TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL
September 3 - 7, 2008
Abstract Deadline: June 11, 2008

Organizers:
Alan Hinnebusch, National Institute of Child Health & Human
Development, National Institutes of Health
Terri Kinzy, UMDNJ R. W. Johnson Medical School
Peter Sarnow, Stanford University

past program

You are cordially invited to participate in the eleventh conference on Translational Control to be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The opening session will begin at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, September 3 and the meeting will end after lunch on Sunday, September 7, 2008. As currently planned, the program will have eight sessions devoted to oral presentations, together with three poster sessions for presentations which cannot be accommodated in the formal sessions. Selection of talks for the oral sessions will be made by the organizers in conjunction with the session chairpersons, from the submitted abstracts.

Sessions & Chairs:
• Initiation Factors & Mechanism
Graham Pavitt

• Regulatory Elements in mRNA (inc. IRESs)
Martin Holcik

• Viruses & Disease
Eva Harris

• Ribosome Structure & Function
Marat Yusopov

• Elongation & Termination
Marina Rodnina

• Development, CNS & Signaling
Claudia Bagni

• miRNAs & Regulation of Factors
Thomas Preiss

• mRNA Turnover
Jens Lykke-Andersen

Invited Speakers:
Jody Puglisi
Venki Ramakrishnan
Joan Steitz

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. Apply in writing to meetings@cshl.edu stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.

We hope that you or a member of your laboratory will be able to participate. In addition, please bring this announcement to the attention of any other interested parties. We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in September.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

We have funds to provide partial scholarships for individuals who are US citizens/permanent residents from minority groups under-represented in the life sciences. Please provide justification in writing to meetings@cshl.edu and state your financial needs. Preference will be given to those applying who submit abstracts to the meeting.

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting.