Saturday, March 30
Opening Reception (7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.)
Sunday, March 31
Continental Breakfast (7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.)
Plenary Session: "Impact of the Human Genome Project on Biotechnology" (8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.)
Exhibits Open (10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.)
Concurrent Sessions (10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.)
* Workshop 1: Internal Edman sequencing approaches
* Workshop 2: Automated genotyping in core facilities
* Tutorial 1: Improving amino acid analysis background
Lunch/Exhibits (12:20 p.m.-1:30 p.m.)
Concurrent Sessions (1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.)
* Workshop 3: Subpicomole Edman sequencing
* Workshop 4: Capillary electrophoresis of proteins and peptides
* Tutorial 2: Interpreting automated DNA sequences and sequencer problems
Concurrent Sessions (3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.)
* Workshop 5: Strategies for expressing and purifying recombinant proteins
* Roundtable Discussion 1: Improving the status of core laboratories and personnel
* Tutorial 3: Analysis of carbohydrate content of glycoproteins
Poster Session I/Exhibits (cash bar) (4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.)
Companies marketing products for the biotechnology research community will conduct user meetings, workshops, and demonstrations of their instrumentation (Evening)
Monday, April 1
Continental Breakfast (7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.)
Symposium: Quantitative analysis of macromolecular shape and interactions: (Re)emerging thermodynamic and kinetic approaches [Topics: analytical ultracentrifugation/biosensors/microcalorimetry] (8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.)
Exhibits Open (10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.)
Concurrent Sessions (10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.)
* Workshop 6: Current peptide synthesis methods and the potentials of combinatorial chemistries
* Workshop 7: Characterization of glycosylated proteins on gels and blots
* Tutorial 4: Sequencing difficult DNA templates
Monday, April 1 (continued)
Lunch/Exhibits (12:20 p.m.-1:30 p.m.)
Concurrent Sessions (1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.)
* Workshop 8: Identification and significance of post-translational modifications
* Workshop 9: DNA sequencing methods--Current status and future prospects
* Tutorial 5: Efficient electroblotting and on-membrane proteolysis at high sensitivity for sequence analysis
Concurrent Sessions (3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.)
* Workshop 10: C-terminal sequencing methods
* Workshop 11: PCR primer design and large PCR products
* Tutorial 6: Interpretation of MS and MS-MS data
Poster Session II/Exhibits (cash bar) (4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.)
Companies marketing products for the biotechnology research community will conduct user meetings, workshops, and demonstrations of their instrumentation (Evening)
Tuesday, April 2
Continental Breakfast (7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.)
Symposium: Present status and future prospects of MS for analysis of biomolecules (8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.)
Exhibits Open (10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.)
Concurrent Sessions (10:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m.)
* Workshop 12: Identification of novel proteins from gels and blots using MS
* Workshop 13: GLP compliance and validation
* Tutorial 7: In-gel protein digestion at high sensitivity for sequence analysis
Lunch/Exhibits (12:20 a.m.-1:30 p.m.)
Concurrent ABRF Research Committee Reports (1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.)
Concurrent Sessions (3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.)
* Workshop 14: Methods for capillary HPLC isolation and collection of peptides
* Workshop 15: Efficient handling of samples and data in high- volume nucleic acids laboratories
* Roundtable Discussion 2: Merits of alternative MS methods--Which type of instrument should I buy?
ABRF Business Meeting (4:45 p.m.-5:30 p.m.)
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