Biopolymers 2008 Gordon Research Conference

描述(由申请者提供)：申请资助2008年生物聚合物戈登研究会议。这是一个由来已久的、通常超额认购的会议，为科学界服务，重点关注生物聚合物(蛋白质、RNA、DNA)的基本性质，包括它们的结构、折叠、动力学、稳定性和相互作用。2008年生物聚合物全球资源中心对支持少数群体和妇女的参与特别感兴趣。会议的广泛和长期目标是增加我们对生物聚合物的基本性质的了解，因为它们与生物功能有关。这次会议的具体目的将是召集该领域的领导人与学生、博士后和初级科学家举行为期五天的会议，讨论生物聚合物研究工作的现状和未来方向。这一应用的意义在于，生物聚合物GRC具有独特的优势，可以促进化学、化学工程、物理和生物之间的联系。需要在生物聚合物的实验和理论理解领域工作的科学家举行这种定期的跨学科会议，以便交换、比较、讨论和综合结果和想法。最重要的是，戈登会议的形式为与会者之间的讨论和非正式互动提供了充足的时间，从而促进了不同领域之间的新联系。此外，生物聚合物GRC的研究讨论和非正式互动将直接造福于不同领域的生物医学研究。在选择2008年会议的议题和发言者时，征求了科学界成员的意见。组织者还纳入了针对2006年计划提出的建议。除了两次主旨会议外，2008年的日程安排还包括下列常规会议：1.生物聚合物的动态性质；2.蛋白质-核酸相互作用；3.小核酸；4.核糖体和共翻译折叠；5.生物聚合物中的静电相互作用；6.高压下的生物聚合物；7.蛋白质折叠和设计。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Funds are requested to partially support the 2008 Biopolymers Gordon Research Conference. This is a long established and usually oversubscribed meeting that serves the scientific community focused on the fundamental properties of biopolymers (proteins, RNA, DNA), including their structure, folding, dynamics, stability, and interactions. The 2008 Biopolymers GRC is particularly interested in supporting the participation of minorities and women. The broad and long term goal of the conference is to increase our understanding of fundamental properties of biopolymers as related to their biological function. The specific aims of this meeting will be to convene leaders in the field with students, post-docs and juniors scientist in a five day conference that will discuss current state and future directions of research efforts in biopolymers. The significance of this application is that the Biopolymers GRC is uniquely poised to foster connections between chemistry, chemical engineering, physics and biology. Such regular interdisciplinary meeting of scientists working in the areas of experimental and theoretical understanding of biopolymers is needed so that results and ideas can be exchanged, compared, discussed, and synthesized. Most importantly, the Gordon Conference format fosters new connections between different fields by providing ample time for discussion and informal interaction between participants. Furthermore, the research discussions and informal interactions of the Biopolymers GRC should directly benefit biomedical research across diverse fields. In choosing topics and speakers for the 2008 meeting, input was sought from the members of science community. The organizers have also incorporated suggestions offered in response to the 2006 program. In addition to two keynote sessions, the 2008 schedule includes the following regular sessions: 1. Dynamic Properties of Biopolymers; 2. Protein-Nucleic Acid Interactions; 3. Small Nucleic Acids; 4. Ribosome and Co-translational Folding; 5. Electrostatic Interactions in Biopolymers; 6. Biopolymers at High Pressure; 7. Protein Folding and Design.