FASEB 2017 Conference on Genetic Recombination and Genome Rearrangements; July 16-21, 2017, Steamboat Springs, Colorado

FASEB基因重组和染色体重排研究会议将于2017年7月16日至21日在科罗拉多州的蒸汽船泉举行。这是一系列双年会议的第十七次会议，致力于促进DNA重组研究前沿的跨学科讨论。2017年的会议更加强调定量方法，为包括基因重组在内的各个领域带来新的认识；例如，高通量测序和拷贝数变异分析，以研究生物体内部和种群间的基因组重排；基于质谱的方法，全面评估蛋白质和DNA标记；重组生物化学的单分子方法。本次会议还介绍了理解和利用新兴基因组工程技术（如CRISPR-Cas9）所需的研究。本次会议的目标是汇集来自世界各地从事重组和基因组重排相关领域的研究人员，并为年轻和刚起步的研究人员提供展示和讨论他们工作的机会。会议的形式包括邀请该领域的领导者发言，从提交的摘要中选择发言，以及海报会议。2017年，共有47位受邀演讲者，其中36%为女性（包括主题演讲者），30%为大会新成员。通过提交摘要来填补项目空缺的数量已经显著增加（达到24%），目标是为未被充分代表的群体和年轻科学家增加参与机会和知名度。所要求的资金将用于研究金，以帮助支付10名初级科学家的旅费和会议费用。组织者将优先支持代表性不足的群体，并优先支持研究生和博士后研究员。

The FASEB Research Conference on Genetic Recombination and Chromosome Rearrangements will be held at Steamboat Springs, Colorado on July 16-21, 2017. This is the seventeenth in a series of bi-annual conferences devoted to promoting cross-disciplinary discussion at the leading edge of research on DNA recombination. The 2017 meeting features an increased emphasis on quantitative approaches that bring new understanding to various areas comprising genetic recombination; for example, high-throughput sequencing and copy number variation analysis to study genome rearrangements globally within organisms and across populations; mass spectrometry-based methods that globally assess protein and DNA marks; single molecule approaches to recombination biochemistry. This meeting also features research that is needed to understand and exploit emerging genome engineering technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9.The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers from around the world who work in recombination and the related field of genomic rearrangements, and to give young and starting investigators the opportunity to present and discuss their work. The format of the meeting involves talks from invited speakers who are leaders in the field, speakers chosen from submitted abstracts, and poster sessions. For 2017, there are 47 invited speakers, 36% of whom are women (including the keynote speaker) and 30% of whom are new to the conference. The number of program slots to be filled from submitted abstracts has been increased significantly (to 24%) with the goal of increasing participation opportunities and visibility for underrepresented groups and young scientists.The requested funds will be used for fellowships to help defray travel and meeting costs for 10 junior scientists. The organizers will prioritize support for underrepresented groups and preferentially graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with NSF funds.