DSB 2007: Provisional Program Outline |
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| TUESDAY May 29 |
| 7-8pm |
Registration - and make up a party for dinner at a local restaurant |
Stamford Plaza Ballroom Foyer |
| 7-9pm |
Exhibitor Set-Up |
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| WEDNESDAY May 30 |
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| 7:30am |
Registration |
Stamford Plaza Ballroom |
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All scientific sessions are held in the Ballroom |
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| 8:45am |
Welcome |
Stamford Plaza Ballroom |
| 9:00am-9:45am |
Workshop I: Mass analysis for biologists |
Stamford Plaza Ballroom |
| 9:00am |
a) EPITYPER – Navigating CpG Islands |
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| 9:00am |
Dr Darryl Irwin, Application Support Scientist, Sequenom Asia Pacific |
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| 9:20am |
Dr Richard Saffery, Epigenetics Research Laboratory, The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute |
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| 9:45am |
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Protein Mass Profiling |
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| 9:45am |
Prof Rob Baxter, Kolling Institute, Sydney
Proteomic approaches to cancer signalling pathway analysis |
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| 10:30am |
Coffee, Trade and Posters |
Ballroom Foyer |
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| 11:00am |
Session 2: Proteomics |
Ballroom |
| 11:00am |
Richard Simpson, Ludwig Melbourne, Pharmacoproteomics: Strategies for Identifying New Diagnostic and Prognostic Markers for Colorectal Cancer |
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| 11:30am |
Richard Christopherson, MMB, The University of Sydney
Multiplex detection of surface molecules on colorectal cancers |
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| 12:00pm |
Melissa Fernandez, QUT Brisbane
Development of an Enhanced Proteomic Method to Detect Potential Prognostic and Diagnostic Markers of Healing in Chronic Wound Fluid |
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| 12:30pm |
Lunch |
Bistro |
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| 1:30pm |
Session 3: Stem cells and development |
Ballroom |
| 1:30pm |
Melissa Little, IMB, UQ, Brisbane
Towards renal regeneration |
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| 2:00pm |
Alan Mackay-Sim, Eskitis Institute, Griffith University
Therapeutic use of stem cells |
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| 2:30pm |
Rod Rietze, QBI, UQ, Brisbane
Activation of endogenous neural stem cells for the prevention of disease |
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| 3:00pm |
Afternoon Tea, Trade and Posters |
Ballroom Foyer |
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| 3:30 pm |
Session 4: Cancer |
Ballroom |
| 3:30pm |
Colleen Nelson, UBC, Canada
Gene, miRNA and antibody microarray - their use in identification and characterization of therapeutic targets in prostate cancer |
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| 4:15pm |
Marc Achen, Melbourne
Growth of blood vessels and lymphatics in cancer - therapeutic |
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| 4:45pm |
Maria Kavallaris, CCIA, Sydney
Leukaemia Drug Resistance Pathways Exposed |
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| 5:15pm |
Ivan Rajkovic, Shelston IP
Intellectual Property: challenges and current developments |
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| 5:30pm |
Cocktails sponsored by ShelstonIP |
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| THURSDAY May 31 |
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| 9:00am |
Workshop II: Mutation detection and Species identification using High Resolution Melt PCR |
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| 9:00am |
Mike Wilkinson, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Wales
Plant species identification using microsatellites, SNPs and high resolution melt analysis |
Ballroom |
| 9:30am |
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 |
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| 10:00am |
Keith Stanley, Corbett Research Laboratories
Highly multiplexed PCR with High Resolution Melt detection |
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| 10:30am |
Coffee, Trade and Posters |
Ballroom Foyer |
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| 11:00am |
Session 6: Biomaterials |
Ballroom |
| 11:00am |
Kevin Shakesheff, Advanced Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering, The University of Nottingham, UK
Creating 3-D Tissues with injectable scaffolds |
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| 11:45am |
Dietmar Hutmacher, Singapore/Qld
Design, fabrication and characterization of composite scaffold systems for tissue engineering applications |
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| 12:15pm |
Hans Griesser, The University of South Australia
Interfaces between materials and biological systems - analysis and control |
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| 12:45pm |
Lunch with the Trade |
Ballroom Foyer |
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| 1:45pm |
Session 7: Gene expression and disease |
Ballroom |
| 1:45pm |
Tim Huang, Human Cancer Genetics Program, The Ohio State University, USA
Cancer epigenomics |
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| 2:30pm |
Gayle Jones, Monash Immunology and Stem Cell Laboratories
Microarray gene expression profiles from human oocytes |
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| 3:00pm |
Lyn Griffiths, Genomics Research Centre, Griffith University
Genomic Approaches to Identify the genes implicated in migraine |
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| 3:30pm |
Afternoon Tea, Trade and Posters |
Ballroom Foyer |
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| 4:00pm |
Session 8: Structures and drug design |
Ballroom |
| 4:00pm |
Dagmar Ringe, Brandeis USA
Structural enzymology and drug design |
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| 4:45pm |
Daniella Stock, LMB/VCCRI
Structure and regulatory mechanisms of proton translocating ATPases |
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| 5:15pm |
Michael Parker, SVMI, Melbourne
Structure-based screening in drug design (fragment based screening by X-ray) |
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| 5:45pm |
Poster Session and Drinks
Sponsored by UQ Biotechnology Program |
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| 7:00pm |
Conference Dinner |
Vino's Restaurant
Eagle Street Pier |
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| FRIDAY June 1 |
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| 8:15am |
Friday Breakfast Program: BIOLAB Breakfast |
| 8:15am |
Muffins and Cofffee/Tea |
Ballroom Foyer |
| 8:20am-8:50am |
Dr Kevin Francis, Senior Director, Technical Applications, Caliper Life Sciences
The application of in vivo biophotonic imaging to monitor and track disease events in live animals. |
Ballroom
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| 9:00am |
Session 9 : Translational research and Commercialisation |
Ballroom |
| 9:00am |
James Dale, IHBI, QUT
Molecular farming |
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| 9:30am |
Mark Kendall, AIBN, UQ, Brisbane
Needle-free vaccination to skin using Gene Guns and Nanopatches |
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| 10:00am |
Derek Morgan, Health Law & Biomedical Innovation, QUT, Brisbane
Regulating Technological Frontiers: The Problems and Possibilities |
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| 10:30am |
Coffee, Trade and Posters |
Ballroom Foyer |
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| 11:00am |
Session 10: microRNA |
Ballroom |
| 11:00am |
Nigel McMillan, UQ Diamantina Institute, Brisbane
RNA interference as a cancer treatment |
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| 11:30am |
Matthew Morrell, CSIRO
Impact of RNA mediated gene suppression techniques in human foods
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| 12:00pm |
John Mattick, IMB, UQ, Qld
Noncoding RNA in differentiation and development |
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| 12:30pm |
Lunch |
Bistro |
| 1:15pm |
Australian RNA Users Group Meeting |
The Ballroom |
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| 2:00pm |
Exhibition bump-out |
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| 2:00pm |
Session 11: Neurobiology & Afternoon Tea
Chair: Erik (Rik) Thompson |
Ballroom |
| 2:00pm |
Ken Kosik, USA
Neural plasticity and the role of microRNAs in stem cell differentiation |
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| 2:45pm |
Pankaj Sah, QBI, UQ, Brisbane
Learning and memory formation in the mammalian brain |
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| 3:15pm |
Phil Robinson, CMRI, Sydney
Signalling, proteomics, cell biology |
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| 3:45pm |
Geoffrey Goodhill, Queensland Brain Institute
Axon guidance: gradient assays and computational models |
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| 4:15 pm |
MEETING CLOSE ~ ECR AWARDS and
Announcement of 2008 meeting |
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The Organising committee reserves the right to change the program and to rearrange the exhibition layout, without notice. |
