Thursday, Dec 1st,

 

Conference starts

 

 


 Tutorials (optionals)

14:30 - 15:30

15:30 -16:30

Spotted mircoarray systems. Alicia Gonzales, Lina Riego Ruiz. Fisiologia Celular. UNAM

GE Heathcare. Jim George

16:30  - 17:30

Affymetrix Genechips system

17:30 - 19:00 

Microarray data analysis and clustering (demonstrated with TIGR TMev)

 Session 1: Functional Genomics and Pharmacogenomics

19:00  - 20:00

Genomics new opportunity for disease biology. Gerardo Jiménez Sánchez, Instituto Nacional Medicina Genómica, México.

20:00  - 21:00 

Applications of functional genomics: from diagnosis to discovery. John Quackenbush, Computational biology and bioinformatics, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge MA, USA.


 

Friday, Dec 2nd, 2005

 

 

 

 Session 2: Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics

8:30 - 9:00

Welcome ceremony. Fernando Cano Valle, General Director, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, México.

9:00  - 9:45 

Roberto Kretschmer Schmidt Lecture: Functional Genomics in Bronchial Asthma. Luis M Teran, Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, México.

9:45 - 10:30 

Estrogen Receptor induced transcriptional cycling: A perspective from chromatin immunoprecipitation, transcriptional arrays and chemical biology. George Reid, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.

10:30  - 11:00

30 minutes mid-morning break

11:00  - 11:45

The EMBL full human genome Array in bio-medical research. Wilhelm Ansorge, SFIT, Switerland.

11:45 -12:30

Rapid Analysis of DNA Binding Specificities of Transcription Factors with DNA Microarrays. Mike Berger, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.

12:30 - 13:00

Lunch

13:00 - 13:45

Microarray analysis: fishing expedition? Roger Bumgarner, Washington University, USA.

13:45 – 14:30

Genomic-wide gene expression profiling of testicular germ cell tumours-implications for clinical

diagnosis and aetiology. Kristian Almstrup, Rigshopsitalet, Copenhagen; Denmark

14:30 – 15:15

Functional and evolutionary genomics of mycobaterium tuberculosis. Antonio Enciso Moreno, Unidad de Investigación Biomedica-IMSS, Zacatecas; México.

15:15 – 15:45

30 minutes mid-afternoon break

15:45 -16:30

Expression of respiratory syncytial virus-induced chemokine gene networks in lower airway epithelial cells revealed by cDNA microarrays. Roberto Garofalo, University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston TX, USA

16:30 – 17:15

Establishment of Community Recognized Standard Controls and Guidelines for Microarray and qRT-PCR Expression Profiling Assays. Vladimir Benes, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg; Germany.

17:15 - 17:40

The BioOdyssey Calligrapher Miniarrayer: Uses and applications.Luis Ugozzoli. BioRad

17:40 – 18:10

Oral Presentations

18:10 - 18:30

20 minutes Break

18:30 - 20:00

Poster Session and Vendor Show


 

Saturday, Dec 3rd, 2005

 

 

 

 

 Session 3: Proteomics, Bioinformatics and New Technologies

 

9:00  - 9:45

Proteomic and Informatic Strategics in the diseas of Biomarkers in Cardiovascular disease. Leon E. Bonilla , BRIMS Center Cambridge, USA.

 

9:45 - 10:30

Making and using the protein arrays. Mike Taussing, Babraham Institute, UK

 

10:30 - 11:00 

30 minutes mid-morning break

 

11:00  - 11:45

Hybridoma Chips : a parallel screening and isotyping microarray plataform for the production of monoclonal antibodies. Federico de Masi, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, USA.

 

11:45 -12:30

From microarray data to gene networks. Misha Kapushesky, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton, UK.

 

12:30  - 13:30 

Lunch break (microarray course ends) participants can stay if they wish.

 

13:30 - 14:15

Proteomics of Sepsis.  Afonso JC Soares and Gilberto B Domont, Institute of Chemistry,Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil.

 

14:15 - 15:00

Proteomic analysis of nasal aspirates derived from children suffering Influenza virus infection. Luis M. Teran. Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Mexico

 

15:30 - 16:15

The Protein Expression System for Biomarker Studies. Roy Martin Waters Corporation.

 

16:15 - 17:00

Three-dimensional geometry gel electrophoresis: from development to clinical applications. Robert Ventzki and Josef Stegemann, European Molecular Biology Laboratory,

 

17:00 – 17:45

On Defining a Serum Golden Standard by ESI_MS and Bioinformatics Gilberto B Domont, Institute of Chemistry,Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil.

 

17:45

Luis M Teran Closing remarks