Speakers: various, Biochemical Society
Tuesday 2nd November 08:30 to 19:00
A Biochemical Society Workshop
This workshop follows on from a successful series entitled "Analytical Tools for the Life Sciences". These workshops bring together life sciences researchers that work at the interface between biology and chemistry with the aim to discuss problems and opportunities and to facilitate collaborations.
The programme will feature speakers using a range of techniques and there will be plenty of networking opportunities. All lectures will be suitable for researchers in biology and the wider life sciences and will also be of interest to chemists studying this topic.
Registration to attend is FREE of charge.
Early registration deadline: 21 September 2010
Registration is now open at the Biochemical Society web page: http://www.biochemistry.org/MeetingNo/WS004/view/Conference/
Note: this workshop has a limited capacity and all delegates are advised to register as soon as possible and before the deadline of 21 September 2010 to secure a place.
Venue: Charles Darwin House, London
Organising Institution: Biochemical Society
Cost of Event: FREE
Booking Required?: Yes
Web Link: http://www.biochemistry.org/tabid/379/MeetingNo/WS004/view/Conference/default.aspx
Contact Details:
The Conference Office
The Biochemical Society
Charles Darwin House
12 Roger Street
London WC1N 2JU
Email: conferences@biochemistry.org
Telephone (Conference Office): +44 (0)207 685 2450
Telephone (Main reception): +44 (0)207 685 2400
Fax: +44 (0)207 685 2467
Workshop background
During the past decade, new discoveries have identified exciting, unexpected roles for RNA in biological processes, including involvement in various aspects of regulation of gene expression. MicroRNAs and other types of short non-coding RNA molecules are fundamental in cell and organismal development and have been implicated in a number of complex human diseases, such as cancer, arthritis and artherosclerosis. The biological mechanisms involving microRNAs are becoming well understood and, importantly, the processes involving these molecules open up opportunities for intervention by novel drugs.
During the Workshop the following will be discussed:
- Regulation of gene expression by microRNAs;
- The roles of microRNAs in human development and disease;
- Methods for quantitative analysis of microRNAs;
- Computational and bioinformatics analysis of microRNAs;
- Strategies for delivering microRNA mimics and anti-microRNAs into cells.