Meeting: FASEB SRC on Yeast Chromosome Structure, Replication, and Segregation; July 31 - August 5, 2016; Snowmass, Colorado

这个小型科学会议的重点是真菌的染色体，包括面包酵母以及其他有益和有害的真菌。真菌（酵母、霉菌、蘑菇等）除了在生物圈中生物物质的衰变和更替中发挥许多作用外，它们还是研究活细胞如何复制染色体，分裂成两半，然后用正确数量的染色体重建细胞核的方便生物。这次会议汇集了研究这一课题的科学家。组织者提出了几种形式，让年轻科学家有机会与来自世界各地更有经验的导师展示和讨论他们的研究。FASEB酵母染色体结构、复制和分离会议调查了简单模型系统的知识，这些系统最近在真核生物染色体生物学的理解上取得了一些突破。在本系列的早期会议上首次向社区介绍，其中一些突破包括DNA复制功能的精细定位，复制起源识别早期事件的单分子分析，减数分裂重组的详细定位，着丝点超微结构等。组织者提出的理由是，所研究的生物过程范围相对狭窄，加上会议期间提出的广泛的技术方法，使它们成为与会者独特的高强度培训经验。会议更广泛的影响包括正在进行的演讲形式的实验，允许高比例的演讲由博士后水平的科学家在会议上发表，会议由有成就的研究人员主持和调解。

This small scientific conference focuses on the chromosomes of fungi, including baker`s yeast as well as other useful as well as harmful fungi. In addition to their many roles in decay and turnover of living matter in the biosphere, fungi (yeasts, molds, mushrooms, etc) are convenient organisms to study how living cells copy their chromosomes, divide in two, and then rebuild their nuclei with the right number of chromosomes in them. This conference brings together scientists that work on this subject. The organizers have come up with several formats that give opportunities to the young scientists to present and discuss their research with the more experienced mentors from all over the world.The FASEB Yeast Chromosome Structure, Replication, and Segregation Meeting surveys the knowledge of the simple model systems that have allowed several recent breakthroughs in understanding of eukaryotic chromosome biology. First presented to the community at the earlier conferences in this series, some of such breakthroughs include fine mapping of functions in DNA replication, single-molecule analysis of early event in replication origin recognition, detailed mapping of meiotic recombination, kinetochore ultrastructure, etc. The organizers make a case that the relatively narrow scope of the biological processes under study, combined with the broad arsenal of technical approaches presented during the meetings make them a uniquely intense training experience for the participants. Broader impact of the conference includes the ongoing experimentation with the presentations` format, allowing a high proportion of talks to be presented by postdoc-level scientists, in sessions chaired and mediated by accomplished investigators.