RNA Society 2008 eBallot

T he RNA Society wants your vote! The RNA Society 2008 election for President-elect, Secretary/Treasurer and Board of Directors is being conducted online again this year. You can vote from the comfort of your computer from any internet connections. Just click here.

The RNA 2008 Annual Meeting

T he 13th annual meeting of the RNA Society will take place in the fascinating city of Berlin on the Free University campus from Monday, July 28th through Sunday, August 3rd, 2008. Registration is now OPEN. The abstract and registration deadline is March 24th, 2008. For more information, see the Spring 2008 newsletter coming in February and at the meeting website .

See you in Berlin!
The organizing committee
(Elena Conti, Volker Erdmann, Witek Filipowicz, Reinhard Luhrmann, Joan Steitz, Juan Valcarcel)

2008 RNA Society/Scaringe Award

D ear Colleagues,

We wish to bring to your attention The RNA Society/Scaringe Young Scientist Award. This Award was established to recognize the achievement of young scientists engaged in RNA research and to encourage them to pursue a career in the field of RNA. The award is open to all junior scientists (graduate students or postdoctoral fellows) from all regions of the world who have made a significant contribution to the broad area of RNA. The award is not restricted to authors who have published in the RNA Journal. The prize will recognize one outstanding graduate student and one postdoctoral fellow based on their research accomplishments to date, a 1000-word essay describing their scientific contributions to RNA research, and a 500-word abstract for a review in their field of RNA research. Additional information about the judging criteria and the award can be found on the first page of the attached application form.

Sincerely Yours,

Timothy Nilsen, Editor, RNA
Philip Bevilacqua, Member of Editorial Board, RNA
Brenda Bass, President
Evelyn Jabri, CEO

2008 Annual ASBMB Meeting
April 5-9th, 2008
San Diego, CA

Microsymposium on Small RNAs
May19-21st, 2008
Vienna, Austria

First International EURASNET Conference on Alternative Splicing
May 21-23rd, 2008
Krakow, Poland
Organizers : Artur Jarmolowski, Jean Beggs, Angela Krämer, Stefan Stamm

GRC: Biology of Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation Conference
June 29-July 4th, 2008.
Colby College, ME

"Towards elucidating the splicing code", 5th International Alternative Splicing Special Interest Group meeting (AS-SIG)
July 18-19th, 2008
Toronto, Canada
Organizers : Benjamin Blencowe, Dirk Holste, Eduardo Eyras, Graziano Pesole

The 48th American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting
December 13-17, 2008
The Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
Abstract Deadlines: minisymposia presentations: August 7, 2008
Abstract Deadline: poster presentations: September 3, 2008

The RNA Society was formed in 1993 to facilitate sharing and dissemination of experimental results and emerging concepts in ribonucleic acid research. The Society encompasses RNA research in the broadest sense: from the ribosome to the spliceosome, from RNA viruses to catalytic RNAs. It is a multidisciplinary society, representing molecular, evolutionary and structural biology, biochemistry, biomedical sciences, chemistry, genetics, and virology as they relate to questions of the structure and function of RNA and of ribonucleoprotein assemblies.
Additional information about the history of the RNA Society can be found in the first issue of the Society Newsletter

The RNA journal is a publication of the RNA Society. It serves as an international forum for publishing original reports on RNA research in the broadest sense. It is a monthly journal which provides rapid publication of significant original research in all areas of RNA structure and function in eukaryotic, prokaryotic, and viral systems.
It covers a broad range of subjects in RNA research, including: structural analysis by biochemical or biophysical means; mRNA structure, function and biogenesis; alternative processing: cis-acting elements and trans-acting factors; ribosome structure and function; translational control; RNA catalysis; tRNA structure, function biogenesis and identity; RNA editing; rRNA structure, function and biogenesis; RNA transport and localization; regulatory RNAs; large and small RNP structure, function and biogenesis; viral RNA metabolism; RNA stability and turnover; in vitro evolution; and RNA chemistry.

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