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RSC Biotechnology Group, London
12-13 December 2005
Carbohydrates are ubiquitous and their structural diversity allows them to perform crucial functions in a plethora of biological processes including cell-cell recognition, cell-cell communication, protein regulation, tissue development and immune response. Complexity, poor reactivity, low bioavailability, difficult purification and analysis are just some of the reasons why the field of glycoscience is in the early stages of development.However, biological and chemical breakthroughs are being made which will overcome these drawbacks and open up this very important area of research. The Biotechnology Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) (in conjunction with the RSC’s Chemical Biology Forum) wishes to invite you to a two-day symposium designed to give an overview of the exciting new technologies being applied to study complex carbohydrates from their sequence analysis, characterization and function through to the development of novel pharmacological approaches to alleviate polysaccharide mediated diseases.
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Organized by:
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Conference Secretariat |
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Invited Speakers:
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Prof Jim Paulson (Scripps Institute, La Jolla, USA),
Prof Ari Helenius (ETH, Zurich, Switzerland)
Prof Ten Feizi (Imperial College, London, UK)
Prof Anne Dell (Imperial College, London, UK)
Dr Andrew Sutcliffe (Procognia Ltd, Wokingham, UK)
Dr Barbara Bolgiano (National Inst for Biological Standards and Controls, UK)
Prof Robert Nash (MNLPharma, Reading, UK)
Prof Kurt Drickamer (University of Oxford, UK)
Prof Berit Smestad-Paulsen (University of Oslo, Norway)
Prof Joe Barchi (National Cancer Institute, Fredrick, USA)
Prof Sabine Flitsch (University of Manchester, UK)
Dr Daryl Fernandes (Ludger Ltd, UK)
Dr Chris Urch (Glycoform Ltd, Abingdon, UK)
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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14 November 2005
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Registration:
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RSC Members £230
Non-members £280
Reductions for students
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E-mail:
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esw@confsec.co.uk
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