FASEB Conference on Ciliate Molecular Biology on July 6-11, 1997 in Copper Mountain, CO

“第七届国际纤毛虫分子生物学学术会议”请给予部分支持。本次会议将作为FASEB会议于1997年7月6日至11日在科罗拉多州铜山举行。这次会议的目的是将利用分子技术研究以纤毛原生动物为模型系统的各种生物学问题的研究人员聚集在一起。近年来，越来越多的年轻研究人员选择在实验室中使用纤毛原生动物。这种重新燃起的兴趣直接反映了对纤毛虫的重要发现；如。自剪接RNA、端粒酶、端粒结构、广泛的DNA重排、不寻常的遗传密码使用和行为突变。纤毛虫独特的地理结构和生命周期使其在研究复杂的生物学问题上具有巨大的价值。然而，这些不同寻常的特征使得研究人员不仅要参加自己研究领域的会议(例如：DNA复制，信号转导等)，但也有会议，他们可以分享有关他们的实验系统的分子生物学信息。纤毛虫分子生物学会议填补了这个关键的空缺。大约170名国内外科学家将出席会议，其中许多与会者将是研究生或博士后。会议主席和发言人是根据他们的工作质量选择的，其中许多是女性或初级调查人员。＊＊＊

9722054 Price Partial support is requested for the "Seventh International on Ciliate Molecular Biology". This meeting will be held as a FASEB Conference at Copper Mountain Colorado, July 6-11, 1997. The meeting is intended to bring together researchers who are employing molecular techniques to investigate diverse biological problems using ciliated protozoa as a model system. In recent years, an invigorating number of young researchers have chosen to use ciliated protozoa in the labs. This renewed interest directly reflects the important discoveries that have been with ciliates; eg. self-splicing RNA, telomerase, telomere structure, extensive DNA rearrangements, unusual use of the genetic code and behavioral mutants. The great value of ciliates for studying difficult biological problems stems from their unusual geomic organization and life cycle. However, these same unusual features make it extremely important for researchers to attend not only meetings in their own research area (eg. DNA replication, signal transduction, etc.) but also meetings where they can share information about the molecular biology of their experimental system. The Ciliate Molecular Biology Meeting fills this critical niche. Approximately 170 foreign and domestic scientists will attend the meeting and many of the conferees will be graduate students or postdocs. The session chairs and speakers have been chosen based on the quality of their work and many are either female or junior investigators. ***