FASEB Conference on Genetic Recombination, to be held in Snowmass Village, Colorado on July 26-31, 2003.

2003年FASEB“基因重组和基因组重排”夏季研究会议将于7月26日至31日在科罗拉多州斯诺马斯村举行，这将是一系列非常成功的双年一次的基因重组会议的第十次会议。这些会议联合研究人员在一系列生物系统和不同的实验方法中研究基因重组的许多不同方面。演讲将介绍有关该领域及时问题的新的和未发表的工作，并鼓励所有参与者进行讨论。八场全体会议将涉及重组机制、原核和真核重组的性质、减数分裂过程、重组过程在修复DNA损伤中的作用、位点特异性重组和转位以及基因组重排等主题。超过40位演讲者，在这些特定领域中最好的实验家和思想家，已经同意展示他们最近和未发表的工作。大约160名其他与会者将从会议的申请者中选出。在选择参与者时保持严格的卓越标准的同时，将尽一切努力实现年龄、性别、种族和地域的平衡代表。所有人都将被鼓励参加讨论、研讨会和海报会议。研讨会将讨论一个有争议的话题，Mus81复合物在重组中间加工中的作用。两次海报会议，每次持续两天，将提供一个额外的论坛，介绍当前的工作。通过在中等规模的会议环境中强调真正杰出的研究，FASEB会议为重组领域的新老研究人员之间的信息，技术和观点交流提供了独特的机会。国家科学基金会的资金将允许需要财政支持的参与者参加这个重要的会议。这个小组预计将包括新的研究人员、研究生和博士后。NSF的支持将确保这一重要研究领域的未来活力。

The 2003 FASEB Summer Research Conference on "Genetic Recombination and Genomic Rearrangements" will be held July 26 through July 31 at Snowmass Village, Colorado, and will be the tenth of a highly successful series of bi-annual conferences on genetic recombination. These conferences join investigators studying many diverse aspects of genetic recombination in a range of biological systems and with different experimental approaches. Presentations will introduce new and unpublished work on timely questions in the field and will encourage discussion from all participants. Eight plenary sessions will involve topics such as recombination mechanisms, properties of prokaryotic and eukaryotic recombination, meiotic processes, the role of recombinational processes in repair of DNA damage, site-specific recombination and transposition, and genomic rearrangements. Over forty speakers, among the best experimentalists and thinkers in these particular areas, have agreed to present their most recent and unpublished work. Approximately 160 other participants will be chosen from among the applicants to the conference. While maintaining rigorous standards of excellence in selecting participants, every attention will be paid to achieving a balanced representation of age, gender, race and geography. All will be encouraged to participate in discussion, workshops and poster sessions. There will be a workshop on a controversial topic, the role of the Mus81 complexes in recombination intermediate processing. Two poster sessions, each lasting two days, will provide an additional forum for presentation of current work. By emphasizing truly exceptional research in a modestly sized conference setting, the FASEB conferences provide unique opportunities for the exchange of information, technology and perspective among new and established investigators in the recombination field. NSF funding will allow participants in need of financial support to attend this important conference. This group is expected to include new investigators, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The NSF support will ensure the future vitality of this important field of research.