MicroRNAs and their targets: promises and pitfalls

Topics: Biochemistry, Keywords: MicroRNA

Date: /2/ November 2010, London, UK, Europe

Web Site, Contact: conferences@biochemistry.org (Frances van Klaveren)

  

Official Information:

A Biochemical Society Workshop

This workshop follows on from a successful series entitled "Analytical Tools for the Life Sciences". These workshops bring together life sciences researchers that work at the interface between biology and chemistry with the aim to discuss problems and opportunities and to facilitate collaborations. The programme will feature speakers using a range of techniques and there will be plenty of networking opportunities. All lectures will be suitable for researchers in biology and the wider life sciences and will also be of interest to chemists studying this topic.

Registration

Registration to attend the workshop is FREE of charge.

Early registration deadline: 21 September 2010

Note: this workshop has a limited capacity and all delegates are advised to register as soon as possible and before the deadline of 21 September 2010 to secure a place.

During the Workshop the following will be discussed:
- Regulation of gene expression by microRNAs;
- The roles of microRNAs in human development and disease;
- Methods for quantitative analysis of microRNAs;
- Computational and bioinformatics analysis of microRNAs;
- Strategies for delivering microRNA mimics and anti-microRNAs into cells..