Symposium on RNA Biology III to be held at the North Carolina Research Center, Triangle Park, N.C., October 15-19, 1999

9900513MillerRNA的合成、化学、结构和功能对所有生物系统的生存都至关重要，因此对农业、医学和环境研究都很重要。这项研究导致了将RNA作为工具和靶点的生物技术应用。新的和令人兴奋的RNA结构已经被发现，并揭示了与蛋白质、其他RNA、DNA和能够扰乱RNA功能的小分子相互作用的新模式。核糖核酸生物学专题讨论会三，题为“核糖核酸：工具和目标”，将仿照1997年就同一专题举行的极为成功的专题专题讨论会的形式和重点。重点将是RNA和RNA-蛋白质复合体的生物化学和分子相互作用，以及它们在对社会重要的领域的潜在应用。这次会议将创造一个亲密的智力交流环境和一个共享数据、技术和生物技术应用的论坛。研讨会的目标如下：(1)促进在RNA相互作用的重要研究领域的沟通；(2)为博士后研究员和研究生提供教育经验，有利于与在RNA领域具有广泛经验的知名研究人员进行公开讨论；(3)鼓励知名研究人员以及博士后研究员和学生进行讨论和分享想法和技术；(4)将研究人员带到三所主要大学、联邦研究机构和实验室以及许多企业研究中心所在的地点。会议的主要地点将是位于北卡罗来纳州研究三角公园的北卡罗来纳州生物技术中心，这是一个公认的以知识为基础的生物技术发展的州支持中心。该奖项将为另外五名初级研究人员提供津贴和旅费。

9900513MillerRNA synthesis, chemistry, structure and function are central to the viability of all biological systems and thus are important to agricultural, medical, and environmental research. This research has led to biotechnological applications of RNA as both tool and target. New and exciting RNA structures have been discovered and are revealing new modes of interactions with proteins, other RNA's, DNA, and small molecules capable of disrupting RNA function. The Symposium on RNA Biology III, "RNA: Tool and Target", will replicate the format and focus of the highly successful symposium on the same topic held in 1997. The focus will be the biochemical and molecular interactions of RNA and RNA-protein complexes and their potential applications in areas important to society. This meeting will create an intimate environment for intellectual exchange and a forum for sharing data, techniques, and biotechnological applications.The symposium has the following objectives: (1) Promoting communication in the important research area of RNA interactions; (2) Providing 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 RNA field; (3) Stimulating discussion and the sharing of ideas and techniques by established investigators as well as by postdoctoral fellows and students; and (4) Bringing researchers to a venue where three major universities, federal research institutions and laboratories, and many corporate research centers are located. The principal site for the meeting will be the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in Research Triangle Park, NC, a state supported center recognized for knowledge-based biotechnology development.This award will provide stipend and travel funds for five more junior investigators.