Conference: 2007 Rustbelt RNA Meeting being held October 19-20, 2007 in Mt. Sterling, Ohio

2007年锈带RNA会议将于2007年10月19日至20日在鹿溪州立公园度假村的小屋举行。俄亥俄州斯特林。会议的智力目标是为中西部的RNA研究人员提供一个廉价的，高素质的，跨学科的会议。RNA的结构、功能和加工领域正在快速发展，RNA已被证明与许多重要的生物学现象密切相关，而不仅仅是在转录和翻译中发挥明显的作用。 与此同时，用于研究RNA的方法变得越来越多样化，从合成和物理化学到生物化学，遗传学和生物物理方法一直到计算方法。因此，研究小组需要一个论坛，在那里他们可以听到和讨论新的结果和技术在RNA研究的所有领域，可以导致进一步的个人实验室的目标。会议的规模和组织证明是研究小组之间，包括主要研究人员之间、主要研究人员与受训人员之间以及受训人员之间进行积极讨论的良好环境。在较大的国家会议上，这种互动更为困难。Rustbelt RNA会议成立于1999年，是RNA研究人员的主要中西部地区会议，与会者包括主要研究者（PI），博士后研究员，研究生和本科生，来自俄亥俄州，密歇根州，印第安纳州，伊利诺伊州，肯塔基州和宾夕法尼亚州以及更远的地方（特拉华州）的研究密集型和主要本科院校。根据前几年的出席情况，预计2007年约有170名与会者。锈带RNA会议的主要更广泛的影响是在实习生和初级教师的发展。会议传统上强调学员的参与，并以研究生和本科生的参与为特色，从大型研究密集型大学到小型本科院校。除了提供与PI和其他学员互动的机会外，RRM还提供了在教育和支持氛围中展示研究的宝贵经验。重要的是，学员占绝大多数（约90%）的海报和口头介绍。这样的演示给学员灌输了信心，并激励观众中的学员将来口头展示他们的结果。为了进一步鼓励演讲者，为优秀的学员演讲颁发奖品。最后，会议是一个很好的论坛，初级PI展示他们的新兴研究计划。

The 2007 Rustbelt RNA Meeting will be held October 19-20, 2007 in the Lodge at Deer Creek State Park & Resort in Mt. Sterling, OH. The intellectual objective of the meeting is to provide an inexpensive, high caliber, interdisciplinary meeting for RNA researchers in the Midwest. The field of RNA structure, function, and processing is growing at a rapid pace and RNA has been shown to be intimately involved in many important biological phenomena beyond its obvious prominent role in transcription and translation. At the same time the methods used to study RNA are becoming more and more diverse ranging from synthetic and physical chemistry over biochemistry, genetics, and biophysical approaches all the way to computational methods. Consequently, research groups need a forum where they can hear and discuss new results and techniques in all areas of RNA research that can result in furthering an individual lab's aims. The size and organization of the meeting has proven to be an excellent environment for active discussions between research groups, including those between PIs, between PIs and trainees as well as between trainees themselves. Such interactions are more difficult at larger national meetings. The Rustbelt RNA meeting was established in 1999 and is the major Midwest regional meeting of RNA researchers, attended by participants including principal investigators (PIs), postdoctoral fellows, graduate, and undergraduate students from both research intensive and primarily undergraduate institutions in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania, as well as farther away (Delaware). Based on attendance in previous years, approximately 170 participants are expected in 2007.Broader Impact. The main broader impact of the rustbelt RNA meeting is in trainee and junior faculty development. The conference traditionally emphasizes trainee participation and features graduate and undergraduate student participation, from institutions ranging from large research intensive universities to small, primarily undergraduate colleges. In addition to offering opportunities for interactions with PIs and other trainees, the RRM provides invaluable experience presenting research in an educational and supportive atmosphere. Importantly, trainees account for the vast majority (about 90%) of both poster and oral presentations. Such presentations instill confidence in the trainees and inspire trainees in the audience to present their results orally in the future. To encourage the speakers further, prizes are awarded for outstanding trainee presentations. Finally, the meeting is an excellent forum for junior PIs to showcase their emerging research programs.