Conference: 2002 Rustbelt RNA Meeting; Mt. Sterling, Ohio, November 1-2, 2002

锈带RNA会议（RRM）将于2002年11月1日至2日在俄亥俄州斯特林山的鹿溪州立公园度假村举行。RRM是中西部地区RNA研究人员唯一的主要会议。根据前几年的出席人数，大约有100名参与者来自印第安纳州、俄亥俄州、宾夕法尼亚州和邻近州的机构（尽管不排除来自较远地区的参与者）。RRM的智力目标是为中西部的RNA研究人员提供一个廉价、高水平、跨学科的会议。由于RNA在分子生物学中心法则中的中间位置，RNA（生物）化学领域不断扩展并触及许多更广泛的主题。因此，研究小组需要一个论坛，在那里他们可以听到和讨论RNA研究领域的新结果和新技术，这些研究可能与他们自己的研究领域相距甚远，但可能为他们自己的目标提供新的见解或研究工具。会议的规模和组织为研究小组之间的讨论提供了良好的环境，不仅包括pi之间的互动，还包括学员与pi之间以及学员之间的互动。关于更广泛的影响，RRM强调学员的参与。除了提供与pi和其他学员互动的机会外，RRM还提供了在友好和支持的氛围中展示研究的宝贵经验。

The Rustbelt RNA Meeting (RRM) will be held on November 1-2, 2002 in the Lodge at Deer Creek State Park & Resort in Mt. Sterling, OH. The RRM is the only major Midwest regional meeting of RNA researchers. Based on attendance in previous years, approximately 100 participants are from institutions in Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and adjoining states (though participants from farther away are not excluded). The intellectual objective of the RRM is to provide an inexpensive, high caliber, interdisciplinary meeting for RNA researchers in the Midwest. The field of RNA (bio)chemistry continues to expand and touches many broader topics due to the middle position of RNA in the central dogma of molecular biology. As a result, research groups need a forum where they can hear and discuss new results and techniques in areas of RNA research that may be distant from their own but may provide new insights or research tools to further their own aims. The size and organization of the meeting provides an excellent environment for discussions between research groups, including not only interactions between PIs but also between trainees and PIs and between trainees. With respect to broader impact, the RRM emphasizes trainee participation. In addition to offering opportunities for interactions with PIs and other trainees, the RRM provides invaluable experience presenting research in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.