DNA Microarrays: from target collections to profiles

 

To be held on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at the BioPark Hertfordshire

 

 For more information see http://www.regonline.co.uk/microarrays07

 

Confirmed talks include:

 

Beyond microarrays,

Colin Campbell, Engineering Mathematics, Bristol, UK

 

The next generation of biological microarray experiments, Dr. Rainer Breitling, University of Groningen, The Netherlands 

Gene expression microarrays have revolutionized the way we study biological systems. Beyond studying differential expression in response to a specific experimental intervention, they are also suitable for large “genetical genomics” experiments. In these studies, genetic variation is used as a comprehensive multifactorial perturbation. This approach enables the study of complex cellular networks and the elucidation of mechanisms underlying gene expression regulation. In this talk, I will present some recent applications of “genetical genomics” in microarray research.

 

Ingenuity Pathways Analysis: resolving the array conundrum

Dr Adam Corner, Ingenuity Systems, UK

Microarray analysis of clinical samples in many disease areas is becoming the major route forward with regards to understanding disease mechanisms. Ingenuity Pathways Analysis is a simple, biologist oriented, web-based tool that allows researchers to analyse and compare array data from multiple disease populations, multiple disease tissues or even to proteomic data, all within the application. It is becoming increasingly apparent that genes do not function alone but through complex biological pathways. IPA can be used in unravelling these intricate pathways with a view to understanding biological mechanisms, disease states, and the relationships that these have to drugs. IPA provides, through the Ingenuity Pathways Knowledge Base, access to the world’s largest manually curated resource for biological interpretation of DNA microarray data.  Case studies illustrating the application of IPA to published data will be presented.

 

Additional confirmed speakers:

 

Dr. Ioannis (Jiannis) Ragoussis, Head of Genomics, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics Oxford University, UK

 

Dr Rose McCormack, R&D Genetics, AstraZeneca, UK

 

Professor Neil Stoker, Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, UK

 

Prof. Yves Moreau, Bioinformatics Group, University of Leuven, Belgium Rainer Breitling, Groningen Bioinformatics Centre, University of Groningen,The Netherlands

 

There will also be a poster session:

 

Deadline for abstract submissions for oral and poster presentations is March 10th 2007

Abstract guidelines can be found at http://www.euroscicon.com/absguidlines.html

 

Deadline for early registration is March 20th 2007

 

DNA Microarrays: from target collections to profiles - 1 May 2007