The focus of the 2010 Biopolymers Gordon Research Conference will be on understanding fundamental physical-chemical properties of biopolymers including their structures, folding, dynamics, stability, and interactions. The meeting will assemble leaders in the biopolymers field with junior scientists, postdocs and students in a five-day conference to discuss current approaches to elucidating the structures, function and folding of biopolymers and their complexes. The conference plays a unique role in fostering interdisciplinary interactions among scientists who apply a breadth of techniques to understanding a number of distinct systems. In addition to a keynote address that will be delivered by Dr. Peter Wright, the 2010 schedule includes the following exciting scientific sessions: RNA Structure, Folding and Dynamics; Molecular Machines Acting on Nucleic Acids; Binding, Allostery and Dynamics; Proteins from Birth to Death; Biopolymers by Design; Membrane Proteins: Structure, Folding and Function; Folding and Unfolding, Order and Disorder; and Amyloid (Death by Misfolding). The sessions have been designed so that each topic is addressed using a range of approaches and techniques including simulation, NMR spectroscopy, single molecule measurements, x-ray crystallography and traditional solution methods. As with all Gordon Research Conferences the Biopolymers conference will provide ample opportunities for informal interactions in the afternoons and evenings. Poster sessions will provide a venue for graduate students and postdocs to discuss their research with leaders in the field.