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Fourth PMF Meeting June 21st - 22nd, 2007

Contact

Aim

Programme

Location

Parking

Registration

Accommodation

Contact:

Dr. Deborah Ward Mr Mark Prescott
(General and Vendors) (Registration and Dale Hall Accommodation)
School of Biological Sciences School of Biological Sciences
University of Liverpool University of Liverpool
Crown Street Crown Street
Liverpool Liverpool
L69 7ZB L69 7ZB
Tel: 0151 795 4507/4484 Tel: 0151 795 4485
Fax: 0151 795 4406 Fax: 0151 795 4406
E-mail: d.ward@liverpool.ac.uk E-mail: mp1608@liverpool.ac.uk

Aim:

To provide a national, informal forum for groups involved in protein mass spectrometry and informatics in the UK. Its focus is upon the practical methods of analysis and sharing of information between peers. 'Building a community'.

Programme

Thursday 21st June 2007

12:00 Registration, Tea/Coffee and Exhibition by Proteomics Vendors
12:55 Welcoming Remarks
 

Session 1. Informatics

13:00 An Overview of Scaffold by a User
  Rebekah Jukes-Jones (MRC — University of Leicester)
13:20 Applying active data management and downstream processing to the shotgun proteomics of Synechocystis, using multiple workflows and multiple search engines
  Kevin Jones (Genologics)
13:40 Reliable High Throughput Protein Identification using the Genome Annotating Proteomic Pipeline
  Conrad Bessant (Cranfield)
14:05 Improved Bioinformatics Methods for the Integration of Proteomics and Microarray Data
  Crispin Miller (University of Manchester)
14:30 Tea/Coffee and Exhibition by Proteomics Vendors

Session 1. Informatics continued

15:00 Data Repositories for Proteomics : Why Bother?
  Jennifer Siepen (University of Manchester)
15:20 An Intuition for Experiment Design
  Martin O'Gorman (Nonlinear)

Session 2. Specialised Proteomic Applications

15:40 The application of UPLC and Multiple Reaction Monitoring to the detection and quantification of proteins in serum
  Richard Kay (HFL, Cambridge)
16:05 Protein Separation for Top-Down Analysis
  Karl Burgess (University of Glasgow)
16:30 Tea/Coffee and Exhibition by Proteomics Vendors
17:00 Positional Proteomics : Addressing the problem of proteome complexity by selective recovery and analysis of N-terminal peptides
  Lucy McDonald (University of Liverpool)
17:20 A Method for the Proteomic Analysis of Integrin-mediated Protein Complexes
  Adam Byron (Manchester)

Session 3. Quantification

17:40 Strategies for multiplexed absolute quantification
  Rob Beynon (University of Liverpool)
18:10 Neutrophil Proteomics in Systemic Sclerosis
  Theresa Barnes (Liverpool)
18:30 Exhibition by Proteomics Vendors
19:00 Wine reception in Bar adjacent to Herculaneum Room
19:30 Buffet dinner in Herculaneum Room
  Bar extension until 11.45pm

Friday 22nd June

Session 3. Quantification continued

09:30 Proteomics and Metabolomics Combined in Cardiovascular Research
  Manuel Mayr (Kings College, London)
09:55 Adventures with an iTRAQ 8plex Test Kit : A Collective Experience
  Saw Yen Ow (University of Sheffield)
10:15 Label free quantitative proteomics for large scale biomarker discovery in complex samples
  Yishai Levin and Emanuel Schwarz (University of Cambridge)
10:40 2nd Generation Proteomics : A quantitative annotation of protein localization, dynamic & interaction partners
  Michel Boisvert (University of Dundee)
11:10 Tea/Coffee and Exhibition by Proteomics Vendors

Session 4. Post-translational modifications

11:40 Multiple Methods for Protein Phosphorylation Site Analysis by Mass Spectrometry
  Nick Morrice (University of Dundee)
12:10 The Role of ETD/ECD in Phosphorylation Analysis
  Stephen Sweet (University of Birmingham)
12:40 Mass spectrometric techniques for glycomics and glycoproteomics
  Paul Hitchen (Imperial College, London)
13:10 Closing Remarks and Future PMFs

Location:

The Forum will be held in the Carnatic Conference Park (http://www.liv.ac.uk/conferenceservices/conferences/carnatic.htm).

The meeting will be at Dale Hall, where accommodation is also available. Breakfast (first floor), buffet dinner (Herculaeum Room) and bar facilities are available across the road in Carnatic House.

A Map and Directions to Carnatic House/Dale Hall can be downloaded here.

Car Parking:

Very limited parking is available at Dale Hall, and across the road, but there is a large car park available on the far side of Carnatic House (entrance from North Mossley Hill Road).

Registration:

As in previous meetings, registration is free, since we have secured industrial sponsorship. However, to allow us to plan, please download and save the Registration form and email a completed version to Mark Prescott mp1608@liverpool.ac.uk) by 30th April, 2007.

Accommodation:

Dale Hall:

Details of the accommodation available at Dale Hall are provided on the Accommodation Booking Form. Please download, print and post the completed form with payment to Mark Prescott by Friday 18th May, 2007.

Hotels:

Local hotels are available that are close to Dale Hall/Carnatic House, but all require car transport.

Alicia Hotel, Sefton Park 0151 727 4411 from £55.00
Solna Hotel, Sefton Park 0151 734 3398 from £49.95
The Park Lane Hotel, Sefton Park 0151 727 4754 from £60.00
Innkeepers Lodge, Aigburth Road 0151 494 1032 from £48.00
Marriot Hotel, Speke 0870 400 7269 from £99.00

Please book Hotels directly