Symposium on: RNA Biology II; to be held in North Carolina Research Triangle on October 17-19, 1997.

9722435 Agris许多不同的研究小组正在使用各种方法来了解RNA的可塑性以及RNA结构如何被其他RNA和小分子识别。 因此，RNA研讨会将非常及时。 来自美国、欧洲和加拿大的九位主要研究人员已接受邀请，将于1997年10月17日至19日在北卡罗来纳州研究三角区举行的研讨会上发言。 随着RNA学会的认可和认可，北卡罗来纳州的研究人员组成了一个“分会”--北卡罗来纳州RNA学会，负责组织和资助RNA生物学研讨会。 这次专题讨论会的目标如下： 1.促进在RNA结构/功能关系这一重要研究领域的交流，以一种在常规社会或其他小组会议上无法获得的集中方式; 2.为博士后研究员和研究生提供教育经验，有利于与在RNA相互作用领域拥有广泛经验的既定研究人员进行公开讨论; 3.鼓励校长、博士后研究员和学生进行讨论，分享想法和技术;以及 4.把研究人员带到一个场地，那里有三所主要的大学，联邦研究机构和实验室，以及许多企业研究中心。 仅在美国，RNA研究就催生了十几家生物技术公司，并得到了几家大型知名公司的广泛资助，包括北卡罗来纳州的研究三角。 RNA的合成、化学、结构和功能对所有生物系统的生存能力至关重要。 在这些领域的研究已经导致RNA作为靶标和试剂的生物技术应用。 新的和令人兴奋的RNA结构已被发现，既是潜在的目标和工具，并揭示了有趣的新的功能模式与蛋白质的相互作用。 这次会议将侧重于这一领域，并将作为分享数据和技术的论坛。 ***

9722435 Agris Many different groups are using a variety of approaches to understand the plasticity of RNA and how RNA structure is recognized by other RNAs and small molecules. A symposium on RNA will thus be very timely. Nine major researchers (from the USA, Europe, and Canada) have accepted invitations to speak at a Symposium on October 17-19, 1997, in the North Carolina Research Triangle. With the acknowledgement and recognition of the RNA Society, researchers in North Carolina have formed a "chapter", the RNA Society of North Carolina, which is responsible for organizing and funding the Symposium on RNA Biology. The objectives of this symposium are as follows: 1. Promote communication in this important research area of RNA structure/function relationships in a focused manner not obtainable at regular society, or other group meetings; 2. Provide an educational experience for postdoctoral fellows and graduate students in a setting conducive to open discussions with established investigators who have broad experience in the field of RNA interactions; 3. Stimulate discussion and the sharing of ideas and techniques by principals as well as by postdoctoral fellows and students; and 4. Bring researchers to a venue where three major universities, federal research institutions and laboratories, and many corporate research centers are located. RNA research has spawned a dozen biotechnology companies in the US alone and has been funded extensively by several large, well-established corporations, including those in North Carolina's Research Triangle. RNA synthesis, chemistry, structure and function are central to the viability of all biological systems. Research in these areas has led to biotechnological applications of RNA as both target and reagent. New and exciting RNA structures have been discovered that are both potential targets and tools, and are revealing interesting new functional modes of interaction with proteins. This meeting will focus on this area and will serve as a forum for sharing data and techniques. ***