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Program

Monday, 31st of May 2010

09:00

Registration

Coffee and tea will be available

10:00

 

TATAA Biocenter opening remark

 

10:10

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High-throughput expression profiling: where are we now and where are we heading?

Mikael Kubista, Institute of Biotechnology, CAS, and founder of TATAA Biocenter

10:35

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Ultrafast and cheap real time RT-PCR system

Pavel Neuzil, KIST-Europe, Germany

11:00

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miQPCR: A methodology for profiling microRNAs by quantitative real-time PCR Pdf

Vladimir Benes, PhD, Scientific Core Facilities, EMBL, Germany

11:25

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Early detection of Breast Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease with approved RT-PCR-based blood tests

Anders Lönneborg, Ph.D., Research Director, DiaGenic AS, Norway

 

11:50

 

Lunch                                 Sponsored by  vwr.jpg

 

13:00 


Genotyping of human papillomavirus and detection of oncogenic mRNA in cervical neoplasias

Elin Andersson, PhD, department of clinical virology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden

13:25

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Recent trends in the diagnostics of emerging viral diseases in domestic animals and in wildlife

Mikael Leijon, Ph. D., Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden

13:50

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From 0-100 in a few days. Establishment of detection for a novel influenza. Pdf

Mia Brytting, docent, department of virology, Smittskyddsinstitutet, Sweden

14:15

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Francisco Bizouarn, Bio-Rad Laboratories

 

14:40

 

 

Break, coffee and tea in the exhibition area

 

15:30

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Detection of proteins and their interactions through DNA amplification mediated detection in biomarker studies of plasma and tissue samples Pdf

Simon Fredriksson, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer at Olink Bioscience, Sweden

15:55

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High Resolution Melting a post-PCR method for sensitive and accurate measurement of single locus methylation levels. Pdf

Tomasz K. Wojdacz, Ph.D., University of Aarhus, Denmark

16:20

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Sensitive and accurate measurement of low level methylation 

Alexander Dobrovic, Professor, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia

16:45

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Maximizing HRM assay performance:  versatile new reagent systems for genetic variation analysis and gene quantification. Pdf

David M. Schuster, Director of Research and Development, Quanta Bioscience, USA

 

17:10-
19:00

 

Mingle, networking and poster session in the exhibition area with cocktail plate and drinks.

 

Tuesday, 1st of June 2010

09:00

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Single cell gene expression profiling using RT-qPCR: technical aspects and biological applications 

Anders Ståhlberg, PhD, Lundberg Laboratory for Cancer Research, Sweden

09:25

 

Presence and molecular profiles of circulating tumor cells and their impact in metastazation

Siegfried Hauch, PhD, Director of Research and Development, AdnaGen AG, Germany

09:50

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Clinical relevance of measuring mRNA's and microRNA's in circulating tumor cells Pdf

Anieta Sieuwerts, PhD, Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center - Josephine Nefkens Institute and Cancer Genomics Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

 

10:15

 

 

Break, coffee and tea in the exhibition area

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11:00

 

QPCR - Rapid Quantification of DNA libraries for Next Generation Sequencing Pdf

Raza Ahmed, Agilent Technologies

11:25

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A novel real-time Taq extension assay and it's application to measuring ARMS efficiency Pdf

Jane Theaker, Sr. R&D Scientist at QIAGEN DxS, UK

11:50

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Scan – Click- Zip and Stick: Zip Nucleic Acids – a novel class of modified oligonucleotides improving hybridization properties of primer and probes. Pdf

Christoph Eckert, Senior Sales Manager, metabion international AG, Germany

 

12:15

 

 

Lunch                                Sponsored by  biorad.jpg

 

13:30

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mRNA technology in forensic case work Pdf

Linda Ferrante, Rettsmedisinsk Institutt, Rikshospitalet, Norway

13:55

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Hot Start Thermostable Reverse Transcriptase:  Highly specific cDNA synthesis  Pdf

Roland Nagel, Applied Biosystems, US

14:20

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RT-qPCR Data Analysis: Avoiding Pitfalls Pdf

Alexandra Vamvakidou-Thomas, Product Manager, Integromics, Spain

 

14:45

 

 

Break, coffee and tea in the exhibition area

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15:30

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Design and Optimization of RT qPCR Experiments Pdf

Ales Tichopad, Ph.D., TUM, Weihenstephan, Germany

15:55

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Quality control for publication of qPCR data 

Stephen Bustin, Professor of Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.

16:20

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How to adapt the MIQE guidelines to microRNA expression profiling Pdf

Michael W. Pfaffl, Reader in Physiology, TUM, Weihenstephan, Germany

 

16:45-
17:00

 

TATAA Biocenter closing remark

 

Wednesday, 2nd of June 2010  

09:00-17:00

 Biostatistics and gene expression profiling, day 1. Schedule

09:00-17:45

 Hands-on qPCR workshop, day 1. Schedule

09:00-17:15

 High resolution melting. Schedule

09:00-17:00

 Invited speakers course. Schedule

 

Thursday, 3rd of June 2010  

09:00-17:00

 Biostatistics and gene expression profiling, day 2. Schedule

09:00-17:15

 Hands-on qPCR workshop, day 2. Schedule