RNA Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference (GRC) 2017

RNA Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and would be held during Jan 22 - 27, 2017 at Ventura Beach Marriott - Ventura, California, United States Of America.

The 2017 GRC in RNA Nanotechnology will draw on the success of the first conference on this topic, held in 2015, to foster collaborations between scientists and engineers working in the diverse fields of chemistry, biochemistry, structural biology, microbiology, cancer biology, cell biology, biophysics, pharmacy, materials, and nanotechnology, with the purpose of promoting transformative advances that will enable the monitoring and improvement of human health and the diagnosis and treatment of diseases utilizing the unique modality provided by RNA-based nanoparticles.

RNA Nanotechnology has emerged from a series of important discoveries over the past 30 years, showing that: 1) RNA molecules, like proteins, can form complex and compact folded structures; 2) RNA molecules can function as enzymes, just like proteins, to catalyze important reactions in living cells macromolecules; 3) most RNA molecules in human cells are non-protein coding RNA (ncRNA) and play important roles in regulating gene expression; 4) most of the genome is transcribed and most of RNA produced is functional; 5) RNA is capable of self-assembly into complex quaternary structures, in association with other RNA molecules, proteins, or even DNA; and 6) RNA is capable of specifically binding small molecules and changing its structure in response to binding. Like proteins, RNA molecules form complex, hierarchically organized structures, that span several orders of magnitude.