TRANSLATIONAL CONTROL
September 13 - 17, 2010
Abstract Deadline: June 13, 2010

Organizers:
Thomas Dever, National Institutes of Health
Paul Fox, The Cleveland Clinic
Alan Hinnebusch, National Institutes of Health
Elisa Izaurralde, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology

past program

You are cordially invited to participate in the twelfth conference on Translational Control to be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. The opening session will begin at 7:30 pm on Monday, September 13 and the meeting will end after lunch on Friday, September 17, 2010. 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.

Invited Speakers:
Prof. Jamie Cate, University of California, Berkeley
Rachel Green, Johns Hopkins Uni.School of Medicine, HHMI
Eric Klann, New York University Center for Neural Science
Paul Schimmel, The Scripps Research Institute

Sessions & Chairs:
Initiation Factors and Mechanism
Jon Lorsch, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Regulatory Elements and Their Trans-Acting Factors
Sunnie Thompson, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Viruses and Disease
Gregor Meyers, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany

Ribosome Structure/Function
Jon Dinman, University of Maryland

Elongation/Termination
David Bedwell, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Development, CNS and Signaling
Wayne Sossin, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Canada

miRNAs and other non-coding RNAs
Witold Filipowicz, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland

mRNA turnover
Lynne Maquat, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline.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 beavers@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.

All questions pertaining to registration, fees, housing, meals, transportation, visas, abstract submission or any other matters may be directed to beavers@cshl.edu

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 beavers@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.