Function Through Disorder: Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Biology and Medicine

The Gordon Research Seminar on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The second IDP GRS will focus on emerging and evolving ideas regarding the involvement of disordered proteins in critical cellular processes. We will discuss the fundamental properties of IDPs, recent advances in methods used to characterize IDPs, and the many roles of IDPs in normal cellular function and disease.

The GRS will provide junior scientists a venue to present, discuss, and receive feedback on their research, expand their knowledge of established principles as well as relevant pending questions in the field, and promote interactions and constructive networking with successful established scientists as well as with their peers. The meeting will conclude with a mentoring session led by experienced researchers who will offer their perspectives and advice on establishing independent research careers and the associated challenges and rewards of careers in science.

We encourage applications from both those familiar with the field as well as those for whom IDPs are a new topic of interest, to promote discussion and exchange of ideas to drive this exciting area of research forward.