Now open!! Registrations for Workshops ...
Workshop I: Mass analysis for biologists
EPITYPER – Navigating CpG Islands, Sponsored by Sequenom
Dr Darryl Irwin, Application Support Scientist, Sequenom Asia Pacific
Dr Richard Saffery, Epigenetics Research Laboratory, The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Protein Mass Profiling, Sponsored by Bio-Rad
Prof Rob Baxter, Kolling Institute, Sydney
Proteomic approaches to cancer signalling pathway analysis
Workshop II: Mutation detection using High Resolution Melt PCR
Sponsored by Corbett Life Science
Mike Wilkinson, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Wales
Plant species identification using microsatellites, SNPs and high resolution melt analysis
Paul Monis, The University of Adelaide
Application of HRM analysis for identification of waterborne pathogens and use of in silico prediction tools for melt curve assay design
Keith Stanley, Corbett Life Science
Highly multiplexed PCR with High Resolution Melt detection
Friday: Biolab Breakfast 
Sponsored by Biolab Australia
Dr Kevin Francis,
The application of in vivo biophotonic imaging to monitor and track disease events in live animals.
Australian RNA Users Group...
Working on any aspect of RNA (RNAi, transcription, non-coding RNA etc)? Sick of only meeting colleagues overseas?
We are currently forming the Australian RNA Users Group (ARUG) and are canvassing interest at a number of conferences and meetings this year, including at Discovery Science and Biotechnology. A brief meeting will be held at 1.15pm, Friday June 1st in the Ballroom for interested parties.
Visit our website for information
Nigel McMillan
Thomas Preiss
Greg Goodall
(ARUG Organisers)
QBI - ECR Prizes
Diamantina Institute and QUT - Student Prizes
UQ Biotechnology Student Prizes
Confirmed Plenary and International Speakers...
- Tim Huang, Centre for Integrative Cancer Biology, (NCI), The Ohio State University
Cancer epigenomics
- Ken Kosik, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, UC Santa Barbara, USA
Neural plasticity and the role of microRNAs in stem cell differentiation
- John Mattick,IMB, The University of Queensland
Noncoding RNA in differentiation and development
- Colleen Nelson, Jack Bell Research Centre, UBC, Canada
Gene, miRNA and antibody microarray - their use in identification and characterization of therapeutic targets in prostate cancer
- Dagmar Ringe, Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Protein Crystallography, Brandeis University, USA
Structural enzymology and inhibitor design
- Kevin Shakesheff, Advanced Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering, The University of Nottingham, UK; Sponsored by Tissue Therapies Ltd and the QUT Tissue Repair and Regeneration Program
Biodegradable and biomimetic materials in tissue regeneration and wound healing
- Michael Wilkinson, Institute of Biological Sciences, The University of Wales, UK; Sponsored by Corbett Life Science
SNP and methylation detection using HRM
DSB 2007 Topics...
- Cancer
- Commercialisation
- Computational Biology
- Genomics
- Intellectual Property
- Neurobiology
- Proteomic profiling
- Proteomics/cancer
- microRNA/gene knockdown
- Stem cells
- Structural Biology
- Tissue Engineering/Biomaterial
DSB 2007 - Database Access ...
Thank you for your attendance and/or presentation at the 2007 DSB Meeting, and congratulations to the Committee on such an exciting program of topics, Speakers and Workshops.
Congratulations to our Prize-winners! and thanks to our generous Sponsors.
QBI Post-Doc/ECR Prizes:
Prize-Winner ($1,000):
Runners-up ($500):
Student Prizes:
Diamantina and DSB Conference Award Prize-Winners ($400):
QUT Runners-up ($300):
The 2008 DSB Meeting will be held in Brisbane again, and we look forward to your participation and support. Please note that you can print off your Tax invoice/Receipt over the net using Registration number and password/email address.
