Dear colleagues, the Murnau Conference 2010 on Structural Biology of the Modern RNA World will be taking place from 13 to 16 October, 2010.
As you might already know, the Murnau Conference is an international meeting that covers medically relevant and timely topics in the wide field of modern structural biology. A clear goal of the conference, which will take place this year for the third time, is to bring together the most eminent scientists in the field with young researchers in a casual atmosphere in the heart of Europe. The first two meetings in the series which took place in 2005 (Structural Biology of Molecular Recognition) and 2007 (Structural Biology of Disease Mechanisms) were very well received- please see www.murnauconference.de<http://www.murnauconference.de> and also the 2007 meeting report in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 15, 117 - 120 (2008). This time, we have chosen the exciting new developments in the rapidly evolving field of RNA structural biology as the subject for 2010. As in 2005 and 2007 the number of participants at the meeting will be restricted to ~ 180, with ~30 non-overlapping oral presentations and up to 60 poster presentations. Online registration is now open on a first come-first served basis. The Murnau Conference 2010 will cover the major aspects of RNA structural biology in the following sessions: Session I: Transcription Session II: RNA processing Session III: Regulatory RNAs Session IV: RNA turnover and decay Session V: Translation Each session will be opened with a talk by a key session speaker who will provide a brief introduction to the session's subject. At the end of the conference there is going to be a panel discussion where all key session speakers will summarize the sessions and discuss outlooks and challenges of the various aspects in the field. Invited speakers include Nicola Abrescia (Derio) Roland Beckmann (Munich) Patrick Cramer (Munich) Jennifer Doudna (Berkeley) Juli Feigon (Los Angeles) John Gross (San Francisco) Robert Landick (Madison) Chris Lima (New York) Reinhard Lührmann (Göttingen) Kiyoshi Nagai (Cambridge) Dinshaw Patel (New York) Anna Pyle (New Haven) and Dieter Söll (New Haven) - Special "Murnau Lecture". We are honored to announce that the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009 laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Cambridge) has also accepted our invitation to give a talk at the conference. Murnau is a picturesque small town located directly at lake Staffelsee in the Bavarian alpine upland between Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. There will be an exciting social program including a visit to the Wieskirche, a famous Rococo church and a UNESCO World Heritage site. In addition the conference will be enriched by a typical Bavarian evening in a fashionable microbrewery. There should be ample time for stimulating discussions with participants from all over the world. We would be delighted to meet you at the conference. Please spread the information amongst your colleagues to help us attract a broad audience and an interesting cross-section of the community. Should you be interested in the conference poster (either in print or as a jpg-file), please let us know. Also, please do not hesitate to contact us in case of further questions. We will be glad to provide any further information that you may need. Sincerely, Prof. Dr. Dirk Heinz in the name of the organization committee www.murnauconference.de<http://www.murnauconference.de> -------------------------------------------------------- Murnau 2010 Conference Secretary -------------------------------------------------------- Christine Bentz Personal Assistant to Prof. Dr. Dirk Heinz Division of Structural Biology christine.be...@helmholtz-hzi.de Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Inhoffenstrasse 7 38124 Braunschweig, Germany Fon 0049 (0)531.6181.7002 Fax 0049 (0)531.6181.7099 Monday - Friday / 8 am - 4 pm -------------------------------------------------------- Protect the environment - please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to
