INDEPENDENT MEETING UPDATE-- ABRF '96: BIOMOLECULAR TECHNIQUES

This three day meeting in San Francisco, CA will focus on current and emerging methods related to protein, peptide, carbohydrate, and nucleic acid synthesis and analyses. Concurrent sessions during most of the meeting will ensure that scientists interested in a single type of biomolecular technology should find topics of interest throughout the meeting.

MEETING SCHEDULE

March 30-April 2, 1996
Meeting Organizers: David Speicher and Steven Carr

Registration and Opening Reception--Saturday, March 30

Scientific Sessions and Manufacturers' Exhibits--Sunday, March 31 through Tuesday, April 2

Plenary and Symposium Sessions

• Impact of the human genome project on biotechnology
• Quantitative analysis of macromolecular shape and interactions: (re)emerging thermodynamic and kinetic approaches
• Present status and future prospects of mass spectrometry in biotechnology

Workshop and Mini-Symposium Topics

• Internal Edman sequencing
• Subpicomole Edman sequencing
• Automated genotyping in nucleic acids core facilities
• PCR primer design and large PCR products
• Combinational peptide synthesis methods
• Characterizing glycosylated proteins on gels and blots
• Expression and purification of recombinant proteins
• Current and innovative DNA sequencing methods
• Carbohydrate analysis in core facilities
• Identification and significance of post-translational modifications
• Identification of novel proteins using mass spectrometry methods
• Capillary HPLC of peptides and proteins
• GLP compliance and validation
• Sample and data handling in high-volume nucleic acids laboratories

A series of tutorials and roundtable discussions on related topics are planned. Poster sessions will cover all aspects of protein, nucleic acids, carbohydrate, and peptide synthesis and analysis methods.

Meeting Management by FASEB, Meeting Manger: Jean Lash, Tel: (301) 530-7010, Fax: (301) 530-7014, E-mail: jlash@osmc.faseb.org.

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