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

会议：2016年纤毛虫分子生物学会议将于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

• 批准号: 1640853
• 负责人: Mark Winey
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-06-15 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1640853&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; 2016; Ciliate; Molecular; Biology

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.

该奖项将支持早期职业研究人员参加纤毛虫分子生物学会议，该会议将于 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与联合遗传学会议 (TAGC) 联合举行。会议结合了演讲和海报，将促进正式和非正式场合的科学交流。许多活动旨在为早期职业科学家提供专业发展和指导。将有充足的机会分享最新的研究成果和探索 STEM 职业的可能性。对纤毛虫的研究带来了重大发现并建立了新的生物学范式，例如自剪接 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的功能中的作用提供了新的见解。纤毛原生动物的不寻常生物学（例如，每个细胞中存在两个功能不同的细胞核、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独特的机会来获得对主要生物过程的机械理解。从摘要和海报中选出的简短演讲将重点介绍前沿和最新的研究。作为 TAGC 的一部分，纤毛虫群落将能够接触其他模式生物群落，向他们介绍纤毛虫，并建立新的联系和潜在的教育和研究合作。