Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting
QMB - Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting

QMB 2008 Programme

Tuesday 2nd September
5pmOpening mixer and poster set up
6.00-7.00pmPlenary talk to be given by Nobel prize winner Dr Kary Mullis, the inventor of PCR (sponsored by Bio-Rad).
7.00pmRoche wine evening and posters
Wednesday 3rd September
8.30am-12.00pm
QMB
Session1: New genetic technologies
Chaired by Associate Professor Andrew Shelling (Auckland).
8.30-8.35amIntroduction from chair
8.35-9.20amJerry Taylor (USA)
9.20-10.00amIan Campbell (Melbourne)
10.00-10.20amTea/Coffee
10.20-10.45amNicole Cloonan (Sydney)
10.45-11.10amParry Guildford (Otago)
11.10-11.35am Greg Goodall (Adelaide)
11.35-11.55amMelanie McConnell (Malaghan Institute, Wellington)
11.55am-12.00pmChair to summarise
12.00-1.00pmLunch
Millennium Science Lunchtime workshop: "Octet, Odyssey, and Ingenuity: Solutions for Protein and Biological Systems Research", Mike Yarski and Glenn Wall-Manning
1.00-4.30pmSession2: From Genotype to Phenotype
Chaired by Associate Professor Martin Kennedy (Carney Centre, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago).
1.00-1.05pmIntroduction from chair
1.05-1.40pmJock Findlay, (Melbourne)
1.40-2.15pmMing-Wei Wang (Shanghai)
2.15-2.30pmAnnette Lasham (Auckland)
2.30-2.50pmCoffee/Tea
2.50-3.25pmDavid Huang (Melbourne)
3.25-4.00pmRoger Reddell
4.00-4.15pmJulia Horsfield (Otago)
4.15-4.30pmLorna Johnstone (Auckland)
4.30-5.00pmBreak
5.00-6.00pmInvitrogen award lecture
7.30-8.30pmMixer and posters
8.30pmFashionomics
Thursday 4th September
8:30am-12.00pmSession3: Visualising Cellular Processes
Chaired by Dr. John Taylor, University of Auckland.
8.30-8.35amIntroduction from chair
8.35-9.15amMark Ellisman (UCSD)
9.15- 9.45amRob Parton (Brisbane)
9.45-10.00amSabine Mueller (Auckland)
10.00-10.20amTea/Coffee
10.20-10.50amPatrick Sexton (Melbourne)
10.50-11.20amShiladitya Sengupta (MIT)
11.20-11.40amDavid Greenwood (HortResearch)
11.40-11.55amDavid Collings (Christchurch)
11.55am-12.00pmChair to summarise
12.00-1.00pmLunch
Invitrogen lunch time workshop: "Introduction to Fluorescent Imaging", Dr Lavinia Taliana
1.00-3.45pmSession4: Systems Biology
(supported by the Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland)
Chair: by Dr Edmund Crampin (Auckland)
1.00-1.05pmChair's introduction
1.05-1.25pmCris Print (Auckland)
1.25-1.45pmMik Black (Otago)
1.45-2.25pmHeather Cunliffe, (TGen)
2.25-2.45pmCoffee/Tea
2.45-3.05pmElizabeth Musgrove (Sydney)
3.05-3.25pmAndrew Noske (Brisbane)
3.25-3.45pmEdmund Crampin (Auckland)
3.45-4.00pmBreak
4.00-5.30pmStudent Session
Talks in this session were chosen from the submitted abstracts;
4.00-4.15pmMartina Dautel (Massey)
4.15-4.30pmJi Eun Kim (Auckland)
4.30-4.45pmEmma Littlejohn (Waikato)
4.45-5.00pmSo-Young Moon (Christchurch)
5.00-5.15pmAnita Muthukaruppan (Auckland)
5.15-5.30pmEdward Walker (Auckland)
5.30-6.30pmThe QMB Society meeting
7.30pmQMB dinner (Skyline Restaurant)

Organising committee: Andrew Shelling, Cris Print and John Taylor (University of Auckland)

Sponsors
Premier Sponsor
Invitrogen
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Platinum Category
Roche
Pacific Laboratory Products
NZ Scientific Ltd
Beckman Coulter
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Corbett Life Science
Bio-Strategy
Maurice Wilkins Centre
Otago University
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Gold Category
Millennium Science
in vitro - serving science and medicine
PerkinElmer
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Silver Category
Olympus
School of Biological Sciences
Applied Biosystems
Abacus ALS
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