Special Events
Tom Owen-Hughes (Dundee, UK)
Timetable
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Host Colloquium: Biology of the Intervertebral Disc
Related books
Organizer:
Vic Duance (Cardiff, UK)
Clinical importance of the intervertebral disc
Jeremy Fairbank (Oxford, UK)
Development of the annulus fibrosus
Collagen gene expression in intervertebral disc development
Linda Sandell (St Louis, MO, USA)
10:45 - 11:30 Coffee Break
Tom Owen-Hughes (Dundee, UK)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
The role of disc cell heterogeneity in determining disc biochemistry: a speculation
Theodore Oegema (Minnesota, USA)
Aggrecan and small interstitial proteoglycan metabolism in aged and pathological disc tissue
Bruce Caterson (Cardiff, UK)
14:50 - 16:20 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Collagen polymorphisms of the intervertebral disc
David Eyre (Washington, WA, USA)
Elastic tissues of the intervertebral disc
Mechanobiology of the intervertebral disc
Jeff Lotz (California, CA, USA)
The role of the physicochemical environment in determining disc cell behaviour
10:05 - 11:40 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Disc morphology in health and disease
Sally Roberts (Spinal Research Centre, Oswestry, UK)
The role of proteoglycans in aging, degeneration and repair of the intervertebral disc
Peter Roughley (Shriners Hospital, Montreal, Canada)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
Compartmentalization of the matrix formed by nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosus cells in alginate gel
Eugene Thonar (Rush Medical College, Chicago, USA)
Engineering cartilaginous tissues
Tim Hardingham (Manchester, UK)
Future perspectives for treatment of back pain
Stephen Eisenstein (Spinal Research Centre, Oswestry, UK)
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Structure-Function Studies of the Complement System
Related books
Organizers:
Paul Morgan (Cardiff, UK)
Parvez Haris (De Montfort, UK)
Solution structure of allergenic 2S Albumins
Manuel Rico (Madrid, Spain)
Structural attributes of the cupins and their role in determining the allergenic activity of plant seed storage globulins
Clare Mills (Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK)
10:05 - 11:40 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
PR-proteins identified as allergens
Karin Hoffman-Sommergruber (Vienna, Austria)
Stefan Wagner ( Vienna, Austria)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
Industrial dimensions of food allergy
Rene Crevel ( Unilever Research, Bedford, UK)
Plant biotechnology and plant food allergens
Larry Beach (Pioneer HiBred International, Johnston, IA, USA)
Lactic acid bacteria for mucosal vaccines and therapy
Sean Hanniffy (Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK)
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Structure-function in RCA proteins
Thymosin  4 is mechanically regulated in articular cartilage
Structural studies of Factor H family proteins: on complement, microbes and human diseases
Peter Zipfel (Hans Knoell Institute for Natural Product Research, Beutenbergstrasse, Germany)
Degradation of articular cartilage superficial zone proteoglycan (SZP) by matrix proteases
Erythropoietin modulates interleukin-1 induced nitrite production in rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts
Structural studies in C4b-binding protein
Anna Blom (Malmo, Sweden)
PACT, the protein activator of PKR is up-regulated at the onset of osteoarthritis and by TNF-  treatment of chondrocytes
The role of glutamate transporters in bone remodelling
Jim Huggett (Cardiff, UK)
10:15 - 11:00 Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Recent developments in cartilage research
David Eyre (Washington, WA, USA)
Structure of CR2 and CR2/C3dg complexes
Michael Holers (Denver, CO, USA)
Antioxidants decrease cell death in experimentally wounded articular cartilage
Three-dimensional structure and flexibility of proteins of the RCA family
Paul Barlow (Edinburgh, UK)
mRNA gene expression patterns in osteochondrosis dessicans
Clare Curtis (Cardiff, UK)
Cysteine Mutations of Fibrillin-1 in Marfan Syndrome
Ji-Young Suk (Oxford, UK)
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing
12:25 - 14:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing
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Structure-function in the activation pathways
Cysteine Mutations of Fibrillin-1 in Marfan Syndrome
Ji-Young Suk (Oxford, UK)
12:25 - 14:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing
Solution structures of complement components by scattering and ultracentrifugation
Stephen Perkins (London, UK)
Gerard Arlaud (Institute de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, Grenoble, France)
Structure-function studies of the C5 convertase
Michael Pangburn (Texas, TX, USA)
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Interaction of C regulators and receptors with non-C ligands
Cysteine Mutations of Fibrillin-1 in Marfan Syndrome
Ji-Young Suk (Oxford, UK)
12:25 - 14:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session and Drinks Reception
Structure-function studies of the receptors for complement C1q
Philippe Gasque (Cardiff, UK)
CR1: evolving to the tune of a powerful pathogen
John Atkinson (St Louis, MO, USA)
Clinical aspects of food allergy
Photini Papageorgiou (Athens, Greece)
Structure function of CD46 (membrane cofactor protein) and
interactions with measles virus
Denis Gerlier (Lyon, France)
Epidemiology of food allergy : children of the 90s project
Jean Golding and Kate Northstone (Institute of Child Health, Bristol, UK)
10:45 - 11:30 Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:30 Coffee Break
Tom Owen-Hughes (Dundee, UK)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
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Rational design of anticomplement therapeutics
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
Peter Shewry (IACR-Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol, UK)
Structural aspects of ns LTPs
Didier Marion (INRA-Nantes, France)
Tailoring anticomplement therapeutics
Paul Morgan (University of Wales College of Medicine, UK)
14:50 - 16:20 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
14:50 - 16:20 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Rational design of a complement inhibitor targeting C3 using NMR and combinatorial approaches
John Lambris (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Clinical importance of ns LTPs
Ronald van Ree (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Targeting anticomplement agents
Richard Smith (Adprotech plc, Essex, UK)
Stability of 2S albumin allergens in vitro
Selected poster presentation - Gareth Murtagh (Nottingham, UK)
The stability of diet-derived proteins to pepsin digestion and potential allergenicity
Selected poster presentation - Gary Burnett (Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK)
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Plant Food Allergens
Industrial Biochemistry and Biotechnology GroupRelated books
Organizers:
Clare Mills (IFR, Norwich, UK)
Paul Davis (Unilever, UK)
Peter Shewry (IACR-Long Ashton, Bristol, UK)
Thymosin 4 is mechanically regulated in articular cartilage
Structural studies of Factor H family proteins: on complement, microbes and human diseases
Peter Zipfel (Hans Knoell Institute for Natural Product Research, Beutenbergstrasse, Germany)
Degradation of articular cartilage superficial zone proteoglycan (SZP) by matrix proteases
Erythropoietin modulates interleukin-1 induced nitrite production in rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts
Structural studies in C4b-binding protein
Anna Blom (Malmo, Sweden)
PACT, the protein activator of PKR is up-regulated at the onset of osteoarthritis and by TNF- treatment of chondrocytes
The role of glutamate transporters in bone remodelling
Jim Huggett (Cardiff, UK)
10:15 - 11:00 Coffee Break
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Recent developments in cartilage research
David Eyre (Washington, WA, USA)
Structure of CR2 and CR2/C3dg complexes
Michael Holers (Denver, CO, USA)
Antioxidants decrease cell death in experimentally wounded articular cartilage
Three-dimensional structure and flexibility of proteins of the RCA family
Paul Barlow (Edinburgh, UK)
mRNA gene expression patterns in osteochondrosis dessicans
Clare Curtis (Cardiff, UK)
Cysteine Mutations of Fibrillin-1 in Marfan Syndrome
Ji-Young Suk (Oxford, UK)
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing
12:25 - 14:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing
Solution structures of complement components by scattering and ultracentrifugation
Stephen Perkins (London, UK)
Gerard Arlaud (Institute de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, Grenoble, France)
Structure-function studies of the C5 convertase
Michael Pangburn (Texas, TX, USA)
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session and Drinks Reception
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Clinical Context of Plant Food Allergies
Structure-function studies of the receptors for complement C1q
Philippe Gasque (Cardiff, UK)
CR1: evolving to the tune of a powerful pathogen
John Atkinson (St Louis, MO, USA)
Clinical aspects of food allergy
Photini Papageorgiou (Athens, Greece)
Structure function of CD46 (membrane cofactor protein) and
interactions with measles virus
Denis Gerlier (Lyon, France)
Epidemiology of food allergy : children of the 90s project
Jean Golding and Kate Northstone (Institute of Child Health, Bristol, UK)
10:45 - 11:30 Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:30 Coffee Break
Tom Owen-Hughes (Dundee, UK)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
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Plant Food Allergen Protein Families
Structure-function studies of the receptors for complement C1q
Philippe Gasque (Cardiff, UK)
CR1: evolving to the tune of a powerful pathogen
John Atkinson (St Louis, MO, USA)
Structure function of CD46 (membrane cofactor protein) and
interactions with measles virus
Denis Gerlier (Lyon, France)
10:45 - 11:30 Coffee Break
Tom Owen-Hughes (Dundee, UK)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
Peter Shewry (IACR-Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol, UK)
Interactions of CD55 with non-C ligands
Structural aspects of ns LTPs
Didier Marion (INRA-Nantes, France)
14:50 - 16:20 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Clinical importance of ns LTPs
Ronald van Ree (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Stability of 2S albumin allergens in vitro
Selected poster presentation - Gareth Murtagh (Nottingham, UK)
The stability of diet-derived proteins to pepsin digestion and potential allergenicity
Selected poster presentation - Gary Burnett (Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK)
Solution structure of allergenic 2S Albumins
Manuel Rico (Madrid, Spain)
Structural attributes of the cupins and their role in determining the allergenic activity of plant seed storage globulins
Clare Mills (Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK)
10:05 - 11:40 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
PR-proteins identified as allergens
Karin Hoffman-Sommergruber (Vienna, Austria)
Stefan Wagner ( Vienna, Austria)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
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Industrial Dimensions of Food Allergy
Industrial dimensions of food allergy
Rene Crevel ( Unilever Research, Bedford, UK)
Plant biotechnology and plant food allergens
Larry Beach (Pioneer HiBred International, Johnston, IA, USA)
Lactic acid bacteria for mucosal vaccines and therapy
Sean Hanniffy (Institute of Food Research, Norwich, UK)
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Regulation of Fatty Acid Synthesis
Regulation of Metabolism Group and Lipid GroupRelated books
Organizers:
John Harwood (Cardiff, UK)
Matthew Hills (John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK)
Carbon flow for fatty acid synthesis
Steve Rawsthorne (John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK)
Regulation of lipid accumulation in oleaginous microorganisms
Colin Ratledge (Hull, UK)
10:20 - 11:00 Coffee Break
Mechanistic diversity and regulation of type II fatty acid
synthesis
Charles Rock (Memphis, TN, USA)
Regulation of fatty acid biosynthesis
Antoni Slabas (Durham, UK)
12:20 - 14:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing
Regulation of mammalian acetyl-CoA carboxylase
Michael Munday (London, UK)
Regulation of fatty acid synthesis and degradation by the AMP-activated protein kinase
Graham Hardie (Dundee, UK)
Transcription factors acting on the promoter of the fatty acid synthase gene
Selected poster presentation - Michael Schweizer (Heriot-Watt, UK)
Altering specificity of a Ricinus communis cytochrome b5 fusion desaturase
Selected poster presentation - Louise Michaelson (IACR Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol, UK)
16:00 - 18:00 Poster Session and Drinks Reception
Gene regulation of mammalian desaturases
Manabu Nakamura (Urbana, IL, USA)
Charles Martin (Rutgers, NJ, USA)
Environmentaly-induced regulation of acyl-CoA desaturase genes
Andrew Cossins (Liverpool, UK)
10:45 - 11:30 Coffee Break
Tom Owen-Hughes (Dundee, UK)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch Break
Peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPAR) and the regulation of mammalian fatty acid metabolism
Stephen Smith (GlaxoSmithKline, Harlow, UK)
The role of sterol regulatory element binding protein in regulating fatty acid synthesis
14:50 - 16:20 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Factors affecting yield of unusual fatty acids in engineered oilseeds
Regulation of fatty acid production in transgenic crops
Tony Kinney (Wilmington, DE, USA)
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Biochemists in the Pursuit of Numeracy
Education Group
Organizer:
David Harris (Oxford,UK)
10:05 - 11:40 Coffee Break & Poster Session
Maths - bridging the gaps between the haves and have nots
Elspeth Garman (Oxford, UK)
A view from across the bridge
John Fink (Kalamazoo, MI, USA)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
Core zero curriculum and the life scientist!
David Phoenix (Central Lancashire, UK)
Practical statistics for the biosciences
Steve Ashcroft (Oxford, UK)
Converting biochemical results to clinically meaningful decisions
Towards long life and happiness: the training of numerate
pharmacy students
Jill Barber (Manchester, UK)
Diluting the drugs with ignorance
Judith Rees (Manchester, UK)
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Careers Advice Workshop for Young Researchers
More information
Organizers:
Liz Dallimore (The Biochemical Society)
Mike Withnall (The Biochemical Society)
Various employers involved in science recruitment will be available to review submitted CV's
Careers in teaching and research in academia
Teresa Tetley (Imperial College, London, UK)
Careers in sales and marketing for industry
David Ley (Hamilton Northern Europe, UK)
Careers in scientific administration/changing careers
Nigel Titchen (BBSRC and IGER, North Wyke, UK)
Careers in financial institution
Carolyn Keenan (Ernst & Young, Reading, UK)
Careers in biological sciences for industry
Lucy Reynolds (BD Biosciences, Oxford, UK)
A variety of different organizations employing scientists will be presenting stands, along with the Science Recruitment Group who will available to provide recruitment and CV advice.
Exhibition of Careers Stands and Drinks Reception
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