The 17th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society will take place May 29th to
\nJune 3rd in Ann Arbor, Michigan. A new venue for the RNA Society, Ann
\nArbor is a university town with a beautiful campus to host the event that
\nis easily reached, via an only half-hour shuttle, from the Detroit
\nMetropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW).<\/p>\n
This year, we will have three plenary speakers on Tuesday night: Brenda
\nBass (University of Utah), Olke Uhlenbeck (Northwestern University) and
\nJonathan Weissman (University of California, San Francisco). Over the
\nfollowing days, there will be 12 sessions covering a diversity of RNA
\ntopics (Small RNAs, Non-coding RNAs, Translation, Pre-mRNA splicing,
\nCatalytic RNAs, mRNA turnover, Regulation of gene expression, RNA
\nStructure\/Function, Disease\/Pathogen\/Therapeutics, Structure and function
\nof RNA-protein complexes, and Bioinformatics\/systems biology) plus four
\nworkshops with hot topics solicited from suggestions and abstracts. For
\neach session, there will be an introductory (plenary) lecture of 30
\nminutes to showcase recent research from an individual lab. Following
\nthis, the chair will introduce the session (in 15 minutes) by providing
\nsome background on the topic of the session and perspective on some of the
\nbig remaining questions in that field. As always, other speakers in each
\nsession will be chosen from the abstracts with four days of rapid fire
\nshort talks presenting new and exciting results.<\/p>\n
In addition to the purely scientific events, the program will include
\nspecial events such as a Beer Hall, Junior Scientists Social,
\nMentor-Mentee Lunch, Career Development Workshop, Awards Ceremony, and the
\nRNA & Society Dinner featuring Laurie Zoloth, a well-known bioethicist.
\nLast but not least, the Banquet & Dance at the Henry Ford Museum near
\nDetroit will showcase one of the premier science and technology museums in
\nthe country with a special exhibition on the Titanic and with wild dancing
\nunder a suspended vintage airplane. These are events not to be missed!<\/p>\n
We invite you to join us for another fantastic RNA Society Meeting.<\/p>\n
Rachel Green
\nNils Walter
\nMelissa Moore
\nGerhart Wagner<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"