University of Glasgow Meeting, 7-9 April 1999

Themed Meeting, centred around: "Complex Protein Assemblies as Molecular Machines"

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Meeting Programme

Wednesday 7 April/ Thursday 8 April 1999

Host Colloquium:
Protein assemblies in cell cycle control and transcription

Sponsors:
Pfizer
Prolifix
Organiser:
N. La Thangue (Glasgow)
Wednesday 7 April
Speakers:
09.20 R. Bernards (Amsterdam)
Cell cycle control of transcription
09.55 M. Eilers (Marburg)
Control of cell proliferation by the Myc proto-oncogene
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Society Medal Lecture
12.10 S. Mittnacht (ICR, London)
Regulation of the tumour suppressor pRB by protein phosphorylation
12.45 N. La thangue (Glasgow)
E2F and p53 in cell cycle control
13.20 Lunch
14.20 K. Helin (Milan)
Regulation of cell proliferation by the E2F transcriptional factors
14.55 D. Lane (Dundee)
Non genotoxic activators of the p53 response
15.30 B. Kaelin (DFCI, USA)
Selective killing of cancer cells based on derepression of E2F
16.05 R. Eckner (Zurich)
p300/CBP proteins
16.40 Poster Session
Thursday 8 April 1999
Speakers:
09.20 A. Wolffe (Bethesda)
Chromatin, co-activators and co-repressors: molecular mechanisms to establish and maintain states of gene activity
09.55 C. Peterson (Worcester, USA)
Chromatin remodelling machines
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Society Medal Lecture
12.10 M. Meisterernst (Munich)
Molecular models for regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
12.45 Y. Nakatani (Bethesda)
The PCAF histone acetylase complex
13.20 Lunch
14.20 W. Herr (CSH, USA)
The herpes simplex virus VP16 induced complex: selective assembly of a transcriptional regulatory complex
14.55 R. White (Glasgow)
RNA polymerase III transcription - its control by tumour suppressors and its deregulation in cancers
15.30 S. Gamblin (London)
The structural basis of small G-protein de-activation by GAPs
16.05 L. Johnston (NIMR, London)
The end of mitosis in budding yeast
16.40 Poster Session
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