Conferences
Conference update
April 4 - 5, 2011 Eighth International RNAi, MicroRNAs and Oligos Meeting 2011
Waltham, MA, USA Further information
Meeting on RNA interference: Biochemistry to Drugs and Therapeutics
Suggested reading: RNA Interference and Viruses: Current Innovations and Future Trends
April 4 - 5, 2011 First International Single (Molecule) Cell Biology and Real-Time PCR Meeting 2011
Waltham, MA, USA Further information
Meeting‚ on Single Molecule Detection to Amplification and Molecular Imaging
Suggested reading: Real-Time PCR books
July 11 - 12, 2011 Fourth International Epigenomics, Sequencing and SNiPs Meeting 2011
Boston, MA, USA Further information
Meeting on Chromatin Methylation to Disease Biology and Theranostics
Suggested reading: Epigenetics
Waltham, MA, USA Further information
Meeting on RNA interference: Biochemistry to Drugs and Therapeutics
Suggested reading: RNA Interference and Viruses: Current Innovations and Future Trends
April 4 - 5, 2011 First International Single (Molecule) Cell Biology and Real-Time PCR Meeting 2011
Waltham, MA, USA Further information
Meeting‚ on Single Molecule Detection to Amplification and Molecular Imaging
Suggested reading: Real-Time PCR books
July 11 - 12, 2011 Fourth International Epigenomics, Sequencing and SNiPs Meeting 2011
Boston, MA, USA Further information
Meeting on Chromatin Methylation to Disease Biology and Theranostics
Suggested reading: Epigenetics
Conference update
June 27 - 29, 2011 Advances in the cellular and molecular biology of angiogenesis
Birmingham, UK Further information
Understanding angiogenesis (the growth of new blood vessels) is crucial to reduce morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease, alleviate developmental problems, and maximise reparative tissue remodelling. Of particular interest are those conditions where vascular growth is excessive (e.g. tumours) or insufficient (e.g. ischaemia). This meeting will emphasise an integrative approach to unravelling the molecular and cellular basis of angiogenesis. The likely focus will be on the control by vascular cell surface receptors, intracellular signalling pathways, cell proliferation, cell-cell interaction, and the functional consequences for health and disease. Recent progress in both technical and conceptual approaches are improving our understanding, and this meeting aims to facilitate cross-fertilisation of ideas among workers in related fields, but disciplines that rarely have the chance to interact.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Birmingham, UK Further information
Understanding angiogenesis (the growth of new blood vessels) is crucial to reduce morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease, alleviate developmental problems, and maximise reparative tissue remodelling. Of particular interest are those conditions where vascular growth is excessive (e.g. tumours) or insufficient (e.g. ischaemia). This meeting will emphasise an integrative approach to unravelling the molecular and cellular basis of angiogenesis. The likely focus will be on the control by vascular cell surface receptors, intracellular signalling pathways, cell proliferation, cell-cell interaction, and the functional consequences for health and disease. Recent progress in both technical and conceptual approaches are improving our understanding, and this meeting aims to facilitate cross-fertilisation of ideas among workers in related fields, but disciplines that rarely have the chance to interact.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Conference alert
February 20 - 26, 2011 Trends in Genetics: Genomic Instability and Pathways of Response
Yerevan, Armenia Further information
FEBS Advanced Lecture Course
Suggested reading: Genetics Books
Yerevan, Armenia Further information
FEBS Advanced Lecture Course
Suggested reading: Genetics Books
5th Annual DREAM Reverse Engineering Challenges
November 16 - 20, 2010 5th Annual DREAM Reverse Engineering Challenges
New York, USA Further information
Held jointly with the 6th Annual RECOMB Satellite on Systems Biology, and the 7th Annual RECOMB Satellite on Regulatory Genomics. The goal of the meeting is to bring together computational and experimental scientists in the area of regulatory genomics and systems biology, to discuss current research directions, latest findings, and establish new collaborations towards a systems-level understanding of gene regulation. The meeting consists of keynote presentations, oral presentations selected from submitted manuscripts and 1-page abstracts, and posters presentations also selected from submitted abstracts. More than 500 participants attended last year\'s meeting, the vast majority of whom attended all three meetings, and we expect a similar interest this year.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
New York, USA Further information
Held jointly with the 6th Annual RECOMB Satellite on Systems Biology, and the 7th Annual RECOMB Satellite on Regulatory Genomics. The goal of the meeting is to bring together computational and experimental scientists in the area of regulatory genomics and systems biology, to discuss current research directions, latest findings, and establish new collaborations towards a systems-level understanding of gene regulation. The meeting consists of keynote presentations, oral presentations selected from submitted manuscripts and 1-page abstracts, and posters presentations also selected from submitted abstracts. More than 500 participants attended last year\'s meeting, the vast majority of whom attended all three meetings, and we expect a similar interest this year.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
ESF-EMBO Symposium on Molecular Perspectives on Protein-Protein Interactions
November 14 - 19, 2010 ESF-EMBO Symposium on Molecular Perspectives on Protein-Protein Interactions
Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain Further information
The conference aims to gather scientists from molecular cell biology, biochemistry, structural biology, biophysics and bioinformatics with the common interest to explore the immensely important field of protein-protein interactions. The particular focus of the conference will be on molecular aspects of protein-protein interactions. Topics will include theory and computation, thermodynamics & kinetics, intrinsically unstructured protein complexes, PPI in disease and drug development, protein interaction networks, signaling complexes, membrane protein complexes, emerging and single molecule techniques, evolution and design as well as large multi-protein complexes. Fundamental and applied problems in these fields will be discussed from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain Further information
The conference aims to gather scientists from molecular cell biology, biochemistry, structural biology, biophysics and bioinformatics with the common interest to explore the immensely important field of protein-protein interactions. The particular focus of the conference will be on molecular aspects of protein-protein interactions. Topics will include theory and computation, thermodynamics & kinetics, intrinsically unstructured protein complexes, PPI in disease and drug development, protein interaction networks, signaling complexes, membrane protein complexes, emerging and single molecule techniques, evolution and design as well as large multi-protein complexes. Fundamental and applied problems in these fields will be discussed from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
MicroRNAs Conference
November 1 - 2, 2010 MicroRNAs: Biology to Development and Disease
Oxford, UK Further information
Fifth International MicroRNAs Europe 2010‚ Meeting
Suggested reading: RNA and the Regulation of Gene Expression: A Hidden Layer of Complexity
Oxford, UK Further information
Fifth International MicroRNAs Europe 2010‚ Meeting
Suggested reading: RNA and the Regulation of Gene Expression: A Hidden Layer of Complexity
Genotyping Conference
September 20 - 21, 2010 Genotyping, SNiPs to Traits and Diseases
Oxford, UK Further information
First International EGM: European Genomics-2010- Meeting. Topics include Genomic Studies in plants and animal model organisms, Genotyping with various Technological Platforms, Discovery of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Human Trait Genes, SNP Hybrid Arrays and Mapping Studies, Copy Number and Structural Variations, Genome Variation and Allele-specific Gene Expression, Haplotype Mapping and Variome Projects, Comparative Genomic hybridization , Global Variation in the human Genome and Disease causing variants, SNP Genotyping and real-time PCR, Disease-associated SNPs , Disease Genetics and Diagnostics, Exponential Quantitative Trait Loss.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Oxford, UK Further information
First International EGM: European Genomics-2010- Meeting. Topics include Genomic Studies in plants and animal model organisms, Genotyping with various Technological Platforms, Discovery of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Human Trait Genes, SNP Hybrid Arrays and Mapping Studies, Copy Number and Structural Variations, Genome Variation and Allele-specific Gene Expression, Haplotype Mapping and Variome Projects, Comparative Genomic hybridization , Global Variation in the human Genome and Disease causing variants, SNP Genotyping and real-time PCR, Disease-associated SNPs , Disease Genetics and Diagnostics, Exponential Quantitative Trait Loss.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Conference Alert: Non-Coding Genome
October 13 - 16, 2010 The Non-Coding Genome
Heidelberg, Germany Further information
This symposium will provide an interdisciplinary discussion of the roles of non-coding RNAs with the aim of enhancing our understanding of gene regulation and function. Topics will include recent discoveries in the fields of prokaryotic and eukaryotic long and short non-coding RNAs. The functional roles of non-coding RNAs in a wide variety of cell processes will be discussed.
Suggested reading: RNA Interference and Viruses: Current Innovations and Future Trends
Heidelberg, Germany Further information
This symposium will provide an interdisciplinary discussion of the roles of non-coding RNAs with the aim of enhancing our understanding of gene regulation and function. Topics will include recent discoveries in the fields of prokaryotic and eukaryotic long and short non-coding RNAs. The functional roles of non-coding RNAs in a wide variety of cell processes will be discussed.
Suggested reading: RNA Interference and Viruses: Current Innovations and Future Trends
Conference alert: Neural Circuits
September 5 - 8, 2010 Structure and Function of Neural Circuits
Heidelberg, Germany Further information
Understanding the complexity and functional composition of cellular and synaptic networks in the nervous system is a major challenge in neurobiology. Genes and molecules impact directly the assembly, function, and plasticity of specific neural circuits, and recent studies in different model systems start to elucidate the functionality of neuronal connectomes as an higher organisational entity required for the generation of complex behaviours. The goal of this Symposium is to highlight recent work on the anatomical and functional analysis of behaviourally-relevant neural circuits in genetically tractable model systems, and to promote the exchange of ideas and methods in this exciting field of research.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Heidelberg, Germany Further information
Understanding the complexity and functional composition of cellular and synaptic networks in the nervous system is a major challenge in neurobiology. Genes and molecules impact directly the assembly, function, and plasticity of specific neural circuits, and recent studies in different model systems start to elucidate the functionality of neuronal connectomes as an higher organisational entity required for the generation of complex behaviours. The goal of this Symposium is to highlight recent work on the anatomical and functional analysis of behaviourally-relevant neural circuits in genetically tractable model systems, and to promote the exchange of ideas and methods in this exciting field of research.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
PCR Seminar Online
No matter how good you are at PCR, you can always learn something from the speakers we have lined up for our Getting the most out of PCR live online seminar series. These guy eat, sleep and drink PCR.
Next up we have MIQE Guidelines Uncloaked, in which Greg Shipley will give you the inside track on the requirements you need to satisfy to make sure your PCR results are suitable for publication. You'd be mad to miss it.
This event goes out live tomorrow (Tue 8th June) at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm BST (UK) / 6pm CET. Click here to secure one of the remaining places on this live event..
You can also click here to take a look at our archive for this series, which now contains:
Magic in Solution: An Introduction and Brief History of PCR
Speaker: Carl Wittwer
Obtaining Maximum PCR Sensitivity and Specificity
Speaker: Cameron N. Gundry Attendence: 125
Significance of Controls and Standard Curves in PCR
Speaker: Ian Kavanagh
Next up we have MIQE Guidelines Uncloaked, in which Greg Shipley will give you the inside track on the requirements you need to satisfy to make sure your PCR results are suitable for publication. You'd be mad to miss it.
This event goes out live tomorrow (Tue 8th June) at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm BST (UK) / 6pm CET. Click here to secure one of the remaining places on this live event..
You can also click here to take a look at our archive for this series, which now contains:
Magic in Solution: An Introduction and Brief History of PCR
Speaker: Carl Wittwer
Obtaining Maximum PCR Sensitivity and Specificity
Speaker: Cameron N. Gundry Attendence: 125
Significance of Controls and Standard Curves in PCR
Speaker: Ian Kavanagh
Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture
November 1 - 3, 2010 Bio-Processing and Application of Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture
Cairo, Egypt Further information
1st International Conference of Bio-Processing and Application of Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture
Suggested reading: Microbiology Books
Cairo, Egypt Further information
1st International Conference of Bio-Processing and Application of Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture
Suggested reading: Microbiology Books
Getting The Most Out of PCR
We would like to draw your attention to an online seminar series "Getting The Most Out of PCR", which is being broadcast by the popular life science blog, Bitesize Bio. Bitesize Bio is headed by Nick Oswald and Suzanne Kennedy, who co-edited our recent title "PCR Troubleshooting and Optimization".
The series lineup includes many of the authors from this book and kicks off on 18 May with a talk from LightCycler co-inventor, Carl Wittwer, entitled "Magic in Solution: An Introduction and Brief History of PCR". This will be a great learning experience with an opportunity to ask questions and learn from experts and pioneers in the PCR field. The full program is shown below.
Click here to book your place on these excellent events.
Recommended reading: PCR publications
The series lineup includes many of the authors from this book and kicks off on 18 May with a talk from LightCycler co-inventor, Carl Wittwer, entitled "Magic in Solution: An Introduction and Brief History of PCR". This will be a great learning experience with an opportunity to ask questions and learn from experts and pioneers in the PCR field. The full program is shown below.
Click here to book your place on these excellent events.
- Magic in Solution: An Introduction and Brief History of PCR
Speaker: Carl Wittwer
18 May 2010 / 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET - Obtaining Maximum PCR Sensitivity and Specificity
Speaker: Cameron N. Gundry
25 May 2010 / 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET - Significance of Controls and Standard Curves in PCR
Speaker: Ian Kavanagh
01 June 2010 / 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET - The MBD2-based Enrichment Approach for Analyzing DNA methylation
Speaker: Chris Adams
08 June 2010 / 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET - The MIQE Guidelines Uncloaked
Speaker: Greg Shipley
15 June 2010 / 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET - High Resolution Melting Analysis - Beyond the SNP
Speaker: John Mackay
22 June 2010 / 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm GMT / 6pm CET
Recommended reading: PCR publications
Conference announcement
September 28 - 29, 2010 Probe Discovery
Washington, DC, USA Further information
2nd annual Probe Discovery conference and exhibition. The word probe is a broad term which can be interpreted to mean any one of a wide variety of agents. These include active chemistries discovered in academic screening labs or in government (MLPCN or the NIH), commercially available probes (i.e. dyes, antibodies, fluorescent proteins), failed drug candidates from Pharma, whole body or cellular imaging agents, specific biomarkers or tool molecules from chemogenomics and/or systems biology efforts. The goal of this conference is to bring all of the various incarnations of probe hunters together to share experience and network to a common purpose.
Suggested reading: Real-Time PCR: Current Technology and Applications
September 28 - 29, 2010 Ion Channel Targets
Washington, DC, USA Further information
6th annual Ion Channel Targets conference and exhibition. Agenda Topics: Ion Channels in Drug Discovery, Target Identification and Validation, Advances in Ion Channel Technology, Ion Channels & Drug Safety (including hERG), Outsourcing, Ion Channels in Disease Biology, Transporter Protein
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
September 27 - 30, 2010 Horizons in Molecular Biology
Gottingen, Germany Further information
The international PhD student symposium will feature talks from cell biology, developmental biology, structure biology, neuroscience and from this year's special session, future biology. Maria Leptin, Facundo Batista, Luis Serrano and last year's Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan are some of the confirmed speakers. Student talks and poster sessions are traditionally included in the program and give mainly young scientists the possibility to get valuable input for their own work. There is the possibility to apply for travel grants.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Washington, DC, USA Further information
2nd annual Probe Discovery conference and exhibition. The word probe is a broad term which can be interpreted to mean any one of a wide variety of agents. These include active chemistries discovered in academic screening labs or in government (MLPCN or the NIH), commercially available probes (i.e. dyes, antibodies, fluorescent proteins), failed drug candidates from Pharma, whole body or cellular imaging agents, specific biomarkers or tool molecules from chemogenomics and/or systems biology efforts. The goal of this conference is to bring all of the various incarnations of probe hunters together to share experience and network to a common purpose.
Suggested reading: Real-Time PCR: Current Technology and Applications
September 28 - 29, 2010 Ion Channel Targets
Washington, DC, USA Further information
6th annual Ion Channel Targets conference and exhibition. Agenda Topics: Ion Channels in Drug Discovery, Target Identification and Validation, Advances in Ion Channel Technology, Ion Channels & Drug Safety (including hERG), Outsourcing, Ion Channels in Disease Biology, Transporter Protein
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
September 27 - 30, 2010 Horizons in Molecular Biology
Gottingen, Germany Further information
The international PhD student symposium will feature talks from cell biology, developmental biology, structure biology, neuroscience and from this year's special session, future biology. Maria Leptin, Facundo Batista, Luis Serrano and last year's Nobel Prize winner Venki Ramakrishnan are some of the confirmed speakers. Student talks and poster sessions are traditionally included in the program and give mainly young scientists the possibility to get valuable input for their own work. There is the possibility to apply for travel grants.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Human Variation: Cause and Consequence
June 20 - 23, 2010 Human Variation: Cause and Consequence
Heidelberg, Germany Further information
The goal of this Symposium is to explore human genetic and phenotypic variability in the light of recent developments in genomics, genetics and molecular medicine. The topics covered will include the mechanisms of mutation, normal sequence variation from the DNA to the chromosomal level, functional polymorphism and disease genetics. Keynote Lectures will be delivered by Svante Paabo, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and Kari Stefansson, deCODE genetics.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Heidelberg, Germany Further information
The goal of this Symposium is to explore human genetic and phenotypic variability in the light of recent developments in genomics, genetics and molecular medicine. The topics covered will include the mechanisms of mutation, normal sequence variation from the DNA to the chromosomal level, functional polymorphism and disease genetics. Keynote Lectures will be delivered by Svante Paabo, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, and Kari Stefansson, deCODE genetics.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Congress of the Human Proteome Organisation
September 4 - 7, 2011 10th Congress of the Human Proteome Organisation
Geneva, Switzerland Further information
The combined HUPO 10th Annual World Congress, 5th EuPA Annual Scientific Meeting and the 8th SPS scientific meeting. The Scientific Program will focus on Translational Proteomics.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Geneva, Switzerland Further information
The combined HUPO 10th Annual World Congress, 5th EuPA Annual Scientific Meeting and the 8th SPS scientific meeting. The Scientific Program will focus on Translational Proteomics.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
World Molecular Imaging Congress
September 8 - 11, 2010 2010 World Molecular Imaging Congress
Kyoto, Japan Further information
Organizers from the Society for Molecular Imaging (SMI), the Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI), the European Society for Molecular Imaging (ESMI), and the Federation of Asian Societies for Molecular Imaging (FASMI) are working together, with input from a scientifically diverse, international program committee, to develop a scientific program that integrates developments in imaging technologies and molecular imaging agents with applications for drug development, basic science investigations, and clinical translation.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books
Kyoto, Japan Further information
Organizers from the Society for Molecular Imaging (SMI), the Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI), the European Society for Molecular Imaging (ESMI), and the Federation of Asian Societies for Molecular Imaging (FASMI) are working together, with input from a scientifically diverse, international program committee, to develop a scientific program that integrates developments in imaging technologies and molecular imaging agents with applications for drug development, basic science investigations, and clinical translation.
Suggested reading: Molecular Biology Books