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PCR applications in medical microbiology Dr Craig Winstanley, Department of Medical Microbiology and Genitourinary Medicine, University of Liverpool An overview of the main PCR-based techniques of relevance in medical microbiology. Brief description of PCR-based subtractive hybridisation and its application to designing diagnostic PCR tests for specific cystic fibrosis pathogens.
Professor Stephen A. Bustin, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London The detection of lymph node (LN) metastasis constitutes the most important prognostic factor in colorectal cancer and as the primary indicator of systemic disease spread, LN status determines the choice of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy. However, its limitations are emphasised by the considerable prognostic heterogeneity of patients within a given tumour stage: not all patients with LN-negative cancers are cured and not all patients with LN-positive tumours die from their disease. This has resulted in a search for more accurate staging protocols and has seen the introduction of the concept of �molecular staging�, the incorporation of molecular parameters into clinical tumour staging. One such parameter is the qRT-PCR assay�s potential for generating quantitative results that are not only more informative than qualitative data, but contribute to assay standardisation and quality management.
Dr Richard Bagnall- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College School of Medicine, Guy's Hospital , London Multiplex Real-time PCR assays for human infectious disease detection Dr Vicki Chalker - Respiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London Diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease by RT-PCR at the IAH Pirbright: a review Dr Scott Reid - Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory A brief review of the development and evaluation of improved RT-PCR methodologies for routine diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) at the World Reference Laboratory (WRL) for FMD in Pirbright is presented. The talk will provide an introduction to the disease and the causative virus followed by discussion of the RT-PCR methods evaluated at the WRL over the last 7-8 years. These include conventional, immuno-capture, PCR-ELISA and real-time formats. Present RT-PCR research topics will be discussed along with assay validation, future objectives and the impact made by the 2001 epidemic on the development of RT-PCR methodologies for diagnosis of FMD.
Dr Gendie Lash, School of Surgical and Reproductive Sciences, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Improving Clinical & Diagnostic PCR - 9th May 2006, London, UK
Tuesday, May 09, 2006 - 9:00 am -
5:00 pm
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"Thanks for a delightful and interesting meeting. I think it worked just great with the mix of academic and company-based presentations and the whole program felt comprehensive and important" - Fredrik Ponten, MD, PhD Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, HPR research group, Sweden "A big thanks to you and all your team for putting on the excellent meeting yesterday. The meeting place was great, and the organisation was superb. No hitches at all from my point of view. From the conversations I had with some of the delegates, it seems that the meeting was well received. There really is no other regular forum for these kinds of discussions in the UK , so it was a very welcome opportunity".- Prof. Julian Ma , Hotung Chair of Molecular Immunology, Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CMM), St. George 's Hospital Medical School, London "A civilised exchange of views on differences in findings – clear presentations" - Jan Clark, CIMR "Liked the fact the speakers were available to answer questions during the coffee time. It was useful having the companies give seminars as opposed to just having them at their stand"- Sarah Burl, Infant Immunology Group, Virology Department, MRC The Gambia "Thoroughly enjoyed the meeting last week - just such a shame that I could not stay for the whole day - but what I did hear was very interesting. I certainly will come to more of the events as some of the titles on the programme look really good" - Professor Diana Watt, Professor of Human Anatomy, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK "We enjoyed the day very much indeed and look forward to attending another event soon".- Scott Reid. IAH Pirbright, Institute for Animal Health "Good location, staff very helpful, Tony Warford entertaining and knowledgeable chairman" - Pauline Connor, North Middlesex Hospital , London "Thank you for organising such a useful meeting. I know that it was apprecaited by many colleagues and that it provoked good discussion and scientific debate" - Dr Paul Duprex, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Queen's University of Belfast, Ireland "Well organised, interesting speakers were chosen" - Philippa Roddam, St Jude Children's Research Hospital , Memphis, USA "Very high quality talks and speakers"- Joanna Bridger PhD, Senior L ec turer, Centre for Cell and Chromosome Biology, Biosciences, Brunel University "I enjoyed the meeting, the duration of each of the speakers was just right and was pitched at just the right level for the audience. Great forum for meeting people and discussing the subject matter, overall very informative" - Vivien Jacobs, AstraZenea "I have found the talks very stimulating. The content was of high standard . A well run and presented meeting ".- Mrs Jean Bettany, Smith & Nephew, UK "Good range of talks – very interesting and relevant" - Dr Lorna Jarvis , Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK "James was pleased and said the meeting was excellent, with lots of discussion. I would be delighted to participate in the next edition". - Lorenzo Frigerio, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick " Thank you very much for the invitation to speak last Friday. I found the meeting interesting, useful and enjoyable. Well done to the organisers" . Paula Murphy B. A .(mod), PhD., Lecturer, Zoology Department, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland " Very much enjoyed the event - would definitely speak at a future EuroSciCon event if asked again". Chris Mason MB BS, PhD FRCS, Regenerative Medicine Bioprocessing Uni, Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, University College, London " It was an enjoyable meeting, and as someone starting out in the proteomics field on a new collaborative grant very informative" . Peter J Charles, Chief Biomedical Scientist, Division of Immunology, Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust "The very informal setting enabled lively discussion in refreshment breaks" - Louise Jopling, UCB Group "Very well organised, friendly staff, good quality talks" - Professor John A Bryant, Chair, Christians in Science, School of Biosciences , University of Exeter "I found the meeting 'Visualising transcription, gene positioning and reorganisation in the nucleus' very very interesting. I'll keep into real consideration to came back to your next meetings" - Dr. MariaPaola Recalcati, Istituto A uxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy 'It was a very good meeting for Guava and I look forward to joining a few more in the future'. - Dr Paul Wheeler, UK Sales Manager, Guava Technologies Inc. "It is good to go to a relatively small meeting that is easy to go to and is good value for money. I think the mix between industry and academics is very good". - Prof W Ollier, Manchester University, CIGMR "A good selection of speakers and interesting subject matter " - Andrew Jefferson, Molec ular Cytogenetics and Microscopy, Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics, UK
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