High Content Screening Technologies Course
(TCD Molecular Medicine MSc Module)

9 - 15 February 2008 (7 full days)
Venue: TCD Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James's Hospital (location)

Course Coordinator:
Dr Anthony Davies (TCD Institute of Molecular Medicine)

We have a limited number of places available through the DMMC to attend a 7-day High Content Screening (HCS) Technologies course taking place 9-15 February 2008 in the Trinity Institute of Molecular Medicine as part of their prestigious Molecular Medicine MSc. This is a unique opportunity to hear in-depth presentations from international experts covering advanced HCS technologies and their applications. The course will also be of value to those with an interest in experimental design for and implementation of high throughput techniques, automated systems, image analysis and information storage.

High Content Screening (HCS) technologies enable monitoring and analysis of multiple molecular targets in individual cells and populations of cells in a high throughput multi-well format. This provides quantitative information on parameters such as cellular morphology, subcellular localisation of targets, cell viability, apoptosis and cytoskeletal rearrangements. HCS has utility in numerous research areas, including cancer, inflammation, cardiovascular studies and neurology.

The full course programme is available here (147KB PDF)

Why should you attend

In terms of relevance to scientists today, it is becoming clear that HCS technologies are being widely utilised both in academia and industry. The market in this area of research is growing exponentially. Indeed it is almost a given that within five years this technology will be as ubiquitous as the PCR machine is now. There are already two HCS labs in Ireland and at least another three are planned or setting up.

To add value to this course we will also give each attendee (who has attended the course fully), a certificate of attendance.

What does this course offer to scientists in general?

1. The course will cover how experimental practices and work flows should be conducted to integrate with laboratory automation strategies.

2. Coverage of important topics such as assay development and experimental design, which are applicable in all fields of the biological and biomedical sciences.

3. An insight into how this technology may be utilised in their own research programs.

4. Finally this course offers an introduction to the most versatile, advanced and powerful analysis platforms currently available.

Certificates of Attendance will be provided by TCD to those who attend all the sessions.

How to apply

There is no charge for academic participants, but you are required to attend all sessions (certificates of attendance will be provided by TCD).

A registration fee of 250 Euro will be charged for any commercial attendee.

If you wish to apply for a place alloted to the DMMC, please send an email to education@dmmc.ie (this link will generate the following subject heading in your email: 'HCS Technologies Course Expression of Interest').

In order to take your expression of interest into account, your email must contain the following information:

Your name
University/Hospital/other organisation affiliation
School/Department/Institute
Email address
Contact telephone number

Please ensure that your expression of interest reaches us by 1 February 2008

We will pass your expression of interest to the course organisers in TCD, who will contact you to confirm your participation.

The full course programme is available here (147KB PDF)