Conference: 2003 CSHL Eukaryotic DNA Replication Conference, to be held in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, Fall 2003

2003年CSHL真核生物DNA复制会议将于9月3日至7日在纽约冷泉港举行。会议将致力于与染色体复制、结构和功能相关的基础研究课题。近年来，这一领域取得了迅速进展，因此有必要经常召开会议讨论这一问题。会议将确保通报最近的调查结果，并确保调查人员有机会彼此直接讨论这些结果。将鼓励年轻研究者和女科学家的参与。2003年会议涉及的领域将包括以下研究：(1)病毒染色体的复制，包括SV40、多瘤病毒、巨细胞病毒、疱疹病毒、乳头状瘤病毒、爱泼斯坦-巴尔病毒；(2)酵母、果蝇、爪蟾和哺乳动物细胞等多种生物体的染色体复制和基因扩增；(3)细胞周期中DNA复制的控制；(4)染色体的结构和功能，如复制的起源和端粒；(5)细胞周期进程和S期特异性基因表达的调控；(6) DNA复制检查点和DNA修复。在庆祝发现DNA双螺旋结构及其对遗传的影响五周年之际举行这次会议是特别合适的。

The 2003 CSHL Eukaryotic DNA Replication Conference will be held in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, on September 3-7. The meeting will be devoted to fundamental research topics related to chromosome duplication, structure, and function. The rapid advances made in this field over recent years make frequent meetings on this topic necessary. The meeting will ensure that recent results will be communicated and that investigators will have the opportunity to discuss them directly with one another. The participation of younger investigators and women scientists will be encouraged.The areas to be covered by the 2003 meeting will include studies on (1) the replication of virus chromosomes, including SV40, polyomavirus, cytomegalovirus, herpesvirus, papillomaviruses, Epstein-Barr virus; (2) chromosomal replication and gene amplification in organisms as diverse as yeast, Drosophila, Xenopus and mammalian cells; (3) control of DNA replication in the cell cycle; (4) structure and function of chromosomal elements such as origins of replication and telomeres; (5) control of cell cycle progression and S phase specific gene expression; and (6) DNA replication checkpoints and DNA repair.It is especially appropriate that this meeting be held in the year celebrating the fifthieth anniversary of the discovery of the double helix of DNA and its implications for inheritance.