Organizers:
Devin Leake (Thermo Fisher Scientific, USA)
Simon Baker (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Ian Kavanagh (Thermo Fisher Scientific, UK)
Jeremy Gillespie (Thermo Fisher Scientific, UK)
Simon Hughes (British Library, UK)
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Nucleic acid detection technologies
Chair:
Simon Baker (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
08:30 - 09:50 Registration
Simon Baker (Oxford Brookes University, UK)
Analysing gene expression levels in single cells
Ed Southern (Oxford Gene Technology Ltd, UK)
QPCR and the state of the art
Ian Kavanagh (Thermo Fisher Scientific)
11:10 - 11:30 Tea/coffee break
Coupling stable isotopes and nucleic acid detection to resolve microbial functions
Andrew Whiteley (NERC CEH Oxford, UK)
Nucleic acid detection and quantification in the developing world
12:40 - 14:00 Lunch and poster session
Single-nucleotide primer extension (SNuPE) method for the multiplex detection of various DNA sequences ¿ from detection of point mutation to microbial ecology
Selected oral communication - Marcell Nikolausz (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany)
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Single cell molecular biology
The SAFE project, towards non-invasive prenatal diagnosis
Selected oral communication - Debbie Maddocks (University of the West of England, UK)
Single cell genetic analysis for preimplantation genetic diagnosis of inherited disease
Alan Handyside (The Bridge Centre, UK)
15:20 - 16:00 Tea/coffee break
Miniaturized PCR systems for cancer diagnosis
Philip Day (University of Manchester, UK)
Oxygen-DNA Interactions: spectrophotometric quantification of nucleic acids in solution is altered by the level of dissolved oxygen
Selected oral communication - Rupak Doshi (University of Manchester, UK)
17:00 - 19:00 Wine reception and poster viewing
19:00 - 21:00 Meeting Dinner
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Applications of detection technology
Chairs:
Devin Leake (ThermoFisher Scientific)
Ian Kavanagh (ThermoFisher Scientific)
Wednesday 29 October 2008
Real-time cold-PCR: a new platform for highly improved mutation detection in cancer and genetic testing
Mike Makrigiorgos (Harvard Medical School, USA)
Mutation scanning using high-resolution amplicon melting
Claire Taylor (Cancer Research, UK)
A paradox of multiplex DNA melting on the surfaces
Selected oral communication - Alexander Chagovetz (University of Utah, USA)
10:40 - 11:10 Tea/coffee break
The Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in forensic genetics
Niels Morling (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Method for extraction, reverse transcription and PCR applicable to single cell analysis
Linda Strömbom (TATAA Biocenter AB, Sweden)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch and poster viewing
Diagnostic validation of conformation sensitive capillary electrophoresis
Chris Mattocks (National Genetics Reference Library, UK)
Functionalized nanoparticles for nucleic acid sequence analysis using optical spectroscopies
Duncan Graham (University of Strathclyde, UK)
Optical fibre-based detection of DNA hybridization
Anna Hine (Aston University, UK)
15:30 - 16:00 Tea/coffee break with poster viewing
Multiple displacement amplification (MDA) of genomic DNA: detection and genomics from samples with low DNA content and single cell sequencing
Roger Lasken (J Craig Venter Institute, USA)
16:40 - 16:45 Award of Poster Prize
Sponsored by The British Library
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