Venue information
This meeting will take place at:
The University of Manchester
Renold Building
Sackville Street
Manchester M13 9PL
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 161 306 6000
Manchester is a lively, cultural city situated in the North West of England, UK containing many attractions for visitors.
Places of interest within The University of Manchester include The Whitworth Art Gallery, Contact Theatre, Jodrell Bank Observatory and Tabley House.
Other attractions in Manchester worth visiting are the Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester Town Hall, The Lowry, The Museum of Transport, historic Castlefield, Manchester Art Gallery, Royal Exchange shopping centre and Boddingtons Brewery.
For further information regarding Manchester or the surrounding North West of England please visit Virtual Manchester, Manchester Online or North West Tourist Board (telephone: +44 (0) 1942 821 222) or telephone Manchester Tourist Information Centre on +44 (0) 161 234 3157 / 3158.
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Venue map
Campus Map
City Centre Map
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Travelling to the venue
By Air
Manchester Airport Tel: +44 (0) 161 489 3000
The Renold Building is a 15-minute car journey from Manchester International Airport. A taxi from the airport will cost approximately 15. Alternatively, there is a frequent train service to Piccadilly and Oxford Road train stations.
By Coach
There are good connections to Manchester from most cities in Britain, plus international routes from Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris.
The National Express coach station is located in Chorlton Street in the City Centre. For National Express bookings telephone +44 (0) 8705 808080 or visit National Express for further details.
Sackville Street is within walking distance of the National Express Coach Station. Turn right out of the Coach Station onto Chorlton Street and walk to the junction with Whitworth Street. Cross Whitworth Street and the Sackville Street part of the campus is straight ahead.
Local Buses and Trams
Services to Sackville Street include:
Metrolink Trams - various lines to Piccadilly station, which is a short walk away.
Buses along London Road: 107, 192, 196, 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 373.
Bus along Sackville Street: 140.
For information on bus and tram timetables, services and saver tickets within Greater Manchester ring GMPTE (Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive) on 0870 6082608 or visit the GMPTE website
By Train
Manchester has three main train stations, Piccadilly, Oxford Road and Victoria, all are located near the City Centre. The nearest train station to the venue is Manchester Piccadilly, a 10 minute walk.
Upon arriving at the train station, head for the escalators to the left of the concourse, following the signs for 'Taxis'/Fairfield Street. Immediately outside the station main entrance, turn right and cross London Road to the Bulls Head pub.
Keeping the Bulls Head on your right walk down London Road & turn right immediately after the railway viaduct, onto Altrincham Street. Continue straight ahead, and to your left you will see the Barnes Wallis Building, Staff House and the Renold Building.
For further information regarding train times and tickets please contact National Rail Enquiries
(telephone: +44 (0) 8457 48 49 50) or thetrainline
By car
M6/ M56 (northbound)
Exit the M6 at J19 taking the third exit at the roundabout onto Chester Road A566.
Continue straight ahead onto A50. At the major roundabout bear right onto the M56. Follow the M56 until it turns into the A5103 signposted for the city centre. Take the A5103 into the centre of Manchester until you reach a major roundabout with an overpass. Take the third exit at the roundabout onto the Mancunian Way. Shortly bear left onto Cambridge Street. Take the second exit at the next roundabout. Continue straight ahead onto the Mancunian Way A57. Bear left again onto A57 and continue straight ahead onto Sackville Street.
M62 (westbound)
Take the M62 west to Manchester. Exit motorway at J20 following the A627 to Oldham. Continue straight ahead onto Broadway A663. Bear right onto Oldham Road A62. Continue straight ahead onto Portland Street A5103. Turn left onto Princess Street.
M62 (eastbound)
Take the M62 east to Manchester. Exit at J12 onto the M602 Eccles bypass. Continue straight ahead onto the A57. Bear left onto the Mancunian Way A57. Bear left again onto the A57 and continue straight ahead onto Sackville Street.
M6 (southbound)
Take the M6 south. As you approach the outskirts of Manchester, continue straight ahead onto the M61. Shortly after, continue straight onto the M60. Continue straight ahead onto the M62 and bear right onto the M602 Eccles Bypass. Continue straight ahead onto the A57. Bear left onto the Mancunian Way A57. Bear left onto the A57 and continue straight ahead onto Sackville Street.
The nearest car park is on Charles Street just off Sackville Street.
Please see the AA or RAC for any further route advice.
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Registration fees and forms
Registration fees:
Full Member/Young Researcher: 220
Non member: 350
Student: 130
Registration fees include refreshments, lunches, a buffet dinner on 26 March and the Meeting dinner on 27 March.
Registration is either online or via a downloadable PDF form.
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Payment of fees
All payments must be made prior to the meeting. Please note that invoices for registration fees will not be issued.
Credit card/Debit card
(Preferred method of payment, and the only acceptable form of payment for online registration)
The following credit/debit cards will be accepted:
Eurocard, Mastercard, Switch/Maestro, Visa
Cheques
Please include payment with your registration form. Types of cheques accepted (made payable to Portland Customer Services) are:
Sterling cheques, drawn on a UK bank.
US dollar cheques, drawn on a US or London bank.
Euro cheques, drawn on an EU bank.
Bank drafts are accepted as follows:
Drafts must be in pounds sterling, drawn on a UK bank or US dollars drawn on a US or London bank. Must be made payable to Portland Customer Services.
Bank transfer
Registration fees can be accepted by bank transfer.
Please make sure you include the reference 'SA077 reg. fees' and your family name. Please indicate on the registration form that you will be paying by bank transfer.
Bank:
Bank: NatWest, 25 High Street, Colchester CO1 1DG
Sort Code: 60-06-06
Account: Portland Press Limited
Account Number: 01863630
SWIFT code: NWBKGB2112B
IBAN code: GB65NWBK60060601863630
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Confirmation email
All registered delegates will receive a confirmation email to confirm registration details. This email should be checked carefully to ensure that all requirements are correct. In particular, the spelling of names and affiliations should be checked, as this information will be used to create badges.
Confirmation emails also act as a receipt. Please bring a copy of the email with you to the meeting.
If you have not received a confirmation email two weeks before the meeting, please contact Portland Customer Services on +44 (0) 1206 796 351.
PLEASE NOTE: As the confirmation email may be from an unrecognised email address (registrations@portland-services.com) your mailbox may filter it as spam.
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Registering at the meeting
Registration will take place in the Renold Building, University of Manchester.
Registration will take place from 12:00 14:00 on Wednesday 26 March
The Biochemical Society Registration desk will be open during
Wednesday 26 March 12:00 19:30
Thursday 27 March 08:30 18:00
Friday 28 March 08:30 14:00
Please bring your confirmation email to present at the registration desk at the meeting. Badges will be issued upon registering and, for security reasons, must be worn for the duration of the meeting
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Student travel grants
The maximum student travel grant available is 150 and includes:
Registration fees (up to 50)
Accommodation (up to 50)
Travel (up to a maximum of 50)
The following principles apply to application for a Student Travel Grant:
1. Students can apply for a Travel Grant if they are a member of the Biochemical Society by the poster abstract submission deadline and have submitted a poster abstract.
2. Students can only apply for one Student Travel Grant in a year.
3. Students are not eligible for a Student Travel Grant if they have already received funding from the General Travel Fund in that same year.
4. All student members of the Biochemical Society are entitled to apply for these Travel Grants and this entitlement will extend to PhD graduates for up two years after graduation and to foreign student members in respect of travel in the UK and Irish Republic.
How to apply:
A registration form for the Meeting should be completed and submitted to Portland Customer Services. Registration is either online or via printable PDF.
A copy of this form should also be sent to the Meetings Office along with the Student Travel Grant Application Form.
Grant applications received four weeks prior to the meeting will be available for collection at the meeting (cheque only); however, you may apply for a grant at the Registration Desk, or up to four weeks after the meeting.
Subject to approval, applicants will receive a cheque for the appropriate amount. The maximum amount for travel expenses that will be reimbursed will be at the level of the current Young Persons Railcard fare. If the application does not use up the full amount of the Grant, the balance cannot be transferred to another meeting.
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Poster abstract submission
Poster abstract submission is now closed
Has my abstract been accepted?
If you do not receive a submission number, please email meetings@biochemistry.org immediately.
Approximately 2 weeks after the abstract submission deadline has passed, you will receive an email informing you whether your poster has been accepted or not and informing you of your poster number and session time.
All poster abstracts will be available to view online two weeks prior to the meeting.
Posters will be displayed for the duration of the Meeting. Each poster has been assigned a number, which will appear in the programme book.
There will be three poster sessions as follows:
Poster session 1
Thursday 27 March
09:00 10:30
Poster session 2
Thursday 27 March
13:45 15:00
Poster session 3
Thursday 27 March
17:45 19:00
Presenting authors are requested to stand alongside their posters during TWO of the three poster sessions as follows:
Odd numbered posters will be presented during poster sessions 1 and 2
Even numbered posters will be presented during poster sessions 2 and 3
The Poster Sessions will take place in the main concourse of the Renolds building alongside the trade exhibition.
Poster board size: 1m wide x 2m high
Velcro to mount your poster will be provided at the meeting.
The following poster competitions will take place during this meeting:
The Promega UK Young Biochemist 2008 competition.
Five authors selected from abstracts will present a 15-minute oral communication, and will be required to answer questions related to their work. The presentations will take place during the main scientific sessions as follows:
Wednesday 26 March
16:30-16:45
Lynne Marshall (Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, UK)
Elevated tRNA synthesis can drive proliferation and oncogenic transformation
17:00-17:15
Richard Palermo (University of Sussex, UK)
EBV EBNA 2 stimulates transcriptional elongation through pTEFb and Spt5 recruitment to the EBV C promoter
17:40-17:55
Jikai Wen (University of Birmingham, UK)
Introns are required for efficient nonsense mediated mRNA decay in Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Thursday 27 March
12:00-12:15
Rodoniki Athanasiadou (University of Edinburgh, UK )
Transcriptional determination of the Oct4 methylation pattern
16:50-17:05
Laura Smith (University of Leeds, UK)
Estrogen receptor beta expression is regulated by alternative 5UTRs
The winner will receive a 600 cash prize, a unique trophy and the title of 'Promega UK Young Biochemist 2008'
Second prize 400
Third prize 200
All three winners will receive a years subscription to Science magazine.
The Biochemical Journal Poster Prize
Entrants must be PhD students or post doctoral scientists within 7 years of receiving their PhD.
The winner will receive a cheque for 250 and a host of Biochemical Journal Goodies.
To enter, please collect a sticker from the Portland Press stand before the start of your poster session.
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Accommodation
Accommodation at the University of Manchester can be booked directly online with the University or using this PDF form. Please note that the Biochemical Society cannot deal with enquiries regarding accommodation and these should be directed to mccreg@manchester.ac.uk.
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Refreshments
At the meeting
Lunch, refreshments, a buffet dinner on 26 March and a formal Meeting Dinner on 27 March will be included in the registration fee.
Wednesday 26 March 20:45 - buffet dinner
For delegates who have booked the Chinese option the meal will take place at:
Tai Pan Restaurant
81-97 Upper Brook St
Manchester, M13 9TX
For delegates who have booked the Indian option the meal will take place at:
Al Bilal Indian Restaurant Manchester
87-91 Wilmslow Rd
Rusholme
Manchester, M14 5SU
Thursday 27 March 19:30
Conference Dinner
Barnes Wallis restaurant, University of Manchester
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Dietary requirements
Should you have any special dietary requirements, please indicate this on the registration form. Alternatively, please inform Portland Customer Services (registration@portland-services.com) as changes to the menu cannot be made at the meeting.
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Disabled access
Disabled access is available. If you require assistance during the meeting please contact the Meetings Office.
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Sponsors and trade exhibition
Sponsors include:
Biochemical Journal
Biochemical Society Transactions
Portland Press Ltd
Active Motif
INTAVIS Bioanalytical Instruments AG
Promega
If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the meeting please contact the Meetings Office.
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Refunds
Cancellations will be accepted in writing until Wednesday 12 March, and a refund (less 15 administration charge) will be issued.
After this date, neither full nor partial refunds can be given. Please note that refunds of less than 15 cannot be issued.
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Official letters of invitation
Official letters of invitation, which are intended to assist with administrative arrangements in certain countries will only be issued when the individual has completed the following criteria:
1) Submitted an abstract which has been approved by the meeting scientific organizer for inclusion into the relevant meeting
2) Sent a letter from the head of their academic department on University headed paper saying why they need to attend the meeting in relation to their research
3) Registered and paid for the meeting
Such letters do not imply commitment of financial or other support by the organizers
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Contact Us
If you require any further information, please contact:
The Meetings Office
The Biochemical Society
Third Floor
Eagle House
16 Procter Street
London WC1V 6NX
UK
Telephone (Meetings Office): +44 (0) 20 7280 4150
Telephone (Main Reception): +44 (0) 20 7280 4100
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