PAST CONFERENCES: 2006
The Discovery Science and Biotechnology Meeting:
DSB 2006 Meeting ~ May 3-5, 2006, Rivers Reception Centre and the Ramada Hotel , Melbourne, Australia

Session 1: Gene Expression Workshop I

• Stephen Bustin, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary University, London
  Real-time reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) and its potential use in clinical diagnosis
• Helen Barraclough, Corbett  Research, Sydney
  Design of oligonucleotide primers
• Ulf Bech Christensen, Sydney
  EasyBeacons - a new probe system for Real-Time PCR

• Kristina Warton, Corbett Research, Sydney
  Dealing with fragmented RNA from FFPE sections
• Alex Dobrovic, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
  Applying High Resolution Melting analysis to detection of mutation and methylation in clinical samples
• Keith Stanley, Corbett? Research, Sydney
  Gene expression profiling from FFPE sections and single cells using MT-PCR

Workshop sponsors

Session 3: HIV vaccines and gene knockdown

• Ian Ramshaw , ANU
  Molecular vaccines for HIV-1: Where to next?
• John Rossi , City of Hope/CCC
  RNAi and small RNA based therapeutics for the treatment of HIV infection
• Kazuo Suzuki , CFI, UNSW
  Promoter-targeted dsRNAs induces HIV-1 gene silencing and de novo CpG methylation

Session 4: Computational Biology

• James Whisstock, Monash University
  High throughput protein production and crystallography
• Gordon Smyth, WEHI
  Calibrating microarray platform accuracy
• Simon Foote, University of Tasmania
  Expression array analysis on congenic mouse lines uncovers a novel mechanism of innate immunity in Leishmaniasis

• Richard Boyd, Monash University
  Stem Cells: Tolerance and Thymic Function
• Andrew Scott, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
  Implications of Antibody Receptor Binding Structure and Signalling on Tumour Growth

• Ian Frazer, CICR UQ
  Vaccines to prevent and to treat HPV infection and cervical cancer

• Wayne Morrison, University of Melbourne
• Zee Upton, QUT
  New Approaches to tackling the Wound Care Challenge

• Nicholas Hayward, QIMR
  Integrative functional genomics of melanoma
• Ian Dawes, UNSW
  From yeast genomics to tumour biology
• Thomas Preiss, VCCRI
  Control of Translation by microRNAs

Session 8: Stem Cells - Embryonic

• Bing Lim, GIS, Singapore
  Regulatory networks of embryonic stem cells: coding and non coding RNA
• Peter Rathjen, Adelaide
  Directed differentiation of pluripotent stem cells
• Megan Munsie, Stem Cell Sciences
  Delivering on the Promise - Stem Cells in Research and the Clinic
• Ivan Rajkovic, ShelstonIP

• Howard Chang, Stanford
  Genetic regulators of large-scale transcriptional signatures in cancer
• Lillian Soon, EMU, University of Sydney
  Cancer cell motility and invasion
• Colin Dunstan, ANZAC Research Institute
  Feeding the Invader: Role of Host Tissues in Supporting Breast Cancer Metastasis

• Jane Visvader, WEHI
  Identification of mammary stem cells and their role in breast cancer
• Alan Trounson, Monash University
  Stem cells: real or imaginary promise?

• Jennifer Martin, IMB
  Structural genomics of inflammation
• Gregory Rice, Baker, Melbourne
  Protein profiling - developing predictive capacities in medicine
• Brad Walsh, Minomic, NSW
  A new tool to assist in proteomic profiling and its application to human disease
• Ian Smith, Monash University
  Cryptomics: Identification of Novel Bioactive Peptides from Intact Proteins
• Izuru Matsumoto, University of Sydney
  Proteomics in Psychiatric Illnesses