Conference: Albany 2019: The 20th Conversation, June 11-15, 2019; Albany, NY

奥尔巴尼的对话为当前结构生物学感兴趣的话题提供了一个具有智力挑战性的辩论场所。有关冷冻电子显微镜和活细胞质中的蛋白质动力学的会议将强调结构生物学方面的最新技术突破。年轻研究人员(研究生、博士后研究员和初级教师)的演讲将基于从提交给海报演示的摘要中挑选出来的内容。奥尔巴尼的对话将包括约400名参与者，200多张海报，以及约85份口头陈述，其中约三分之一将从海报中挑选出来。在所有的演讲中，至少有34-36场演讲将由女性科学家发表。最终的节目将包括具有社会责任感的具有广泛种族血统的男性和女性。所有演讲者应在会议的大部分时间里留下来，在社区餐桌上吃饭，并与初级和高级同事互动。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Albany Conversations provide a venue for an intellectually challenging debate of topics of current interest in structural biology. The sessions dealing with cryo-electron microscopy and protein dynamics in the living cytoplasm will emphasize recent technological breakthroughs in structural biology. Lectures by young researchers (graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and starting faculty) will be based on selection from abstracts submitted for poster presentation. The Albany Conversations will include about 400 participants, over 200 posters, and ~85 oral presentations, about one third of which will be selected from the posters. Out of all the talks, at least 34-36 will be delivered by female scientists. The final program will contain a socially responsible mix of men and women with wide ethnic origin. All presenters are expected to stay during most of the conference, eat at the community tables and be available for interactions with junior and senior colleagues.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.