Conference: 2016 Ciliate Molecular Biology Conference to be held at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, FL on July 13-17, 2016

该奖项将支持早期职业研究人员参加纤毛分子生物学会议，该会议将与盟军遗传学会议(TAGC)一起于2016年7月13日至17日在佛罗里达州奥兰多的奥兰多世界中心万豪酒店举行。会议的形式是演讲和海报相结合，这将促进正式和非正式环境中的科学交流。一些活动旨在为早期职业科学家提供专业发展和指导。将有充分的机会分享最新的研究成果，并探索STEM职业的可能性。对纤毛虫的研究已经导致了关键的发现，并建立了新的生物学范式，如自剪接RNA、端粒和端粒酶，以及组蛋白修饰在基因表达中的作用。最近的研究为RNA干扰相关途径和非编码RNA在程序性染色体重排的表观遗传调控和翻译后微管蛋白修饰功能中的作用提供了新的见解。纤毛原生动物的特殊生物学(例如，每个细胞中存在两个功能不同的核、复杂的细胞骨架和丰富的纤毛)和创新的研究方法为研究人员提供了从机制上了解主要生物过程的独特机会。尖端和最新的研究将在从摘要和海报中挑选出来的简短演讲中得到强调。作为TAGC的一部分，纤毛虫群落将向其他模式生物群落提供联系，教育他们关于纤毛虫的知识，并建立新的联系和潜在的教育和研究合作。

This award will support attendance by early career researchers at the Ciliate Molecular Biology Conference to be held in conjunction with The Allied Genetics Conference (TAGC) at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, FL on July 13-17, 2016. The format of the meeting is a combination of talks and posters, which will promote scientific exchange in both formal and informal settings. A number of activities are aimed at professional development and mentoring for early career scientists. There will be ample opportunity for sharing latest research results and for exploring STEM career possibilities. Research on ciliates has led to key discoveries and established new biological paradigms such as self-splicing RNAs, telomeres and telomerase, and the role of histone modifications in gene expression. More recent studies have provided novel insights into the role of RNA interference related pathways and non-coding RNAs in the epigenetic regulation of the programmed chromosome rearrangements and the function of post-translational tubulin modification. The unusual biology of ciliated protozoa (e.g., the presence of two functionally distinct nuclei in each cell, complex cytoskeleton and abundant cilia) and innovative research approaches provide researchers unique opportunities to gain mechanistic understanding of major biological processes. Cutting-edge and late-breaking research will be highlighted in short talks chosen from the abstracts and in posters. Being part of TAGC will offer the ciliate community to reach out to other model organism communities to educate them about ciliates and to establish new connections and potential educational and research collaborations.