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Origin of Life Doubletree Hotel, Ventura, CA, USA January 7-12, 1996
Origins of Life on Earth Deep Molecular Phylogeny
Anastassia Kanavarioti, University of California, Santa Cruz, Mitchell Sogin, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, USA: Chair USA: Chair
Stanley Miller, University of California, San Diego, USA: Peter Gogarten, University of Connecticut, USA: The last Efficient prebiotic synthesis of pyrimidines common ancestor
Alan Weiner, Yale University, USA: Genomic tags and the Norman Pace, Indiana University, USA: Deep branches of evolution of genomic structure the Archael tree
Polymers of Life Gary Olsen, University of Illinois, USA: Ancient diversi- fication of polymerase proteins Alan Schwartz, University of Nijmegan, The Netherlands: Chair Earth's Earliest Biosphere
Albert Eschenmoser, ETH-ZClrich, Switzerland: Pyranosyl Andrew Knoll, Harvard University, USA: Chair RNA William Schopf, University of California, Los Angeles, USA: Leslie Orgel, Salk Institute, USA: Formation of polyamides Precambrian microbial life on RNA templates, minerals and micelles David DesMarais, NASA Ames Research Center, USA: Isotopic James Ferris, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA: Nucleo- signature of the ancient biosphere tide polymerization on mineral surfaces Exobiological exploration of Mars Chemical Self-Replication John Kerridge, University of California, San Diego, USA: Chair Gerald Joyce, Scripps Research Institute, USA: Chair Jack Farmer, NASA Ames Research Center, USA: Exploring Gt~nther yon Kiedrowski, Universit~t Freiburg, Germany: Self- for a Martian biosphere: the Global Surveyor Program replicating polynucleotide analogues and beyond
Julius Rebek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA: Philip Christensen, Arizona State University, USA: Composi- Synthetic self-replicators tion of the Martian surface
RNA-Based Evolution Christopher McKay, NASA Ames Research Center, USA: Analysis of the Mars Soil oxidant Andrew Ellington, Indiana University, USA: Chair A Planetary Basis for Life Jack Szostak, Harvard Medical School, USA: In vitro evolu- tion of novel ribozymes William hwine, University of Massachusetts, USA: Chair
David Barrel, Whitehead Institute, USA: RNA-catalyzed RNA Robert Brown, Space Telescope Science Institute, USA: Extra- ligation solar planetary systems
Michael Yarus, University of Colorado, USA: RNA-catalyzed James Kasting, Penn State University, USA: Circumstellar aminoacylation habitable zones
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1996 KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA on Molecular and Cellular Biology
Application/Abstract Deadline: Sept. 6, 1995 Gene Therapy for Hematopoietic Stem Cells in Posttranscriptlonal RNA Processing Genetic Disease and Cancer Organizers: Kenneth Stuart, Michael Green and Integrins and Signaling Events in Organizers: Stefan Karlsson, Keith Humphries and Jack Szostak Cell Biology and Disease Paul Toistoshev March 11-17, 1996; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Organizers: David A. Cheresh and February 4,10, 1996; Taos, New Mexico Martin A. Schwartz Molecular Basis for Drug Resistance in Bacteria, January 5-11, I996; Keystone, Colorado Cell .~r~lon Parasites and Fungi Organizers: Michael P. Sheetz, Rick Horwitz and Organizers: Stuart B. Levy and Thomas E. Wellems Molecular and Developmental Biology of the Doug Lauffenburger March 11-17, 1996; Park City, Utah Extracellular Matrix . February 4-10, 1996; Santa Fe, New Mexico Organizers: Benoit de Crombrugghe, The Extracellular Matrix of Plants: Molecular, JClayton A. Buck and Francesco Ramirez Neural Peptides Cellular and Developmental Biology [January 5-11, 1996; Keystone, Colorado Organizers: Richard E. Mains, James F. Battey and Organizers: Andrew Staehelin, Michael Hahn, Norman Robert A. Steiner Lew~s, Andrew Mort and Keith Roberts Small GTP-binding Proteins and Growth Factor February 8-14, 1996; Lake Tahoe, California March 15-21, 1996; Tamarron, Colorado Signaling Pathways Inductive Interactions during Vertebrate Embryo- Organizers: Gary M. Bokoch and Richard A. Cerione Application/Abstract Deadline: Nov. 15, 1995 January 5-11, 1996; Tamarron, Colorado genesis Organizers: Steven C. Pruitt, Marianne Bronner-Fraser, Steroid/Thyroid/Retinoic Acid Gene Family Oxidant Stress: From Molecules to Man Robert M. Grainger, Mary Mutlins, Christopher V.E Organizers: Kathryn B. Horwitz, John A. Cidlowski and Organizers: Mary E. Gerritsen, D. Neil Granger and Wright and Richard R. Behringer Ronald Evans Guy Zimmerman February 8-14, 1996; Hilton Head island, South Carolina March 17-23, 1996; Lake Tahoe, California January 8-14, 1996; Santa Fe, New Me,~co Molecular Mechanisms in DNA Replication and Transcriptional Mechanisms The Cell Cycle Recombination Organizers: Thomas Shenk and Danny Reinberg Organizers: Steven I. Reed and Joan Ruderman Organizers: Michael O'Donnell and Stephen C. West March 17-23, 1996; Taos, New Mexico January 11-17, 1996; Taos, New Mexico February 10-16, 1996; Taos, New Mexico Lymphocyte Activation Blood Stem Cell and Bone Marrow Transplants Cell Biology of Virus Entry, Replication and Organizers: Susan L Swain, BJ. Fowtkes and John Organizers: Robert Peter Gale, Richard E. Champlin and Pathogenesis Cambier James O. Armitage Organizers: Richard W. Compans, Ari Helenius and March 20-26, 1996; Hilton Head Island, South Carolina January 15-21, 1996; Keystone, Colorado Michael B.A. Oldstone February 10.16, 1996; Santa Fe, New Mexico Proteolytic Enzymes and Inhlbitors in Biology and Application/Abstract Deadline: Sept. 20,1995 Medicine Application/Abstract Deadline: Oct. 18, 1995 Organizers: James Travis, Clarence A. Ryan, Hidsaki Molecular Biology of HIV Nagase and Christine Debouck Organizers: B. Matija Peterlin and Bryan Cullen Molecular Regulation of Platelet Production March 25-31, 1996; Keystone, Colorado January 17-23, 1996; Taos, New Mexico Organizers: Martin J. Murphy, Alan M. Gewirtz and Si Lok Immunopathogenesis of HIV Infection Hepatitis C and Beyond February 16-22, 1996; Taos, New Mexico Organizers: Robert Schooley, Bruce D. Walker and Organizers: Richard H. Decker and Robert H. Purcell Denis Henrard January 23-29, 1996; Burlington, Vermont The Hematopoietic Microenvironment March 26-April 1,1996; Hilton Head island, South Carolina Organizers: Armand Keating and Joel Greenberger T'r~sue Engineering February 16-22, 1996; Taos, New Mexco Signal Transduction through Tyrosine Kinases Organizers: Jeffrey A. Hubbell and A. Hari Reddi Organizers: Ralph A. Bradshaw, Lena Classen-Welsh, January 23-29, 1996; Taos, New Mexico Exploring and Exploiting AntJl~cly and David Kaplan, Linda Pike and Klaus Seedorf Ig Superfamily Combining Sites March 27-April 2, 1996; Taos, New Mexico Wound Repair in Context Organizers: Edgar Haber and James S. Huston Organizers: Richard A. Clark and John McPherson February 22-28, 1996; Taos, New Mexico Signalingin Neuronal Development, Differentiation January 23-29, 1996; Taos, New Mexico and Degeneration Molecular Helminthology: An Integrated Approach Organizers: Mariano 8arbacid, Michael Greenberg, IThe Molecular Biology of the Cardiovascular System Organizers: James L. Bennett, Timothy G. Gear,/, Ronafd McKay and George Yancopoulos Organizers: Jeffrey M. Leiden, V~ctor J. Dzau, Donald L Riddle, Richard M. Maizels, Philip LoVerde March 27-Aprit 2, 1996; Taos, New Mexico Richard Lawn, Christine Seidman, Robert Rosenberg and Valarie Williamson and R. Sanders Williams February 22-28, 1996; Santa Fe, New Mexico January 29-February 4, 1996; Keystone, Colorado Molecular Approaches to the Function of Registration in any meeting in an Breast and Prostate Cancer: Basic Mechanisms I• Intercellular Junctions outlined group qualifies for atten- Organizers: Mina Bisselland TimothyThompson Organizers: Bruce J. 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