2012 Single Molecule Approaches to Biology Gordon Research Conference in Mt Snow, Vermont, July 15-20, 2012

2012年单分子生物学方法戈登研究会议将于2012年7月15日至20日在佛蒙特州的Mt Snow Resort举行。 该计划将采用新的单分子应用程序来研究核糖体，蛋白酶体和细胞结合反应，以及其他基本的生物系统。 单分子技术在各级生物学研究中迅速占据中心地位。使用荧光和力探针在体外以及活细胞中一次追踪一个分子构象的稳健技术的发展提供了以前无法获得的关于所有生命形式所必需的基本生化过程的数据。该会议旨在为生物学家，物理学家，化学家和工程师提供一个跨学科的论坛，他们已经开发出可以随时应用于解决重要生物学问题的单分子方法。 会议将包括单分子生物学，单分子技术，单分子理论和单分子模拟的主题。 除了口头介绍外，还将举行海报展示会。 单分子方法正在改变我们研究生物学的方式，补充了基因组学和蛋白质组学的最新进展。 事实上，这种新兴的范式有望产生对生命的前所未有的理解，直到其最小的组成部分。 2012年单分子生物学方法GRC将提供世界一流的演讲者和海报会议的组合，这将促进生物学单分子方法的教学，学习和培训。 过去会议的人口统计显示，这次会议对年轻一代具有广泛的吸引力，组织者努力吸引年轻观众。 在2010年的会议上，45%的参与者是研究生和博士后研究员，72%的参与者年龄小于40岁。 2012年会议的女性发言者比例有所增加，从10%增加到16%，目前正在努力争取更多的女性发言者。

Intellectual MeritThe 2012 Single Molecule Approaches to Biology Gordon Research Conference will be held at the Mt Snow Resort in Vermont, July 15-20, 2012. The program will feature novel single molecule applications to study the ribosome, the proteasome, and cell binding reactions, amongst other fundamental biological systems. Single molecule techniques are rapidly occupying a central role in biological research at all levels. The development of robust techniques that use fluorescence and force probes to track the conformation of molecules one at a time, both in vitro as well as in live cells, provides previously unobtainable data on fundamental biochemical processes that are essential for all forms of life. The conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for biologists, physicists, chemists and engineers who have developed single molecule methodologies that can be readily applied to solve important biological problems. The meeting will include topics on single molecule biology, single molecule techniques, theory of single molecules and single molecule simulations. In addition to the oral presentations, there will be poster sessions. Broader ImpactSingle molecule approaches are changing the way we study biology, complementing the recent advances in genomics and proteomics. Indeed, this emerging paradigm holds the promise of yielding an unprecedented understanding of life down to its smallest constituents. The 2012 Single Molecule Approaches to Biology GRC will provide a combination of world-class speakers and poster sessions that will advance teaching, learning and training in single-molecule approaches to biology. The demographics of past meetings show a broad appeal of this conference to the younger generation and organizers efforts to appeal to a younger audience. At the 2010 meeting, 45% of participants were graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and 72% were younger than 40. The percentage of female speakers for the 2012 meeting has increased, up to 16% from 10% and efforts to secure additional female speakers are being made.