Conference: 2003 CSHL Eukaryotic DNA Replication Conference, to be held in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Fall 2003

2003年CSHL真核DNA复制会议将于9月3日至7日在纽约冷泉港举行。 会议将专门讨论与染色体复制、结构和功能有关的基础研究课题。 近年来在这一领域取得了迅速进展，因此有必要就这一专题经常举行会议。会议将确保传达最近的结果，并确保研究人员有机会直接相互讨论。2003年会议的研究领域将包括：（1）病毒染色体的复制，包括SV 40、多瘤病毒、巨细胞病毒、疱疹病毒、乳头瘤病毒、EB病毒;（2）酵母、果蝇、非洲爪蟾和哺乳动物细胞等多种生物体的染色体复制和基因扩增;（3）控制细胞周期中的DNA复制;（4）染色体元件如复制起点和端粒的结构和功能;（5）控制细胞周期进程和S期特异性基因表达;和（6）DNA复制检查点和DNA修复。在庆祝双螺旋发现五周年之际举行本次会议特别合适DNA及其对遗传的影响。

The 2003 CSHL Eukaryotic DNA Replication Conference will be held in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, on September 3-7. The meeting will be devoted to fundamental research topics related to chromosome duplication, structure, and function. The rapid advances made in this field over recent years make frequent meetings on this topic necessary. The meeting will ensure that recent results will be communicated and that investigators will have the opportunity to discuss them directly with one another. The participation of younger investigators and women scientists will be encouraged.The areas to be covered by the 2003 meeting will include studies on (1) the replication of virus chromosomes, including SV40, polyomavirus, cytomegalovirus, herpesvirus, papillomaviruses, Epstein-Barr virus; (2) chromosomal replication and gene amplification in organisms as diverse as yeast, Drosophila, Xenopus and mammalian cells; (3) control of DNA replication in the cell cycle; (4) structure and function of chromosomal elements such as origins of replication and telomeres; (5) control of cell cycle progression and S phase specific gene expression; and (6) DNA replication checkpoints and DNA repair.It is especially appropriate that this meeting be held in the year celebrating the fifthieth anniversary of the discovery of the double helix of DNA and its implications for inheritance.