Conference: 2003 Rustbelt RNA Meeting to be held October 31-November 1, 2003 in Mt. Sterling, Ohio.

锈带RNA会议（RRM）将于2003年10月31日至11月1日在俄亥俄州斯特林山鹿溪州立公园度假村的小屋举行。RRM的智力目标是为中西部的RNA研究人员提供一个廉价、高水平、跨学科的会议。由于RNA在分子生物学中心法则中的中间位置，RNA（生物）化学领域不断扩展并触及许多更广泛的主题。因此，研究小组需要一个论坛，在那里他们可以听到和讨论RNA研究领域的新结果和新技术，这些研究可能与他们自己的研究领域相距甚远，但可能为他们自己的目标提供新的见解或研究工具。本次会议的主题将涵盖RNA生物学从结构到功能的全部范围，在许多不同的生物体中使用生物物理，生化，基因组和遗传方法。会议的规模和组织为研究小组之间的讨论提供了良好的环境，不仅包括指导者之间的互动，还包括学员与指导者之间以及学员之间的互动。RRM强调学员的参与，绝大多数的演讲都由学员来做。除了提供与pi和其他学员互动的机会外，RRM还提供了在友好和支持的氛围中展示研究的宝贵经验。

The Rustbelt RNA Meeting (RRM) will be held on October 31 and November 1, 2003 in the Lodge at Deer Creek State Park & Resort in Mt. Sterling, OH. The intellectual objective of the RRM is to provide an inexpensive, high caliber, interdisciplinary meeting for RNA researchers in the Midwest. The field of RNA (bio)chemistry continues to expand and touches many broader topics due to the middle position of RNA in the central dogma of molecular biology. As a result, research groups need a forum where they can hear and discuss new results and techniques in areas of RNA research that may be distant from their own but may provide new insights or research tools to further their own aims. The topics to be presented at this meeting will cover the full range of RNA biology from structure to function, using biophysical, biochemical, genomic and genetic approaches in a number of different organisms. The size and organization of the meeting provides an excellent environment for discussions between research groups, including not only interactions between PIs but also between trainees and PIs and between the trainees themselves. The RRM emphasizes trainee participation, with the vast majority of presentations being given by trainees. In addition to offering opportunities for interactions with PIs and other trainees, the RRM provides invaluable experience presenting research in a friendly and supportive atmosphere.