A Biochemical Society Focused Meeting

Abstracts submission deadline: 2 November 2009
Abstract submission is now closed. If you wish to submit an abstract please contact the Conference Office.

Earlybird registration deadline: 11 December 2009
Registration is now closed.

Proceedings (invited speakers) will be published in Biochemical Society Transactions

Oral communication slots are available at this meeting. All attendees, particularly researchers in the early stages of their career, are invited to submit a poster abstract for consideration as an oral communication.

Student Travel Grants are available for this meeting.

Student members of the British Biophysical Society can also apply for student bursaries for this meeting. Please visit the website to apply for a student bursary.

Poster prize winners

The Biochemical Journal kindly sponsored a BJ Structure poster prize of £250 for the best posters displayed at the meeting. The prize was awarded to Richard Hibbert (Nederlands Kanker Instituut, The Netherlands).

The Biochemical Society Young Investigator Poster Prizes were awarded to Dominika Gruszka (University of York, UK) and to Katherine Portman (University of Nottingham, UK).

Meeting background

Genome-wide studies have highlighted the observation that most proteins act as part of a functional complex, rather than working independently. The composition of these complexes (sometimes called molecular machines) is often time-dependent and regulated, and it is becoming clear that an understanding of biological function of any protein depends on a clear understanding of the protein complexes involved. The purpose of this meeting is to present, discuss and compare the experimental approaches to studying the composition and structure of protein complexes, primarily so that researchers can identify the most useful tools for their own problem.

Topics
Functional genomics
High-throughput experimentation
Molecular machines
Protein interactions
Protein complexes
Proteomics