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Organisers
Mike Taussig, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK
Cheryl Smythe, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, UK
Introduction
Antibodies and other affinity binders are among the most powerful analytical tools for life sciences research, diagnostics and increasingly therapeutics for cancer and autoimmune disease. Affinity proteomics seeks to use them to analyse proteomes using collections of specific binding reagents. While the most familiar affinity reagents are the classical antibodies and their fragments, there are also alternative engineered forms of novel protein scaffolds and nucleic acid aptamers with similar diversity and binding properties. A binder collection must be accompanied by development of high-throughput assay systems and look towards applications in functional analysis, diagnostics and therapeutics. Results achieved through affinity proteomics technologies will have a strong impact on the biomedical, pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
This meeting is the 5th in a series of workshops previously held in Cambridge 2004, Uppsala 2005 and Alpbach 2007 and 2009 and organised by the Affinomics consortium, an EU FP7 project to produce a European resource of binding reagents against the human proteome. The 5th ESF Affinity Proteomics Workshop will review methods for generation and quality control for binding reagents and applications in high-throughput proteomics.
Venue
The meeting will be held in the Congress Centre in the alpine village of Alpbach in the Austrian Tyrol where there are excellent skiing opportunities which will be incorporated into the programme.
Andrew Bradbury, Los Alamos
Andreas Plückthun, Zurich
Doron Gerber, Tel Aviv
Mathias Uhlén, Stockholm
Lukas Huber, Innsbruck
Larry Gold, Boulder
Bernhard Kuster, Munich
John McCafferty, Cambridge
Pierre Legrain, Paris
Gianni Cesareni, Rome
Olli Kallioniemi, Helsinki
Ulf Landegren, Uppsala
Mike Taussig, Cambridge
Walter Schubert, Magdeburg
Klaus Lindpaintner, Newark
Mike Romanos, Cambridge
The programme is available here.
The workshop will begin on the afternoon of Monday 14th March with morning and afternoon sessions on both Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th separated by a break for lunch, skiing and other mountain activities.
Poster Presentations & Short Talks
We invite participants to submit an abstract for a poster presentation and/or short talk (10 minutes). Please submit your abstracts of no more than 250 words by email to Cheryl Smythe by Friday 17th December 2010. Please note, you must have registered for the meeting for your abstract to be considered for a presentation.
Information & Registration
Registration is now closed.
Early registration is available before Friday 17 December 2010.
Late registration is available until Friday 28 January 2011.
To register for the meeting please (1) complete the registration form, (2) provide credit card details for payment and (3) indicate your accommodation requirements.
(1) Completed Registration Forms should be sent to Cheryl Smythe. Download the Registration form here.
(2) The early registration fee is €200, the late registration fee is €250. This registration fee includes dinner on 3 nights, all coffee breaks and a final evening party with live music from Stars'n'Bars! Payment is by credit card only and must be received by Friday 17 December 2010 to benefit from the reduced rate. Please complete your credit card details together with your accommodation requirements on the Payment & Accommodation Form and return to the Conference Centre in Alpbach by fax or post. Download the Payment & Accommodation Form here.
Registration will be confirmed by email once both your completed registration form and payment has been received.
(3) A limited number of rooms are available for meeting participants in hotels and guest houses within walking distance from the conference venue. Please indicate your accommodation requirements on the Payment & Accommodation Form and return to the Conference Centre in Alpbach by fax or post before the registration deadlines.
Travel: Please refer to the Alpbach webpage for general travel advice. For trains from Munich airport please see timetable or the Deutsche Bahn website.
General Information & Map for Affinity Proteomics Workshop Participants: Please download the Welcome back to Alpbach file.
For further information please email Cheryl Smythe.
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