GE Healthcare will host the 'Current Trends in Microcalorimetry and Biacore Symposium 2009', on 18-21 October at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland.
The symposium will allow delegates to exchange and discuss all the latest developments in label-free molecular-interaction analysis.
This symposium brings together two previously held events: 'Current Trends in Microcalorimetry' (previously hosted by Microcal, now part of GE Healthcare) and 'Biacore Symposium' (also known as DiPIA).
The meeting is expected to attract around 300 delegates involved in functional characterisation of biomolecular stability and interactions.
The event will feature a series of in-depth oral presentations and poster sessions from leading scientists in industry and academia, as part of scientific sessions organised around five main topic areas: Systems Biology and Proteomics, which will feature Richard Kriwacki of St Jude Children's Research Hospital presenting 'Functional Mechanisms of Disordered Proteins: Insights from ITC, SPR and Other Methods'; Nucleic Acids and Glycoproteins; Small-Molecule Drug Discovery and Development, with Ernesto Freire of Johns Hopkins University presenting 'Thermodynamic Rules for the Optimization of Drug Candidates'; Biotherapeutics Discovery and Development, featuring Stephen Demarest of Biogen Idec presenting 'Mechanism of Action Studies of Anti-Insulin-Like Growth Factor Antibodies using Microcal ITC200 and Biacore to Develop a Best-in-Class Biotherapeutic' and Muralidhara Bilikallahalli of Pfizer presenting 'Unique Applications of Isothermal Titration Calorimetry in Formulation and Development of Biologics'; and Novel Methods for Biophysical Characterization of Biomolecular Interactions.
Participants will also have the opportunity to take part in detailed tutorials addressing the use of Microcal and Biacore instrument platforms, as well as educational workshops such as 'Working with Small Molecules and Fragments' and 'Techniques for Protein Expression and Purification'.
