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__________________________________________________________________________ Proteomics Europe, 4-5 September 2007, Amsterdam, Netherlands Select Biosciences’ inaugural Proteomics Europe conference and exhibition will be held in the colourful city of Amsterdam. An excellent list of influential speakers, a large exhibition and access to the co-located European Biomarkers Summit, make for a very cost-effective trip. http://hum-molgen.org/promotion-Proteomics __________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - May 31, 2007 - http://hum-molgen.org DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - Announcing FABLE v3.0: aligning literature with human genomic sequence http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000207.html - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact admin@hum-molgen.org Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, S. Chandler, T. Dalaya, R. Kimmel, K. Markey, J. Mill, La Merie S.L, R. Nemade, F.S. Zollmann http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - The Dual Role Of BRCA2 In DNA Repair The dual role of the gene BRCA2 in DNA repair is described in two independent studies. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000030.html - A Red-Letter Day For Brain Connectivity Insights into grapheme-colour synesthesia are presented. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000029.html - Deciphering The Histone Code A method to identify all modifications on histones, the proteins around which DNA is packed, is presented. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000028.html - Checking Immune Activation Armed 'killer' cells can re-enter lymph nodes to destroy dendritic cells -- a specialized type of immune cell. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000027.html - DNA Breakage In Living Color Spontaneous breaks of replicating DNA in bacteria occur at a rate much lower than suspected. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000026.html - Gene Copy Number And Risk Of Autoimmunity Individuals with fewer than two copies of the gene FCGR3B are more susceptible to a variety of autoimmune disorders, including lupus. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000025.html - Control Of All Fates Study investigates how pluripotency, the ability of a stem cell to differentiate into every cell type of the adult organism, is regulated. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000024.html - Skin Barrier Formation And Caspase-14 A protein known as caspase-14 has been identified as the enzyme involved in the protection of the skin against UVB damage and water loss. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000023.html - Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes Identified These findings increase our knowledge of the genetic component of breast cancer risk, much of which has remained uncharacterised. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000022.html - Modelling Instability A mouse model that for the first time mimics the levels of genomic instability in human cancers is presented. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000021.html - Successful Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy In Pregnancy A pregnant woman with cervical cancer has been treated successfully with neoadjuvant cisplatin chemotherapy, in order to stabilize her cancer. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000020.html - In Vitro Procedure Yields Functional Vascular & Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells A simple two-step process induces embryonic stem cells to differentiate into hemangioblasts that appear capable of participating in vascular repair. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2007/000019.html - Contact Genetic News editors WWW: http://hum-molgen.org/editors.html E-mail: news@hum-molgen.org Biomedical Positions http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ - Biochemistry / Immunology: Professor (W2) for Biochemistry and Medical Molecular Biology Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany http://hum-molgen.org/positions/assistant/0178.html - Cardiovascular Research: postdoctoral associate University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2655.html - Call for Assistant News Editors Support the HUM-MOLGEN concept actively! http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/03-2007/000037.html - Write a position announcement http://hum-molgen.org/flyer/positions.pdf 1) Set up account: http://hum-molgen.de/cgi-bin/positions.pl?register 2) Post position(s): http://hum-molgen.de/cgi-bin/positions.pl?login Biotechnical requests and sources http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnology - Post request or source http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnical-request-posting Literature http://hum-molgen.org/literature/ Events in bioscience and medicine http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/ - Biomagnetism and Magnetic Biosystems based on Molecular Recognition Processes European Science Foundation (ESF), Sant Feliu de Guixols (Costa Brava), Spain 22-27 September 2007 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3272.html - Genomics Momentum 2007 - Eye on genomics Netherlands Genomics Initiative, Passengers Terminal Amsterdam 2007-11-28 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3271.html - Global Pharma Manufacturing Summit Renaissance Shaumburg Hotel and Convention Center, 1551 N. 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An excellent list of influential speakers, a large exhibition and access to the co-located European Biomarkers Summit, make for a very cost-effective trip. The provisional agenda and registration details, including early bird, are online. http://hum-molgen.org/promotion-Proteomics __________________________________________________________________________ -- | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS | HUM-MOLGEN - http://hum-molgen.org | (C) 1994-2007