Grant: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Genetics

The chemistry of nucleic acids is wide and diverse. The symposium "Nucleic Acids Chemistry" will take place during the Canadian Chemistry Conference May 29-June 2 2010 in Toronto Ontario. This one and a half day symposium will be devoted to the biochemistry, chemistry and structural biology of nucleic acids. This symposium will bring together researchers from Canada and showcase their research to invited speakers from outside of Canada. The format of the symposium includes talks from nine invited speakers, talks chosen from the submitted abstracts and a poster session. The symposium will have participants from all stages of their scientific career, with talks from established PIs, post-doctoral researchers and graduate students. The Nucleic Acids Chemistry symposium is an important venue to allow researchers to network, allow interdisciplinary discussion, develop interdisciplinary collaborations and to provide a place for trainees to interact with their peers and with established leaders in their field.