Conferences 2009

Harmonised Biobank Research: maximising value - maximising use

Organiser:
Jennifer Harris: The Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Biobank harmonisation in ongoing projects has generated a new reservoir of information and opened up novel directions for maximizing the use of biobanks. This conference will focus on two main harmonisation themes. ‘ Using Biobanks ' uses ongoing genomic studies as case projects to describe harmonisation in practice. ‘ Maximizing the Use of Biobanks' encompasses new directions for harmonisation efforts, including translational medicine.
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Date and Venue: March, 25-27; Brussels, Belgium

14th European Congress on Biotechnology: Systems Biology & Technology Symposium

Organisers:
Hans Westerhoff: University of Manchester, UK
Mike Taussig: Babraham Resreach Campus, Cambridge
Joost Teixeira de Mattos: University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mathias Uhlen: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

The European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) has recognised that Systems Biology is a mature discipline that is now of paramount importance to biotechnology. Hence, one of the 4 Stream Programmes of the upcoming 14th European Congress on Biotechnology
(ECB-14) is fully dedicated to Systems Biology & Technology. The aims will be to review the current genomic technologies including Functional Genomics and their present and future impact.
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Date and Venue: September, 13-16; Barcelona, Spain

3rd Central and Eastern Europe Proteomics Conference

Conference organisers:
G. Allmaier: Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics & University of Technology, Vienna
L. Drahos: Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
H. Kovárová: Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, v.v.i., Czech Academy of Sciences, Libechov
T. Janáky: University of Szeged, Hungary
Aleš Svatos: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany

This 3rd Central and Eastern European Proteomic Conference (CEEPC) in Budapest, Hungary, in 2009 follows previous meetings in Jena, Germany (2008) and that of Prague, Czech Republic (2007). The conference will bring together people interested in proteomics; will accelerate the diffusion and exchange of information among people in a region, where proteomics is not yet fully developed.
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Date and Venue: October, 6-9; Budapest, Hungary