Biopolymers 2008 Gordon Research Conference

描述（由申请人提供）：申请资金部分用于支持2008生物高聚物戈登研究会议。这是一个建立已久且通常超额认购的会议，服务于专注于生物聚合物（蛋白质，RNA， DNA）的基本特性的科学界，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GRC特别关注支持少数民族和妇女的参与。会议的长远目标是增加我们对生物聚合物的基本特性及其生物学功能的认识。本次会议的具体目的是召集该领域的领导者、学生、博士后和青年科学家参加为期五天的会议，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在促进化学、化学工程、物理和生物学之间的联系方面具有独特的优势。在生物聚合物的实验和理论理解领域工作的科学家需要这样的定期跨学科会议，以便可以交换，比较，讨论和综合结果和想法。最重要的是，戈登会议的形式通过提供充足的讨论时间和参与者之间的非正式互动，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应该直接有益于不同领域的生物医学研究。在为2008年会议选择主题和发言人时，征求了科学界成员的意见。组织者还采纳了针对2006年计划提出的建议。除了两个主题会议外，2008年的日程安排还包括以下常规会议：生物聚合物的动力学性质；2. 蛋白质-核酸相互作用；3. 小核酸；4. 核糖体与共翻译折叠；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. 蛋白质折叠与设计。

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.