2008 RustBelt RNA meeting being held October 17-18, 2008 in Mt. Sterling, OH

2008年锈带RNA会议(RRM)将于2008年10月17日至18日在鹿溪州立公园度假村的Lodge举行。俄亥俄州斯特林RRM是中西部地区RNA研究人员的主要会议。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地区(特拉华州和新泽西州)的研究密集型和本科生机构的170人参加了2007年的RRM，其中包括首席研究员(PI)、博士后研究员、研究生和本科生。根据前几年的出席率，2008年预计约有170人参加。RRM成立于1999年，目的是满足中西部地区RNA研究人员对地区性会议的需求，该会议不仅包括教职员工，还包括博士后研究员和学生(实习生)。最初，选择这个地点是为了方便研究人员前往克利夫兰、哥伦布和匹兹堡交界的地区。由于RRM的成功和流行，这一领域已经扩大到包括印第安纳州、密歇根州、宾夕法尼亚州和邻近的州。RRM的学术目标是为中西部的RNA研究人员提供一个廉价、高水平的跨学科会议。RNA的结构、功能和加工领域正在迅速发展，RNA除了在转录和翻译中发挥着显著的作用外，还被证明与许多重要的生物现象如癌症的发生和发展密切相关。与此同时，用于研究RNA的方法也变得越来越多样化，从合成和物理化学到生物化学、遗传学和生物物理方法，再到计算方法。因此，研究小组需要一个论坛，在那里他们可以听到和讨论核糖核酸研究所有领域的新结果和新技术，从而促进单个实验室的发展--S的目标。事实证明，会议的规模和组织为研究小组之间的积极讨论提供了一个极好的环境，包括各研究小组之间、各主管与受训人员之间以及受训人员之间的积极讨论。这种互动在更大的国家会议上更加困难。RRM的一个重要特征是它在学员和初级教员的智力和专业发展中的作用。RRM鼓励研究生和本科生参加，他们来自各种机构，从大型研究密集型大学到以本科为主的小型学院。由于非常重视学员的参与，RRM特别有助于加强学员的演讲和演示技能，学员在海报和口头演示中占绝大多数(~90%)。此外，RRM是初级PI展示其新兴研究计划的一个很好的论坛。

The 2008 Rustbelt RNA Meeting (RRM) will be held October 17-18, 2008, in the Lodge at Deer Creek State Park & Resort in Mt. Sterling, OH. The RRM is the major Midwest regional meeting of RNA researchers. The 2007 RRM was attended by 170 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 and New Jersey). Based on attendance in previous years, approximately 170 participants are expected in 2008. The RRM was created in 1999 to address the need of RNA researchers in the Midwest for a regional meeting that includes not only faculty but also postdoctoral fellows and students (trainees). Originally, the venue was chosen to be easily accessible to researchers in an area bounded by Cleveland, Columbus, and Pittsburgh. Due to the success and popularity of the RRM, this area has been broadened to include Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and adjoining states.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 structure, function, and processing is growing at a rapid pace and RNA has been shown to be intimately involved in many important biological phenomena such as carcinogenesis and development, in addition to 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 and between PIs and trainees, as well as between trainees themselves. Such interactions are more difficult at larger national meetings.An important feature of the RRM is its role in the intellectual and professional development of trainee and junior faculty. The RRM encourages participation by graduate and undergraduate students from institutions ranging from large research -intensive universities to small, primarily undergraduate colleges. With its strong emphasis on trainee participation, the RRM is especially helpful in strengthening the speaking and presentation skills of trainees,who account for the vast majority ( ~ 90%) of both poster and oral presentations. In addition, the RRM is an excellent forum for junior PIs to showcase their emerging research programs.