workshop 1: 15-17 January 1998
Sponsored by the Wellcome Trust
Held at The Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam.

Practicals:

A 12 day practical lab was run to demonstrate basic cloning techniques including PCR, DNA restrictions, ligations, DNA purification, transformation of competent E. coli, etc.

35 students attended the practical labs.

Lectures:

5 Jan	Genetic Engineering	Dr. Simon Cutting
6 Jan	1. The concept of stress response	Prof. Wolfgang Schumann
	2. The concept of molecular chaperones and protein folding catalysts
7 Jan	The heat shock response	Prof. Wolfgang Schumann
	Improving insulins for diabetic therapy by protein engineering	Dr. Jean Whittingham
8 Jan	1. Probing the mechanism of enzyme action using oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis 2. Understanding protein-ligand specificity using X-ray crystallography	Dr. Anthony Wilkinson
9 Jan	1. Problems and prospects for chemotherapy against some of the major diseases caused by parasitic protozoa 2. Mechanisms of drug resistance in selected parasites	Dr. John Lagnado
10 Jan	1. An introduction on nucleoside analogues and antiviral agents 2. The treatment of HIV	Dr. Andy Barnes
12 Jan	The use of antivirals in gammaherpesvirus research	Dr. Andy Barnes
	Microbial Genetics	Dr. Simon Cutting
13 Jan	1. Microbial Differentiation 2. DNA Vaccines	Dr. Simon Cutting
14 Jan	1. Gene Therapy 2. Oral Vaccines	Dr. Simon Cutting
15 Jan	Malaria Vaccines?	Dr. John Lagnado
	Genome Sequencing	Dr. Simon Cutting
16 Jan	Plant Compounds and Their Medicinal Uses	Dr. Paul Grosvenor

Vietnam Coordinator:

Dr. Pham Hung Van
Dept. Microbiology,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Pharmacy and Medicine,
217 An Duong Vuong,
District 5,
HCMC
VIETNAM

Tel: 00 84 8 8558411
Fax: 00 84 8 8552304
e-mail: phhvan@hcm.vnn.vn

Overseas participants:

Dr. Simon Cutting (Coordinator) School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX UK Tel: +44-(0)1784-443760 Fax: +44-(0)1784-434326 e-mail: s.cutting@rhbnc.ac.uk	Ms. Ifat Ahmed Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, Edinburgh University, UK
Dr. Andy Barnes Dept. Veterinary Pathology, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 1QH, UK	Dr. Clair Baynton School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX UK
Dr. John Lagnado School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX UK	Professor Wolfgang Schumann Institute of Genetics, University of Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, GERMANY
Dr. Phil Wakeley School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX UK	Dr. Tony Wilkinson Dept of Chemistry, University of York York YO1 5DD UK
Dr. Jean Whittingham Department of Chemistry, University of York, York YO1 5DD U.K.	Dr. Paul Grosvenor Dept. Pharmacy, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, London UK.