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TECHNIQUES & STRATEGIES IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE
 4, 5 & 7 Dec 2006 (1400-1730 on 4 & 5 December; 0900 - 1700 on 7 December)
Venue: UCD Conway Institute Lecture Theatre, UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 (location)

Applications are now closed
Online application period was: 6 - 27 Nov 2006

This course, running over two afternoons and one full day, is designed to give bioscientists and clinicians a broad overview of research techniques and their application. Basic molecular biology laboratory experience is assumed, but you should not need prior knowledge of the techniques covered in the course.

The objective for postgraduate teaching is to give students a broad basic knowledge of bioscience research techniques and technologies, including those not currently used in their own project/laboratory that may be of future use. We recommend that postgraduate students attend the whole course (DMMC Course Attendance Certificates are only provided for complete attendance).

Follow the links below to read an abstract of each lecture, together with supplementary reading in some cases.

ANALYSING GENES (Mon 4 Dec; 1400-1730) 
Session Chair: Dr Ross McManus, TCD
1400 RNA Detection and quantitation
Dr Sarah O'Meara, UCD abstract
1445 Differential gene expression: overview of relevant methods Dr Mairin Rafferty, UCD abstract
1530 Coffee/Tea
1600 Mutation detection, SNP analysis and genetic linkage Prof Denis Shields, UCD abstract
1645 Model organisms Dr Breandán Kennedy, UCD abstract
   
MANIPULATING GENES (Tue 5 Dec; 1400-1730)
Session Chair: Dr Ross McManus, TCD
1400 DNA cloning strategies Dr Ross McManus, TCD abstract
1445 RNA interference Dr Steven Gray, TCD abstract
1530 Coffee/Tea
1600 Transgenics and knockouts Dr Rosemary Kane, UCD abstract
1645 Molecular therapies - false hope or the future of medicine? Prof Mark Lawler, TCD abstract
   
PROTEINS (Thu 7 Dec; 0900-1230)
Session Chair: Dr Niamh Moran, RCSI
0900 Protein expression and purification
Dr Henry Windle, TCD abstract
0945 Determining protein:protein interactions in biology Dr Niamh Moran, RCSI abstract
1030 Coffee/Tea
1100 Introduction to Mass Spectrometry
Dr Achim Treumann, RCSI abstract
1145 Proteomic technologies Prof Mike Dunn, UCD
1230 Lunch
   
CELLS & TISSUES (Thu 7 Dec; 1330-1700)
Session Chair: Dr Clare O’Connor, UCD
1330 Immunodetection methods on cell and tissue extracts Dr Leonie Young, RCSI 
1415 Cell imaging and sorting – flow cytometry
Dr William Watson, UCD abstract
1500 Coffee/Tea
1530

High Content Screening and Analysis Platform technologies Dr Anthony Davies, TCD abstract
1615 Laser Capture Microdissection and in situ hybridisation Dr Orla Shiels, TCD abstract

Course Instructors
Dr Sarah O'Meara (UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research)
Dr Mairin Rafferty (UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research)
Prof Denis Shields (UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research)
Dr Breandán Kennedy (UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research)
Dr Ross McManus (Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James's Hospital & TCD)
Dr Steven Gray (Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James's Hospital & TCD)
Dr Rosemary Kane (UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research)
Prof Mark Lawler (Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James's Hospital & TCD)
Dr Henry Windle (Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James's Hospital & TCD)
Dr Niamh Moran (Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, RCSI)
Dr Achim Treumann (Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, RCSI)
Prof Mike Dunn (UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research)
Dr Leonie Young (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland & Beaumont Hospital)
Dr William Watson (UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research)
Dr Anthony Davies (Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James's Hospital & TCD)
Dr Orla Sheils (Institute of Molecular Medicine, TCD)