universities, federal research institutions and laboratories, and many corporate research centers are located. RNA research has spawned a dozen biotechnology companies in the US alone and has been funded extensively by several large, well-established corporations, including those in North Carolina's Research Triangle. RNA synthesis, chemistry, structure and function are central to the viability of all biological systems. Research in these areas has led to biotechnological applications of RNA as both target and reagent. New and exciting RNA structures have been discovered that are both potential targets and tools, and are revealing interesting new functional modes of interaction with proteins. This meeting will focus on this area and will serve as a forum for sharing data and techniques. ***