Conference: 2003 Gordon Research Conference on RNA Editing to be held January 19-24, 2003 in Ventura California

该项目为将于1月19日至24日在加州文图拉的假日酒店举行的2003年戈登RNA编辑研究会议提供部分资金。该会议自1997年以来每隔一年举行一次，是目前唯一专门讨论RNA编辑领域的会议。会议是研究人员展示该领域重要和令人兴奋的突破的场所，最近的会议上有各种报告，从研究植物细胞器中RNA编辑的第一个体外系统的开发，到首次证明RNA编辑对小鼠，苍蝇和蠕虫的适当神经元功能至关重要。由于该会议是该领域唯一定期召开的会议，因此它是年轻研究人员接触该领域其他科学家的主要途径。通常，RNA编辑GRC的参与者中约有40%是博士后实习生和研究生。与典型的戈登研究会议一样，2003年RNA编辑会议将在一个轻松的环境中进行，促进与会者之间的非正式讨论。演讲者将根据其近期科学贡献的重要性和质量，以及实现年龄、性别和种族多样性的目标来选择。所有与会者都将被邀请展示海报，如果资金允许，将为选择研究生和博士后申请人提供旅行奖励。

This project provides partial funding for the 2003 Gordon Research Conference on RNA Editing, to be held January 19-24 at the Holiday Inn in Ventura, California. This meeting has occurred in alternate years since 1997 and is the only existing meeting devoted exclusively to the field of RNA editing. The meeting serves as the venue where researchers present important and exciting breakthroughs in the field, and recent meetings have featured reports ranging from the development of the first in vitro systems for studying RNA editing in plant organelles, to the first demonstration that RNA editing is crucial for proper neuronal function in mice, flies, and worms. Because the meeting is the only regularly scheduled meeting in the field, it is the primary means by which young researchers are exposed to other scientists in the field. Typically, about 40%of the attendees at the RNA Editing GRC are postdoctoral trainees and graduate students. As is typical of Gordon Research Conferences, the 2003 RNA Editing meeting will be conducted in a relaxed setting that fosters informal discussion between participants. Speakers will be selected based on the significance and quality of their recent scientific contributions, as well as with the goal of achieving diversity among age, gender, and ethnicity. All attendees will be invited to present a poster and, funds permitting, travel awards will be made to select graduate students and postdoctoral applicants.