Gordon Research Conference on Single-Molecule Approaches to Biology

题为“生物学的单分子方法”的国际会议是戈登研究会议系列的一部分，将于2010年6月27日至7月2日在意大利卢卡（巴尔加）的Il Ciocco举行。会议的具体目标是在一个相对孤立的环境中召集40位代表单分子研究新方向的高级和新兴演讲者，共有约170名与会者参加为期五天的会议。该项目将涵盖单分子测序、DNA/RNA/蛋白质相互作用、折叠机器、细胞生物物理学、合成生物学和生物工程、力谱学、新方法开发、细胞超分辨率成像和单分子成像新探针等领域的前沿发展。此外，四场海报会议将为与会者提供各种积极参与科学话语的机会。本次会议将汇集分子和细胞生物学领域的顶尖专家以及单分子测量和操作方面的创新者。通过与世界级演讲者、口头演讲和海报会议的结合来解决这些科学问题，会议将促进单分子生物学方法的教学、学习和培训。会议将优先考虑妇女和少数民族科学家、初级教员、博士后、研究生和来自主要为少数民族人口服务的机构的研究人员，将进一步向代表性不足的群体推广科学知识。会议由美国国家科学基金会物理部和分子细胞生物学部联合主办。

The international conference titled "Single-Molecule Approaches to Biology" is part of the Gordon Research Conference series and will be held at Il Ciocco, Lucca (Barga), Italy, June 27 to July 2, 2010. The specific goals of the meeting are to convene 40 senior and emerging speakers who represent new thrusts of single-molecule research with a total of ~170 participants for a five day conference in a relatively isolated setting. The program will cover cutting-edge developments in single-molecule sequencing, DNA/RNA/protein interactions, folding machines, cellular biophysics, synthetic biology and bioengineering, force spectroscopy, new method developments, super-resolution imaging in cells, and novel probes for single-molecule imaging. In addition, four poster sessions will give participants various opportunities to actively participate in the scientific discourse. This conference will bring together top experts in molecular and cell biology with innovators in the measurement and manipulation of single molecules. By addressing these scientific issues with a combination of world-class speakers, contributed oral talks, and poster sessions the conference will advance teaching, learning, and training in single-molecule approaches to biology. The conference will give preference to women and minority scientists, junior faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and researchers from institutions serving predominantly minority populations, the extension of scientific knowledge to underrepresented groups will be furthered.The conference is jointly sponsored by the Physics Division and the Molecular Cell Biology Division at NSF.