University College, Cork, 7 - 9 September 1999

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Monday 6th September

Irish Area Section:
Pre-Doctorate Meeting - Boole 1 UCC

09.00 Elena Ayaso (Department of Biochemistry, National University of Ireland Galway)
Zebrafish insulin -like growth factor 1 receptor; cDNA cloning and expression studies during development
09.20 Damien O' Brien (School of Biological Sciences, Dublin City University)
The effects of surface modification on the kinetics of horse radish peroxidase in aqueous and co-solvent mixed buffers
09.40 Terri Doolin (Department of Biochemistry, University College Dublin)
A tale of two transcription factors
10.00 Denise O' Gorman (Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork)
Drug resisitance in leukemia: a matter of survival
10.20 Donncha Dunican (Department of Biochemistry, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland)
Gene expression profiles associated with Microsattelite Instability (MSI) phenotype in colon cancer cell lines
10.40 Coffee
11.20 Elaine Brabazon (Department of Biochemistry, Trinity College Dublin)
The fate of the variable surface glycoprotein following antibody-mediated endocytosis in T. Brucei
11.40 Liam Duggan (Department of Biochemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway)
Thermostable glycosylhydrolases from thermoascus aurantiacus
12.00 Mark Carmody (Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork )
Investigation of the involvement of the immunophilin FKBP12 in the neurochemical pathology of Alzheimer's disease
12.20 Lynn Andrews (School of Biology and Biochemstry, Queen's University Belfast)
Identification of the target receptor of the synthetic peptide mEGF (20-31)
12.40 Marianne O Shea (School of Biological Sciences , Dublin City University )
An in vitro investigation of the chemoprotective properties of conjugated linoleic acid found in bovine milkfat
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Colin Adrian (Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
Finding partners for deadly proteins: dissecting the apoptosis machinery using the yeast two-hybrid interaction trap
14.20 Orla Cunningham (Department of Biochemistry, Trinity College Dublin)
Biliverdin IX-beta reductase: a multifunctional enzyme
14.40 Oliver Blaque (Department of Biochemistry, University College Dublin)
Searching for novel protein targets for the tumour suppressor serpin, maspin
15.00 Elizabeth Ryan (Department of Biology, National University of Ireland, Maynooth)
Modulation of Immune responses by Bacterial toxins
15.20 Coffee
16.00 Angela Bodles (School of Biology and Biochemstry, Queen's University Belfast)
Toxicity of N-terminal fragments of non A-beta component of Alzheimer's disease amyloid (NAC)
16.20 Clare Madigan (Department of Biochemistry, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland)
Modulation of intestinal apolipoprotein production by dietary fatty-acids in Type II (NIDDM) diabetic subjects
16.40 Michelle Mc Kinley (School of Biomedical Sciences and Northern Ireland Centre for Diet and Health)
Modification of a new cardiovascular risk factor, plasma homocysteine, by B vitamin supplementation

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