Dr. David Whitehouse to chair PCR meeting
Claire Morgan
Monday, 31 March 2008 11:34 UTC
PCR expert Dr David Whitehouse will Chair EuroSciCon’s ’PCR Perfection: Insider tricks’ meeting on Friday, October 3, 2008 at BioPark, Hertfordshire. Dr Whitehouse is an experienced academic and commercial scientist with more than 20 years research experience in the university sector, mostly with the MRC Human Biochemical Genetics Unit in UCL. This meeting will feature many experts in the field of PCR and there will be plenty of opportunities for discussion. The day will end with a Soiree at The Best Western Homestead Court Hotel for all the participants.
Speakers include:
Dr Rob Powell, PrimerDesign Ltd and Southampton University, UK
Professor Stephen A. Bustin, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London
Dr David Sugden, Kings College London
Dr Craig Winstanley, University of Liverpool, UK
Scott Reid, Institute of Animal Health, UK
The deadline for early (reduced rate) registration is July 20th 2008.
For more information or to book click here
Abstracts are welcomed for poster and oral presentation (the Deadline for abstract submissions is July 10th 2008). There will be a best poster prize and all accepted abstracts will be published in the meeting proceedings.
Updated 31 March 2008 11:35 UTC
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Scott Reid PhD (Institute for Animal Health, UK) will be talking at this meeting. He says,
“Rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential for effective control of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). I will describe the practical steps taken to use real-time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR) as a front-line laboratory diagnostic tool during the 2007 outbreaks of FMD in the United Kingdom. The practical considerations adopted for the processing of the samples, the deployment of rRT-PCR during the outbreaks and the advantages of the assay for laboratory diagnosis of FMD to support control decisions during the outbreaks will be discussed.”
For more information or to book please visit http://www.regonline.co.uk/pcr08
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