DMMC Course: PROTEOMICS: METHODS & APPLICATIONS

1615-1700 Tuesday 13 June 2006. UCD Conway Institute Lecture Thearte

Protein-Ligand Interactions of Medical Relevance Dr Alejandro Merino, UCD

The co-emergence of microarray technologies with systems oriented approaches to discovery is testament to the technological and conceptual advancements of recent years. By providing a platform for massively parallelised reductionism, microarrays are enabling us to examine the functional features of diverse classes of bio-system components in a contextually meaningful manner. Yet, in order to provide economic impact, future development of these technologies demands intimate alignment with the goal of producing safer and more efficacious drugs. This lecture will focus specifically on the latest advancements in protein arrays and detection technologies and its potential impact on medically relevant protein-ligand interactions.