FASEB Conference on Enzymes that Act on Nucleic Acids to be held in Saxtons River, Vermont in June 1996

本次会议的主题是作用于DNA和RNA的酶的结构、机制、生物学作用和实际应用。包括作用于核酸的蛋白质和RNA酶。虽然会议的重点是核酸的切割和修饰，但会议的目的是吸引来自美国和国外的广泛的跨学科科学家。其中包括化学家、生化学家、结构和分子生物学家、遗传学家和细胞生物学家。本次会议将是美国实验生物学学会联合会（FASEB）在这一主题领域的第二次会议，上一次会议是在1993年举行的。从那时起，我们对这些分子的结构、机制和调控潜力的理解有了爆炸式的发展。因此，即将召开的FASEB会议既及时又具有时效性。除了另一场会议的主讲人外，组织者还为这9场会议选择了讨论领袖。演讲者既有各自领域前沿的诺贝尔奖得主，也有注定要在各自专业领域取得突破的有成就的年轻科学家。会议将讨论以下主题：核酸酶的结构和功能；修饰酶-生物化学和遗传学；限制系统;合成的酶;移动元件内切酶；核酸内切酶在重组和修复中的作用RNA的催化作用；核酸修饰的生物学作用基因组研究中的核酸酶。此外，还将举办海报比赛，获奖的学生和博士后将有机会发表演讲。尽管在不同的项目领域举行了专业会议，但这种特殊的跨学科主题组合是前所未有的，并承诺为对基础研究和生物技术都感兴趣的科学家之间的丰富科学交流提供独特的机会核酸，DNA和RNA是生命的分子。DNA构成遗传物质，是每个活细胞的蓝图。信息通过RNA从DNA传递到细胞。被称为酶的生物催化剂是DNA复制、复制成RNA和修饰以有序连贯的方式执行细胞功能所必需的。作用于核酸的酶，细胞信息流中的关键分子，形成了这次会议的主题。已确认的演讲者包括来自美国和国外的广泛的跨学科科学家。这些科学家处于各自领域的前沿，无论是诺贝尔奖获得者（其中有两位在该项目中）还是有成就的年轻研究人员，都开始在各自的专业领域取得突破。为了促进青年科学家的职业发展，会议还将挑选研究生和博士后进行平台演讲。此外，海报会议将容纳不能包括在平台介绍中的工作，从而扩大了会议的范围。参加会议的跨学科科学家将包括来自学术、政府和工业环境的化学家、生物化学家、结构和分子生物学家、遗传学家和细胞生物学家。这次会议是由美国实验生物学学会联合会（FASEB）主办的，因此它保证了在对基础研究和生物技术有广泛兴趣的科学家之间进行丰富的科学交流的独特机会。＊＊＊

9600055 Heitman The subject of this conference is the structure, mechanism, biological roles and practical applications of enzymes that act on DNA and RNA. Included are both protein and RNA enzymes that act on nucleic acids. While focused on cleavage and modification of nucleic acids, the meeting is designed to attract a broad cross-disciplinary spectrum of scientists from the U.S. and abroad. These include chemists biochemists, structural and molecular biologists, geneticists and cell biologists. This meeting will be the second meeting of the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB) in this general topic area, the last having been held in 1993. Since then, there has been an explosion in our understanding of the structure, mechanism and regulatory potential of these molecules. The upcoming FASEB meeting is therefore both timely and topical. The organizers have selected discussion leaders for the 9 sessions, in addition to the keynote speaker for an additional session. Speakers range from Nobel prize-winners at the forefront of their fields to accomplished young scientists destined to make inroads in their specialty areas. The topics to be covered at the meeting are as follows: Nuclease Structure and Function; Modifying Enzymes - Biochemistry and Genetics; Restriction Systems; Synthetic Enzymes; Endonucleases of Mobile Elements; Endonucleases in Recombination and Repair; Catalysis of and by RNA; Biological Roles of Nucleic Acid Modifications; and Nucleases in Genome Research. Additionally, there will be a poster competition which will give students and post docs with winning posters the opportunity to present a talk. Although specialty meetings are held in the different program areas, this particular interdisciplinary mix of topics is unprecedented, and promises a unique opportunity for fertile scientific exchange between scientists with interests in both basic research and biotechnology %%% Nucleic acids, DNA and RNA, are the molecules of life. DNA forms the genetic material, the blueprint of each living cell. Messages are sent from the DNA to the cell via RNA. Biological catalysts called enzymes are required for the DNA to be duplicated, copied into RNA, and modified to perform the cellular functions in an orderly and coherent way. The enzymes that act on nucleic acids, the pivotal molecules in cellular information flow, form the topic of this meeting. Confirmed speakers include a broad cross-disciplinary spectrum of scientists from the US and abroad. These scientists are at the forefront of their field, be they Nobel laureates (of which there are two on the program) or accomplished young researchers, starting to make breakthroughs in their specialty areas. To promote the careers of young scientists, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows will be selected at the meeting to also give platform talks. In addition, poster sessions will accommodate work that cannot be included in the platform presentations, thereby broadening the scope of the meeting. The interdisciplinary mix of scientists at the meeting will include chemists, biochemists, structural and molecular biologists, geneticists and cell biologists from academic, government and industrial settings. The meeting, which is sponsored by the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB), therefore promises a unique opportunity for fertile scientific exchange between scientific exchange between scientists with a broad range of interests in both basic research and biotechnology. ***