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Presentations from ABRF '98

These presentations were generously made available by the speakers at ABRF' '98: From Genomes to Function - Technical Challenges in the Post-Genome Era, which was held in San Diego, CA on March 21-24, 1998. The presentations consist of the slides or notes used by the speaker, converted to pdf file format.

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• Research Committe Presentation: ABRF-98SEQ: Evaluation of Peptide Sequencing at High Sensitivity. Gary Davis, Bayer Corp.

   

• Tutorial Session 2: Practical aspects of 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis.Organizers: Scott D. Patterson, Amgen Inc. and Ruedi Aebersold, Univ. of Washington
  • Sample preparation and solubilization: crucial steps preceding the two-dimensional gel electrophoresis process. Jean-Charles Sanchez, Geneva Univ. Hosp., Switzerland.

   

• Tutorial Session 3: Life in a small, multifunctional core facility. Organizers: Laurey Steinke, Univ. of Nebraska Med. Ctr. and Lyn Williams, Univ. of Southern California
  • The trials and smiles of running a UK core facility. Len C. Packman, Univ. of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

   

• Tutorial Session 6: "Secrets" of excellence: Practical methods for high quality amino acid analysis. Organizer: Thomas T. Andersen, Albany Med. Col.
  • Use of the AQC precolumn method for determination of protein composition and identification of proteins from PVDF blots. Raymond A. Grant, Proctor & Gamble Co.
  • The ninhydrin-based amino acid analysis protocol we use for PVDF: An unusual extraction solvent. Laurey Steinke, Univ. of Nebraska Med. Ctr.

   

• Tutorial Session 7: Funding Sources--How to run a financially stable resource facility. Organizer: John Crabb, Adirondack Biomed. Res. Inst.
  • Key factors in mamnaging a financially stable resource facility. Jay W. Fox, Univ. of Virginia Hlth. Sci. Ctr.
  • How to run a non-profit facility in a business-like manner.Kathryn Ivanetich, Univ. of California, San Francisco.

   

• Tutorial Session 8: Practical guidelines for enzymatic digestion of proteins purified by SDS-PAGE. Organizer: Joseph Fernandez, Rockefeller Univ.
  • Enzymatic digestion of PVDF-bound proteins for internal sequence analysis. Joseph Fernandez, Rockefeller Univ.

   

• Scientific Session 8: There's Gold in Them There Databases!Organizer: Ken I. Mitchelhill, St. Vincent's Inst. of Med. Res., Australia
  • Tools for extracting knowledge from databases. Bruno Gaëta and Tim Littlejohn, Australian National Genomic Information Service, Univ. of Sydney.

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