On November 28, 2006 Euroscicon Conference “Glycomics: Challenges and Technologies” was held in London, and depicted an optimistic view of the advances in the area.

This conference covered some of the new technologies that makes Glycomics move forward: Mass spectrometry, glycan microarrays and carbohydrate chemistry.   more »

"Ingenuity Systems recently announced a global licensing deal to provide the central pathways analysis platform for AstraZeneca's global research and development programs. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) software was chosen after a comprehensive evaluation of several major pathway analysis products."   more »

Seasons Greetings to all our readers   more »

EuroSciCon announce that they will be holding a meeting entitled 'Surviving as a woman in science' on November 2nd 2007 in London.   more »

This Euroscicon meeting, held on 20 June 2006 at Birkbeck College, London, provided an ideal forum for bench scientists to catch up with the commercial companies slant on technologies such as multiplex cytokine analysis, cytokine secretion assays and intracellular staining and to hear colleagues discuss the application of these techniques in areas such as tuberculosis in humans and cattle, HIV, autoimmunity and dendritic cell biology.   more »

Its not to late to get your boss, colleague, partner, friend, kids or even your dog a gift form the Mums in Science range. There is something there for everyone, not just those hardworking mums in science.   more »

A position is available for an enthusiastic and motivated post doctoral fellow to study dendritic cell biology in the simian immunodeficiency virus model of HIV infection.   more »

In addition to Euroscicons “Maintaining Stem Cells and the Regulation of Their Differentiation” meeting on April 27th at BioPark Hertfordshire, Welwyn Garden City. Euroscicon plan to hold three more stem cell events in the next two years.    more »

Much of the promise of stem cell biology and tissue engineering depends on the ability to maintain and differentiate cells into tissues in a robust and reproducible manner. We are only just at the beginning of understanding how to control cell growth in vitro and produce cell types that are of value to basic research, pharmaceutical development and potential therapeutic applications. This meeting is designed to bring together experts in the field to share their experiences of developing innovative ways to create a more realistic environment for cell growth and differentiation. There are many physical factors that are often taken for granted during the culture of cells, including the topography and nature of the substrate, oxygen tension, temperature, etc. Furthermore, the addition of exogenous factors to the culture medium and the development of co-culture models are of importance to more closely mimic the conditions cells experience in vivo. The aim of this symposium is to therefore recognise that the control of cell differentiation requires an in-depth understanding of the growth conditions and signals cells require in order to differentiate in a particular manner. This will be exemplified by a carefully selected panel of speakers who will share their experiences of controlling cell growth and differentiation using a range of alternative approaches.

Chairman: Dr Stefan Przyborski, School of Biological and Biomedical Science, University of Durham   more »

The time of year has come around again to try to decide what to get all your friends, colleagues, family, peers ….   more »

The main goal of this meeting is to get together clinical and basic immunologists trying to gather insights into the pathogenic mechanisms of human diseases and immunotherapy. Due to the limitations of the human system, these investigations often rely on the use of animal models developing spontaneous diseases. In this meeting we will evaluate the pros and cons of some of the most used and valuable animal models of disease and some new models, which will open new therapeutic ways to treat human diseases.

Meeting's Chair: Dr Sonia Quaratino, Reader in Immunology, Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, University of Southampton   more »