The ABRF, in collaboration with the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, is planning a day of technology symposia and workshops at the International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology to be held in San Francisco, CA, on August 24-29, 1997. The topic of the Congress is "Science for the 21st Century." Wednesday, August 27, will be devoted to the role of technology in science. The ABRF is organizing a series of "Technology Corners" to show how advanced technologies are implemented to support modern scientific research. Speakers will present topics of interest to an international audience of scientists and describe the technological foundations necessary for the performance of that science. Mini-symposia will be followed by workshops highlighting the more practical aspects of the technological tools described during each symposium.
The program is being organized by three ABRF members: Ruth Angeletti, Mark Lively, and Ronald Niece. Topics already selected include protein chemistry, mass spectrometry, NMR, carbohydrate biochemistry, transgenics and conditional gene knock-outs, combinatorial biochemistry, genome sequencing, and computational biology. Additional symposia topics are being considered. The computational biology workshop will include a hands -on workshop on Internet tools for biochemistry and molecular biology. Other workshops include practical approaches to creating transgenic animals, quantitative PCR, genomics and mapping basics, design and construction of combinatorial peptide libraries, and protein graphics and modeling. Two tutorials"Carbohydrate Analysis" and "What could your laboratory do with NMR?"are planned, and a primer entitled "Mass spectrometry for biochemists" will follow the mass spectrometry mini-symposium.
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