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workshop
3: 10-16 January 2000
Sponsored
by the Society
for General Microbiology, UK.
Held
at The Centre for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Practicals:
A
6 day practical was organised by Dr. Marita Pohlschmidt to teach
basic techniques for mutation analysis in inherited human disorders.
In addition a 5 day course in Bioinformatics was organised by
Rohit Prajapati and Angelo Pantelides.
Lectures:
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Jan
10th
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An
Overview of Gene Expression and its Regulation
- DNA Transcription
- RNA Translation
- Gene Regulation
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Professor
Robert Glass
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Jan
11th
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Bacterial
adaptation to stress
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Dr.
Philippe Bouloc
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Engineered
lactic acid bacteria for uses in biotechnology
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Dr.
Alexandra Gruss
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Jan
12th
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Cloning of eucaryotic genes
- PCR
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DNA cloning techniques in medicine
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Prof.
Wolfgang Schumann
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Jan
13th
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Molecular
biology of infectious diseases: tetanus
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Dr.
Neil Fairweather
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Jan
14th
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Molecular
biology of infectious diseases: pertussis
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Dr.
Neil Fairweather
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For
more information on this workshop, read the article in Microbiology
Today, May 2000.
Vietnam
Coordinator:
Dr.
Jeremy Farrar
Director
of the Wellcome Trust Unit,
Centre
for Tropical Diseases,
190
Ben Ham Tu,
Quan
5,
Ho Chi
Minh City
Vietnam
Tel:
+84-8-8353954
Fax:
+84-8-8353904
e-mail:
jeremyjf@hcm.vnn.vn
European
Participants:
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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
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Professor
Robert Glass
Division
of Genetics,
School of Clinical Laboratory Sciences,
Queens Medical Centre,
Nottingham University,
Clifton Boulevard,
Nottingham NG7 2UH |
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Professor
Wolfgang Schumann,
Institute
of Genetics,
University of Bayreuth,
D-95440 Bayreuth,
GERMANY |
Dr.
Neil Fairweather,
Dept.
Biochemistry,
Imperial College of Science,
Technology and Medicine,
South Kensington,
London SW7 2AZ
UK |
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Dr.
Alexandra Gruss
Génétique
Appliquée
Unité de Recherches Laitières et Génétique Appliquée
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
Jouy en Josas 78352 cedex
FRANCE |
Dr.
Philippe Bouloc
Université
Paris-Sud,
Bâtiment 400,
91405 Orsay Cedex
FRANCE |
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Dr.
Ian Graham
School
of Biological Sciences,
Royal Holloway University of London,
Egham,
Surrey TW20 0EX
UK |
Dr.
Marita Pohlschmidt
School
of Biological Sciences,
Royal Holloway University of London,
Egham,
Surrey TW20 0EX
UK |
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Miss
Ngo Thi Hoa
School
of Biological Sciences,
Royal Holloway University of London,
Egham,
Surrey TW20 0EX
UK |
Miss
Gabriella Casula
School
of Biological Sciences,
Royal Holloway University of London,
Egham,
Surrey TW20 0EX
UK |
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Mr.
Rohit Prajapati
School
of Biological Sciences,
Royal Holloway University of London,
Egham,
Surrey TW20 0EX
UK |
Mr.
Angelo Pantelides
School
of Biological Sciences,
Royal Holloway University of London,
Egham,
Surrey TW20 0EX
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