Conferences

2009

July 5-9, 2009. Berne, Switzerland. Biotrans 2009. Biotrans takes place every two years in Europe with attendance of 500-600 participants from academia and industry, focusing on applied and fundamental aspects of biocatalysis. Topics: Directed Evolution and Screening, Metabolic Engineering, Biotransformations in Organic Synthesis, Bioinformatics, Modeling, and Mechanisms, Carbohydrate Active Enzymes, Industrial Applications http://89.207.232.22/~biotrans/docs/Biotrans2009_FLYER.pdf

August 2-7, 2009. Glasgow, UK. 42nd IUPAC Congress. For more details go to: http://www.iupac2009.org

September 13-16, 2009. Barcelona, Spain. 14^th European Congress on Biotechnology. The European Congress on Biotechnology is one of the most relevant events of Biotechnology in Europe. Unique in bringing together international researchers, young scientists, executives, entrepreneurs and policy makers from all disciplines of biotechnology, the European Congress on Biotechnology offers a platform to present and discuss the recent developments of Biotechnology. The European Congress on Biotechnology, organized every two years, gathered over 1350 participants from 75 countries around the world at the 13th edition. The 14th European Congress on Biotechnology will once again focus on bringing the benefits of biotechnology to society and, with the central theme of SYMBIOSIS – Science, Industry & Society, will address biotech innovations and how they can contribute to face the global challenges to humanity.
http://www.ecb14.eu/index.php/site/C36/

September 18-20, 2009. Balaclava, Mauritius, Mauritius International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. The conference objective is to showcase research and development activities in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics. http://www.iscb.org/events/event_data.php?670

2010

March 30-31, 2010. Structural glycobiology and human health, Royal Holloway, University of London. A Biochemical focussed meeting. Combining the subject of structural glycobiology with a focus on development and disease, gives a theme that will make for a varied and interesting programme. Speakers will include several young scientists who are already making a mark in their field, as well as some well-established names. The meeting will be structured to make time for participants to meet and talk to each other, and will provide opportunities for networking, setting up and maintaining collaborations. It is anticipated the modest fees will also encourage attendance by students and post-doctoral fellows. Glycoarrays, and the specific subject of protein binding to immobilized glycans, is a current focus of active research involving several individual strategies in terms of chemistries and choice of glycan ligand. This new technology shows considerable promise to investigate the biological significance of glycan sequences. Such information has proved to be difficult to screen in the past and demands a high-throughput solution. Glycoarrays offer a flexible opportunity in this area. A half-day workshop will explore this field. http://www.biochemistry.org/Conferences/