DMMC COURSES & WORKSHOPS

TECHNIQUES & STRATEGIES IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Tue 7 Dec - Fri 10 Dec 2004 (1330-1730 each day)
Venue: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (location)

A broad overview of techniques used in molecular medicine research, and their application. Basic molecular biology lab experience is assumed. Follow the links below to read an abstract of each lecture.

ANALYSING GENES (Tue 7 Dec; 1330-1730; Albert Lecture Theatre)
Session Coordinator: Dr Ross McManus, TCD
1330 RNA detection and quantitation
Dr John Crean, UCD abstract
1415 Differential gene expression: overview of relevant methods Dr William Gallagher, UCD abstract
1500 Coffee/Tea
1530 Cytogenetics and genomic microarrays
Dr Sean Ennis, UCD/NCMG abstract
1610 Mutation detection, SNP analysis and genetic linkage
Dr Denis Shields, RCSI abstract
1650 Bioinformatics and analysis of microarray data
Prof Des Higgins, UCD abstract

MANIPULATING GENES (Wed 8 Dec; 1330-1730; Houston Lecture Theatre)
Session Coordinator: Dr Ross McManus
1330 Introduction to cloning and RNA interference
Dr Ross McManus, TCD abstract
1420 Model organisms Dr Breandán Kennedy, UCD abstract
1510 Coffee/Tea.
1540 Transgenics and knockouts
Dr Derek Brazil, UCD abstract
1630 Gene therapy and antisense
Prof Mark Lawler, TCD abstract

PROTEINS (Thu 9 Dec; 1330-1730; Houston Lecture Theatre)
Session Coordinator: Dr Niamh Moran, RCSI
1330 Protein expression and purification
Dr Henry Windle, TCD abstract
1415 Protein-protein interactions: yeast 2-hybrid, FRET Dr Niamh Moran, RCSI
1500 Coffee/Tea
1530 Introduction to Mass Spectrometry Dr Achim Treumann, RCSI abstract (this lecture was cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control)
1610 Protein arrays: applications in proteomics and beyond Prof Dolores Cahill, CHP, RCSI abstract
1650 Expression proteomics: biomedical applications Prof Stephen Pennington, UCD

CELLS, TISSUES AND BEYOND (Fri 10 Dec; 1330-1730; Houston Lecture Theatre)
Session Coordinator: Dr Clare O’Connor, UCD
1330 Immunodetection methods on cell and tissue extracts
Dr Leonie Young, UCD abstract
1415 Cell imaging and sorting – flow cytometry
Dr William Watson, UCD abstract
1500 Coffee/Tea
1530 Cells & tissues – confocal microscopy and real time imaging Dr Yuri Volkov, TCD abstract
1610 Tissue – Laser Capture Microdissection, tissue arrays, in situ hybridisation
Dr Orla Sheils, TCD abstract
1650 Application of NMR to biological systems
Prof Paul Malthouse, UCD abstract