Spring 2008 RNA Society Newsletter

W e are pleased to announce the release of the Spring 2008 RNA Society Newsletter. In this issue, we focus on the upcoming annual meeting in Berlin. We hope to see your there! Please feel free to distribute this newsletter to your colleagues, students and postdocs.

Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression: Mechanisms of mRNA Decay
September 14-19, 2008
Lucca, Italy
Organizers : William Marzluff, Allen Nicholson
The FASEB meeting on mRNA Degradation will be held this year in Lucca, Italy from Sept. 14-19. The meeting will cover a broad range of recent advances in mRNA degradation in both procaryotes and eucaryotes. Some speakers will be selected from the abstracts and partial travel awards will be available for junior investigators. For further information about the meeting contact Bill Marzluff (marzluff[at]med.unc.edu) or Allen Nicholson (Allen.Nicholson[at]temple.edu)
To register for the meeting: https://secure.faseb.org/FASEB/meetings/summrconf/

RNA Regulatory Mechanisms Implicated in Human Diseases Both Rare and Common
October 12-16, 2008
Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Organizers : Jack Keene, Perry Blackshear, Gary Brewer, Myriam Gorospe and David Port
The deadline for application is August 15, 2008, but space is limited

2008 Rustbelt RNA meeting
October 17-18, 2008
Deer Creek State Park and Resort, Mt. Sterling, Ohio
Organizers : Dawn Chandler and Girish Shukla, Organizers
Registration open until September 15, 2008

The 48th American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting
December 13-17, 2008
The Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
Abstract Deadlines: minisymposia presentations: August 7, 2008
Abstract Deadline: poster presentations: September 3, 2008

The RNA Society was formed in 1993 to facilitate sharing and dissemination of experimental results and emerging concepts in ribonucleic acid research. The Society encompasses RNA research in the broadest sense: from the ribosome to the spliceosome, from RNA viruses to catalytic RNAs. It is a multidisciplinary society, representing molecular, evolutionary and structural biology, biochemistry, biomedical sciences, chemistry, genetics, and virology as they relate to questions of the structure and function of RNA and of ribonucleoprotein assemblies.
Additional information about the history of the RNA Society can be found in the first issue of the Society Newsletter

The RNA journal is a publication of the RNA Society. It serves as an international forum for publishing original reports on RNA research in the broadest sense. It is a monthly journal which provides rapid publication of significant original research in all areas of RNA structure and function in eukaryotic, prokaryotic, and viral systems.
It covers a broad range of subjects in RNA research, including: structural analysis by biochemical or biophysical means; mRNA structure, function and biogenesis; alternative processing: cis-acting elements and trans-acting factors; ribosome structure and function; translational control; RNA catalysis; tRNA structure, function biogenesis and identity; RNA editing; rRNA structure, function and biogenesis; RNA transport and localization; regulatory RNAs; large and small RNP structure, function and biogenesis; viral RNA metabolism; RNA stability and turnover; in vitro evolution; and RNA chemistry.

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