Dr Simon Cutting
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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:

Jan 10th

An Overview of Gene Expression and its Regulation
- DNA Transcription
- RNA Translation
- Gene Regulation

Professor Robert Glass

Jan 11th

Bacterial adaptation to stress

Dr. Philippe Bouloc

Engineered lactic acid bacteria for uses in biotechnology

Dr. Alexandra Gruss

Jan 12th

- Cloning of eucaryotic genes
- PCR
- DNA cloning techniques in medicine

Prof. Wolfgang Schumann

Jan 13th

Molecular biology of infectious diseases: tetanus

Dr. Neil Fairweather

Jan 14th

Molecular biology of infectious diseases: pertussis

Dr. Neil Fairweather

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:

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

Professor Robert Glass
Division of Genetics,
School of Clinical Laboratory Sciences,
Queens Medical Centre,
Nottingham University,
Clifton Boulevard,
Nottingham NG7 2UH
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
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
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
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
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
UK

 
 

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