Call for Papers - qPCR 2009 Event 4th international qPCR Symposium & Industrial Exhibition & Application Workshop 9 - 13th March 2009, in Freising-Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephan, Germany http://talk-and-poster-call.qpcr2009.net/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- Dear colleagues, dear researchers, dear company representatives, On behalf of the Organisation Committee and the Scientific Board it is a great pleasure to invite you to the 4th International qPCR Symposium & Industrial Exhibition & Application Workshop to be held at the Center of Life Science in Freising Weihenstephan, Technische Universit=E4t M=FCnchen (Germany). The great international interest in the previous meetings qPCR 2004 qPCR 2005 and qPCR 2007 ] with up to 600 participants coming from over 40 countries, and 30 international companies in the qPCR Industrial Exhibition led us to the decision to repeat the Symposium in spring 2009. We have set the date for the qPCR 2009 Event to 9 - 13th March 2009. The event location is the central lecture hall complex and the foyer at TUM (Technical University of Munich) in Freising Weihenstephan, Germany. The TUM and the Biotech region around Munich is part of the largest Biotech cluster in Europe, located close to the Munich airport in the heart of Bavaria. Leading academic researchers and industrial contributors in the field will be participate in the symposium, which will be an arena for fruitful discussions between researchers of different backgrounds. The Symposium Talks, various Poster Sessions, Industrial Exhibition and associated qPCR Application Workshops offer an overview of the present knowledge and future developments in qPCR technology and its wide applications. The symposium will focus on approximately 40-50 lectures presented by internationally recognised experts in their field. The emphasis will be on unbiased, didactic information exchange. Internationally renown speakers will be participating in a lively and exciting programme enabling the valuable exchange of information in the qPCR field. One third of the talks will be presented by selected invited speakers, one third will be selected from the submitted abstracts and one third will be presented by qPCR company R&D representatives. All scientific contributions will be published in the qPCR 2009 Symposium Proceedings. It is a pleasure to announce the Nobel Prize Laureate Kary Mullis in an own session =9325th Anniversary of PCR=94 The qPCR 2009 Event contains several parts: 1. qPCR Symposium taking place March 9 - 11, 2009 =3D> Talk and Poster sessions http://sessions.qpcr2009.net/ =3D> confirmed Speakers http://speakers.qpcr2009.net/ =3D> download FLYER http://www.bioeps.com/qpcr2009/qPCR-200= 9-3rd-announcement.pdf 2. A parallel qPCR Industrial Exhibition taking place March 9 - 11, 2009 3. Followed by four qPCR application Workshops taking place March 12 -13, powered by the TATAA Biocenter Germany - Basis Module qPCR Application Workshop (2-days) - qPCR Biostatistics & Expression Profiling (2-days) - Sample Preparation (2-days) - High Resoultion Melt (day 1) & Immuno-qPCR (day 2) http://workshops.qpcr2009.net/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- CALL for TALK & POSTERS Deadline =3D> 31st December 2008 Referee process will be finished until 15th January 2009 http://talk-and-poster-call.qpcr2009.net/ Please register and submit your abstract here =3D> http://registration.qpc= r2009.net/ qPCR 2009 Talk & Poster sessions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- Main topic: Diagnostics & Molecular Markers Markers in diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic, markers on DNA, RNA, microRNA, protein, and metabolite level, disease markers, tissue specific markers, cancer markers, stem-cells markers, differentiation markers, methylation markers, diagnostic quantification methods, epigenetics, SNP analysis, HRM =3D high resolution melt applications, =85.. Main topic: Diagnostics & Molecular Markers in agricultural and veterinary Science Diagnostics & Molecular Markers in White-, Green-, Blue-, and Brown- Biotechnology and in agricultural and veterinary Science. Marker genes on diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic markers on on DNA, RNA, microRNA, pProtein, and metabolite level, in animals and plants, =85 =85 "25th Anniversary of PCR=94 Session held by Nobel Prize Laureate Kary Mullis sponsored by Bioserch Technologies Single-Cell qPCR single-cell sampling, pre-amplification techniques, laser micro dissection, sub-cellular PCR, micro-manipulation of cell clusters, cellular micro injection, FACS spotting, single cell handling, =85=85 RNAi - microRNA - siRNA Applications RNAi mechanism, microRNA extraction, qRT-PCR technologies to detect microRNA, siRNA applications in combination with qRT-PCR, microRNA targets and microRNA precursors, new siRNA manipulation and microRNA technologies, ..... High Throughput quantitative PCR 384 well applications, new high throughput platforms, qPCR robotics, digital PCR, SNP application, gene expression real-time RT-PCR arrays (mRNA and microRNA), quantitative multiplexing, =85.. Pre-analytical Steps Pre-amplification, sampling technologies, DNA / RNA purification, extraction efficiency, DNA / mRNA / microRNA quality control, Reverse Transcription, RT quality control, external references, =85.. Immuno qPCR development, establishment, optimization of immuno-qPCR, innovative immuno qPCR applications, =85.. qPCR NOS Session - Normalization & Optimization & Standardization sponsored by LONZA new types of normalization, one vs. multiple reference genes, genomic DNA as standard, external standards, optimization of the real-time PCR, inhibition of negative effects, optimization of real-time PCR efficiency, qPCR robotics, multiplexing, establishment of DNA / RNA standards, inter-run standards, national and international studies on qPCR standardization, new quantification strategies, ........ qPCR BioStatistics & BioInformatics software applications, data mining, calculation of relative expression, primer and probe design on mRNA and microRNA level, real- time PCR efficiency determination, mathematical modelling, Multivariate expression profiling raw data analysis, statistics in real-time PCR, data management, multiway expression profiling, multiple regression analysis, 3D data visualization, ........ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- Internet based REGISTRATION & ABSTRACT submission platform =3D> http://registration.qpcr2009.net/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- qPCR 2009 Industrial Exhibition An industrial exhibition will be held during the qPCR 2009 Event from Monday 9th - Wednesday 11th March 2009 in the foyer of the central lecture hall complex (green frame) and in two side rooms S1 and S2 (blue frame). According to the booth location we have 30 booth in different prize categories. They are all grouped around the central lecture hall H14 that can fit up to 650 people. http://exhibition.qpcr2009.net/