We warmly invite you to sunny Brisbane and sponsorship of:
- The 6th Discovery Science and Biotechnology Meeting
- The Stamford Plaza Hotel Brisbane, Qld, Australia
- Wednesday May 30 - Friday June 1, 2007
DSB is a unique conference that brings together the top national scientists from different disciplines to share the latest developments in research and innovation. The aim is to fast track research in Australia, and the climate of technical and research excellence is ideal for commercial exhibitors to introduce new products. Registration is on-line and details may be found here; the Exhibition Prospectus may also be downloaded.
Multi-disciplinary Meeting:
The Discovery Science and Biotechnology meetings focus on the Integration of recent, cutting-edge research and leading technologies into a multi-disciplinary program, including the Core themes of:
• Proteomics • Genomics • Stem Cell Biology
Target Audience:
The target audience of DSB covers a number of disciplines all of which can be broadly summarised as molecular biosciences. It includes disciplines such as:
- biomaterials
- cancer
- cell biology
- genetics
- immunology
- molecular biology
- proteomics
- stem cell biology
- tissue engineering
Expanded Workshop program in 2007
The program is expanded this year, with three sponsored workshops: Mutation, methylation and SNP detection using High Resolution Melt PCR, Sponsored by Corbett Research; Proteomics; and Transcription Profiling. The workshops will begin each day of the meeting, and are included in the full registration fee. Workshops are also stand-alone, and it is anticipated that at a cost of $25/Workshop, they will be very well attended, leading to higher audiences in the full DSB meeting. We anticipate that around 200 delegates will attend the meeting.
The program includes the following confirmed and international keynote speakers:
- Ken Kosik, (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, UC Santa Barbara, USA) Micro RNA in the brain
- John Mattick, IMB, Queensland, Noncoding RNA in differentiation and development
- Emanuel Petricoin, (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, George Mason University, USA) Medical Proteomics and cancer
- Dagmar Ringe, (Biochemistry, Chemistry, and Protein Crystallography, Brandeis University, USA) Structural enzymology and drug design
- Kevin Shakesheff, (University of Nottingham, UK) sponsored by Tissue Therapies Ltd and QUT Advanced Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
- Michael Wilkinson, (Plant Sciences, University of Reading, UK) sponsored by Corbett Research Plant species identification using microsatellites, SNPs and high resolution melt analysis
These draw-card international presenters and an impressive list of national speakers from top departments and institutes will address issues in: Neurobiology, Proteomics, Genomics, Structural Biology, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Commercialisation/Intellectual Property, Cancer, microRNA/gene knockdown, computational Biology and Stem cells.
National SPEAKERS include:
Marc Achen, Melbourne
Growth of blood vessels and lymphatics in cancer - therapeutic opportunities
Rob Baxter, Kolling Institute, Sydney
Proteomic approaches to cancer signalling pathway analysis
Richard Christopherson, Sydney
Multiplex detection of surface molecules on colorectal cancers
Hans Greisser, The University of Adelaide
Dietmar Hutmacher, Singapore/Qld
Gayle Jones, MISCL, Monash University
Gene expression profiling of human oocytes and developmental competence
Maria Kavallaris, CCIA, Sydney
Leukaemia drug resistance pathways exposed
John Mattick, IMB, Qld
Noncoding RNA in differentiation and development
Nigel McMillan, CICR Brisbane
RNA interference as a cancer treatment
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
Michael Parker, SVMI, Melbourne
Structure based screening in drug design (fragment based screening by X-ray)
Phil Robinson, CMRI, Sydney
Signalling, proteomics, cell biology
Ivan Rajkovich, Shelston IP
Rod Rietze, QBI Brisbane
Neural stem cells
Richard Simpson, Ludwig Melbourne, Pharmacoproteomics:
Strategies for identifying new diagnostic and prognostic markers for colorectal cancer
Keith Stanley, Corbett Research Laboratories
Highly multiplexed PCR with high resolution melt detection
Daniella Stock, LMB/VCCRI
Structural biology of ATPases
The Program outline is located on the Program page of this website. The innovative scientific program will make for another sparkling Meeting - a specialist conference for molecular researchers interested in discovery science and commercialisation. We look forward to your support and to your participation in the DSB 2007 Meeting - the 6th in the series, and the first to be held in Brisbane.
Zee Upton and Jenny Martin
Convenors |
