EUKARYOTIC mRNA PROCESSING

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory , Cold Spring Harbor, New York
August 20 - 24, 1997 (Wed - Sun)

Invited Speakers:
All talks and posters will be chosen from submitted abstracts on the basis of scientific merit.

Program:
You are cordially invited to submit abstracts for the Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Eukaryotic mRNA Processing which will focus on the mechanisms of mRNA splicing and polyadenylation in metazoans and yeast. There will be eight oral presentation sessions and two poster sessions. Session topics and speakers will be selected on the basis of the abstracts submitted. One or more sessions are anticipated in the following areas:

snRNPs and assembly of the spliceosome
splicing factors and spliceosome-associated proteins
SR proteins
splicing catalysis
Mechanisms of splicing regulation
Mechanisms and control of 3' end processing
hnRNPs, transport, and localization
other topics to be announced.

Session Chairs:

Susan Berget, Baylor College of Medicine
Magda Konarska, Rockefeller University
Reinhard Lührmann, Philipps Universität, Marburg, Germany
Tom Maniatis, Harvard University
Lynne Maquat, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Andrew Newman, Medical Research Council,UK
Nick Proudfoot, Oxford University, UK
Joel Richter, Worcester Foundation
Philip Sharp, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Registration :
ONLINE REGISTRATION & ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

(No registration will be accepted unless accompanied by a deposit.)

Deadline for Abstracts: June 4, 1997

Email for Requests and Registration: meetings@cshl.org