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，包括面包师酵母以及其他有益和有害的真菌。真菌(酵母菌、霉菌、蘑菇等)除了在生物圈中的生命物质的腐烂和周转中扮演许多角色外，还是一种方便的生物，可以用来研究活细胞如何复制它们的染色体，分裂成两半，然后用合适数量的染色体重建它们的细胞核。这次会议汇聚了致力于这一主题的科学家。组织者提出了几种形式，让年轻科学家有机会介绍他们的研究，并与来自世界各地的更有经验的导师讨论他们的研究。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，这些模型系统使真核细胞染色体生物学的理解最近取得了几项突破。在本系列较早的会议上首次向社区展示，其中一些突破包括对DNA复制功能的精细绘制、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绘制、动粒超微结构等。组织者认为，正在研究的生物过程的相对狭窄的范围，加上会议期间提出的广泛的技术方法，使它们成为参与者独特的高强度培训体验。会议的更广泛影响包括对演讲形式的持续试验，允许由博士后级别的科学家在由有经验的研究人员主持和调解的会议上发表演讲。

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.