FASEB Conference: Ciliate Molecular Biology, being held in Saxtons, Vermont on July 28-August 2, 2001.

这次会议的题目是“第八届国际纤毛虫分子生物学会议”。将于2001年7月28日至8月2日在佛蒙特州萨克顿河的佛蒙特学院举行FASEB会议。这次会议将汇集研究人员谁采用分子方法研究不同的生物学问题，使用纤毛原生动物作为他们的模型系统。纤毛虫的巨大价值源于它们不寻常的遗传组织和广泛的，发育程序化的基因组重组。这些特征为一系列基本的染色体过程提供了显着的见解，包括自我剪接RNA，端粒和端粒酶的发现，以及组蛋白乙酰转移酶对染色质的重塑。最近的进展，如通过同源重组和反义核糖体的靶向基因置换已被用于研究细胞和分子生物学中的广泛问题，从端粒和端粒酶，到调节蛋白质分泌，到微管组装过程中的微管蛋白修饰。由于新的实验方法的发展和传播，研究的步伐加快了。由于这个原因和其他原因，纤毛虫分子生物学会议填补了一个关键的利基，否则缺乏其他科学会议。1999年的会议包括一个讲习班，评估四膜虫基因组测序项目的实际问题和理由。纤毛虫分子生物学会议将分为九个平台会议和两个海报会议。 平台会议将涵盖前沿研究主题，包括染色质重塑，端粒和端粒酶，DNA重排，DNA复制，信号转导，细胞骨架，进化和基因组可塑性。

The meeting entitled "Eighth International Meeting on Ciliate Molecular Biology". will be held as a FASEB Conference at the Vermont Academy in Saxtons River, Vermont, July 28- August 2, 2001. The meeting will bring together researchers who employ molecular approaches for investigating diverse biological problems using ciliated protozoa as their model system. The great value of ciliates stems from their unusual genetic organization and extensive, developmentally-programmed reorganization of the genome. These features have provided remarkable insights into an array of fundamental chromosomal processes, including the discovery of self-splicing RNA, telomeres and telomerase, and chromatin remodeling by histone acetyltransferases. Recent advances, such as targeted gene replacement by homologous recombination and antisense ribosomes have been exploited to study a wide range of questions in cell and molecular biology, ranging from telomeres and telomerase, to regulated protein secretion, to tubulin modification during microtubule assembly. The pace of research has quickened due to the development and dissemination of new experimental methods. For this reason and others, the Ciliate Molecular Biology Meeting fills a critical niche that is otherwise lacking in other scientific meetings. The 1999 meeting included a workshop for assessing practical issues and justification for a Tetrahymena genome sequencing project. The Ciliate Molecular Biology meeting will be organized into nine platform sessions and two poster sessions. Platform sessions will cover leading edge research topics including chromatin remodeling, telomeres and telomerase, DNA rearrangement, DNA replication, signal transduction, the cytoskeleton, evolution and genome plasticity.