FrontMatter -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Selected Invited Conference Papers -- Update on Markey Scholars--Krystyna Isaacs, Ph.D. -- Ensuring the Future Participation of Women in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering--Shirley M. Tilghman, Ph.D. -- The Future of Non-profit Funding in Biomedical Research--Gerald M. Rubin, Ph.D. -- New Directions in Genomic Research--Janet D. Rowley, M.D. -- Papers Presented by Markey Scholars -- Functional Genomics--George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D. -- Electrophysiology of Synapses--Daniel V. Madison, Ph.D. -- Transcription, Chromatin Assembly, and Homologous Recombination in Chromatin--James T. Kadonaga, Ph.D. -- The New Biology--David C. Schwartz, Ph.D. -- Signal Transduction in Bacteria--Ann Stock, Ph.D. -- AAKI, a Novel Kinase that Regulates Cargo Selection for Clatherin-Mediated Endocytosis--Sandra Louise Schmid, Ph.D. -- Abstracts of Poster Sessions -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Agenda -- Appendix B Speaker's Biographical Sketches -- Appendix C Conference Participants.