CONFERENCE: Rustbelt RNA Meeting 2013 to be held on October 18-19, 2013 at the Marriott Hotel in Downtown Cleveland, OH

会议：2013 年 Rustbelt RNA 会议将于 2013 年 10 月 18 日至 19 日在俄亥俄州克利夫兰市中心万豪酒店举行

• 批准号: 1314938
• 负责人: Jane Jackman
• 金额: $ 1.6万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1314938&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CONFERENCE; Rustbelt; RNA; Meeting; 2013

Intellectual Merit: The Rustbelt RNA Meeting (RRM) is an annual meeting that gathers scientific researchers from the Midwestern United States to present and discuss new developments in RNA-related research with a particular focus on providing unique opportunities that advance the professional development of early-stage trainees. The 2013 RRM will be held in Cleveland, OH at the Marriott Hotel Downtown on Oct 18-19; this venue has been chosen based on its excellent meeting facilities and accessible location to researchers from the Midwest, including Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New York, and surrounding areas. The annual RRM meeting provides an outstanding forum for communication of new developments in RNA-related research. Research presented at the RRM typically covers a broad spectrum of topics that reflects the highly interdisciplinary nature of the RNA field. In recent years, emerging technologies have facilitated the acquisition of large-scale RNA sequence data, enabling identification and assessment of entire transcriptomes while revealing previously unknown classes of RNAs. Moreover, advances in cell imaging, biophysical and computational tools allow researchers to address new questions about functions and mechanisms associated with biological RNAs. The 2013 meeting program will feature a full schedule of poster and oral presentations by predominantly student and post-doctoral trainees, and a keynote lecture by Nobel laureate Dr. Tom Cech (University of Colorado Boulder). Broader Impacts: The RRM provides unique opportunities for career development of undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral trainees. One important charge of the RRM is to feature oral and poster presentations by students and junior researchers; indeed, trainees are allocated 90% of the oral presentations, and a lengthy and historically well-attended poster session highlights the research of remaining trainees who cannot be assigned a platform presentation. Importantly, in the process of determining winners of several presentation awards, all trainee presentations are judged by faculty volunteers for both scientific merit and presentation effectiveness, thus ensuring that valuable feedback is provided to each participant. To promote broad and inclusive attendance, the 2013 RRM will introduce two Travel Scholarship Awards for URM trainee registrants selected based on outstanding scientific merit. The RRM serves to expose trainees (often for the first time) to a meeting atmosphere that resembles that of a large national meeting in terms of the quality and quantity of research presented, but with the benefit of a more intimate and personalized experience that not only provides the opportunity to advance their scientific knowledge, but also promotes interaction, collegiality, and the development of new collaborations.

知识价值：锈带RNA会议（RRM）是一个年度会议，聚集了来自美国中西部的科学研究人员，展示和讨论RNA相关研究的新进展，特别关注提供独特的机会，促进早期受训者的专业发展。2013年RRM将于10月18日至19日在俄亥俄州克利夫兰市中心万豪酒店举行；之所以选择这里，是因为这里有优越的会议设施，而且地理位置方便来自俄亥俄州、密歇根州、印第安纳州、宾夕法尼亚州、肯塔基州、纽约州等中西部地区的研究人员。RRM年会为交流rna相关研究的新进展提供了一个杰出的论坛。在RRM上展示的研究通常涵盖了广泛的主题，反映了RNA领域的高度跨学科性质。近年来，新兴技术促进了大规模RNA序列数据的获取，使鉴定和评估整个转录组成为可能，同时揭示了以前未知的RNA类别。此外，细胞成像、生物物理和计算工具的进步使研究人员能够解决与生物rna相关的功能和机制的新问题。2013年的会议计划将包括以学生和博士后学员为主的海报和口头报告，以及诺贝尔奖获得者汤姆·切赫博士（科罗拉多大学博尔德分校）的主题演讲。更广泛的影响：RRM为本科生、研究生和博士后学员提供了独特的职业发展机会。RRM的一个重要任务是由学生和初级研究人员进行口头和海报展示；事实上，学员被分配了90%的口头报告，一个冗长的、历史上出席率很高的海报会议突出了剩余的学员的研究，他们不能被分配到平台上做报告。重要的是，在决定几项演讲奖项的获奖者的过程中，所有实习生的演讲都由学院志愿者根据科学价值和演讲效果进行评判，从而确保为每位参与者提供有价值的反馈。为了促进更广泛和更广泛的参与，2013年RRM将根据杰出的科学成就，为URM培训学员提供两个旅游奖学金奖项。RRM旨在使学员（通常是第一次）接触到在研究质量和数量方面类似于大型国家会议的会议氛围，但具有更亲密和个性化体验的好处，不仅提供了提高他们科学知识的机会，而且还促进了互动，合作和新合作的发展。