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Beyond the Genome
27 January - 28 January 2003
Beyond the Genome
Without doubt the Human Genome Project has taken several giant leaps into the twenty-first century. Today, with the advancement of genome research, we confront important issues such as proteomics and bioinformatics. There is a growing recognition that one of the key ways in which companies are going to obtain maximum return on their investment in genomics is to include strong capabilities in the fields of proteomics, in silico and bioinformatics

Beyond the genome will cover how computational and biological methods will make sense of genomic data (from the human genome project). The major areas to be covered will be Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics and In Silico.

A unique opportunity to learn from leading industry experts including:
Dr Christian Rohlff, Director, Proteome Research Collaborations,Oxford GlycoSciences
Dr Fiona Brew, Field Applications Manager, Europe, Affymetrix
Dr Stefan Henning, Director, Functional Biology, Xerion Pharmaceuticals
Dr Frits Michels, Group Leader, Galapagos Genomics
Dr Joachim Ostermann, Director Target Discovery, Caprion Pharmaceuticals
Dr John Murphy, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, CuraGen

Benefits of attending:
Keep up with the latest developments and innovations in genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics
Learn from leading experts in the field
Discover the latest technologies in genomics
Understand the opportunities and advantages in the post-genomic era
Take advantage of the networking opportunities
Meet key decision-makers

Conference agenda

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8:30

Registration and Coffee

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9:00

Chairman's Opening Remarks

Dr Christian Rohlff

Dr Christian Rohlff, Director, Proteome Research Collaborations, Oxford GlycoSciences

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9:10

NEW CHALLENGES IN THE POST-GENOMIC ERA

Dr Fiona Brew

Dr Fiona Brew, Field Applications Manager, Europe, Affymetrix

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9:40

DRUG DISCOVERY IN THE POST-GENOMIC ERA

Dr John Overington

Dr John Overington, Vice President, Drug Discovery, Inpharmatica

  • Using protein structure to identify novel drug targets
  • Integrating bioinformatics and chemogenomics
  • Drugability assessment as a key criterion in target prioritisation
  • Linking target, drug and disease indication
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    10:20

    IN SILICO DRUG DISCOVERY

    Dr Jonathan Swinton

    Dr Jonathan Swinton, Senior Computational Biologist, Proteom

  • The history of drug discovery over the last decade has been an increasing expense and failing productivity
  • This problem drives the huge interest in proteomics and the application of technologies, which can provide a fast way of generating data on the biological function of a protein, and hence its importance as a drug target
  • Moving from data to knowledge is a new frontier for drug discovery
  • Genomics projects have taught us one major lesson: too much information can be a problem in drug discovery
  • Instead of using ‘random’ or ‘combinatorial’ approaches which are expensive and resource intensive, we need to develop smart approaches which can utilise artificial intelligence concepts to enable us to complete some of the discovery studies in silico
  • Proteom has applied advance data mining and artificial intelligence approaches to identify rules and principles that characterise protein-protein interactions

    Knowledge of the 3D structure of a given protein is not an essential starting point for this analysis

    In silico approaches are a new frontier in drug discovery

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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    ULTRA HIGH-THROUGHPUT DNA ANALYSIS AND THE RACE FOR PREDICTIVE MEDICINE

    Dr Mark Benjamin

    Dr Mark Benjamin, President, US Operations & Vice President, Global Business Development, Manteia Predictive Medicine

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    12:00

    INDUSTRIAL PROTEOMICS

    Dr Christian Rohlff

    Dr Christian Rohlff, Director, Proteome Research Collaborations, Oxford GlycoSciences

  • It is still not certain which regions of the genome code is for proteins
  • The number of discrete protein-coding genes is far fewer than the number of different proteins
  • Proteomics is now addressing “post genomic” issues
  • Discovery and development of new medicines is critically dependent on the discovery of protein mechanisms involved in human diseases
  • Integrating proteomics throughout the R & D process is likely to impact positively the discovery of clinically relevant proteins
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    14:00

    ORGANELLE PROTEOMICS

    Dr Joachim Ostermann

    Dr Joachim Ostermann, Director Target Discovery, Caprion Pharmaceuticals

  • Comparative analysis of different proteomic approaches
  • Benefits and costs savings derived from individual applications
  • Description of proprietary technology developed to comprehensively identify all proteins in biological samples and to determine their relative expression level between samples
  • Examples of use of CellCarta organelle proteomic approach including data in target discovery in oncology and novel protein function/mechanism of action understanding in infectious disease
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    14:40

    A PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY FOR SYSTEMATIC, AUTOMATED HIGH THROUGHPUT PROTEIN EXPRESSION

    Dr Linda Cammish

    Dr Linda Cammish, Director, Business Development, NextGen Sciences

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    15:20

    Afternoon Tea

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    15:40

    STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS

    Dr Ray Owens

    Dr Ray Owens, Project Manager, Oxford Protein Production Facility

  • UK initiatives in structural proteomics
  • Developing a high-throughput pipeline for protein production and crystallisation
  • Target selection and data management
  • Future perspectives
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    16:20

    X-STREAM™

    Dr Stefan Henning

    Dr Stefan Henning, Director, Functional Biology, Xerion Pharmaceuticals

  • Proteins are the drug targets of choice
  • Chromophore-assisted laser inactivation (CALI) is an efficient protein knockout technology
  • Combination of CALI, scFv phage display and mass spectrometry results in a technology platform for the systematic identification and functional validation of novel drug targets
  • Screening of human antibody libraries for inhibitory antibodies against validated target protein
  • Application example in cancer metastasis
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    17:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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    8:30

    Re-registration and Coffee

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    9:00

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Dr John Murphy

    Dr John Murphy, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, CuraGen

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    9:10

    LOOKING FORWARD IN PROTEOMICS

    Dr Thomas Neumann

    Dr Thomas Neumann, Managing Director, Xzillion

  • High-throughput proteomics and generating valuable data
  • New technology developments: PST™ (Protein Sequence Tags), data about the process and its opportunities
  • The advantage of the Membrane PST™ approach for the identification of membrane proteins undiscovered by the conventional approach
  • Using Tandem Mass Tagging for accurate quantitative analysis
  • Examples on application and the outcome
  • Scaling bioinformatic solutions to handle the enormous data
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    9:40

    BIOINFORMATICS IN THE PHARMA INDUSTRY

    Dr Dominic Clark

    Dr Dominic Clark, Consultant, Scientific Generics

  • The global bioinformatics industry
  • Commercial paradigms
  • Industry trends and evolution
  • Future dynamics
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    10:20

    COMBINATORIAL AND INTEGRATIVE BIOINFORMATICS

    Matthias  Fellenberg

    Matthias Fellenberg, Project Manager, Scientific Bioinformatics, Biomax Informatics

  • Generating biologically relevant results using integrative bioinformatics methods
  • Employing independent data types to support a functional and metabolic analysis
  • Combining genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics data
  • Mining protein-protein interactions on a large scale
  • Realising flexible analysis workflows to support systems biology
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    11:00

    Morning Coffee

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    11:20

    NEGOTIATING THE IP MINEFIELD

    Zoe Butler

    Zoe Butler, Senior Associate, Bioinformatics Group, Bristows

  • What IP rights are being granted in Europe and the US
  • Maximising the capture of IP rights
  • Can you leverage your databases to reach through to royalties based on drug sales?
  • Freedom to operate strategies and royalty stacking
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    12:00

    INFORMATICS SOLUTIONS FOR TARGET DISCOVERY, VALIDATION, PRIORITISATION AND MANAGEMENT

    Dr Martin Leach

    Dr Martin Leach, Directory, Discovery Bioinformatics, CuraGen

  • How to organise a virtual scientific software workbench
  • How to rapidly develop LIMS to support the drug development process
  • Presentation of a case study on use of an informatics platform for target discovery through validation
  • Informatics for clinical site and network management
  • Automation of converting data to knowledge in technical reports for validation and registration
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    12:40

    Networking Lunch

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    14:00

    HIGH-THROUGHPUT DISCOVERY OF DRUG TARGETS

    Dr Frits Michiels

    Dr Frits Michiels, Group Leader, Galapagos Genomics

  • Interfering small RNA collections against drugable gene classes in arrayed adenoviral format
  • Full length cDNAs of drugable gene classes in arrayed adenoviral format
  • High-throughput screening with disease relevant cellular assays
  • Primary human cells in cellular screens
  • Programmes for the identification and validation of targets in osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, psoriasis and allergy
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    14:40

    CORPORATE STRATEGY & ALLIANCES

    Dr David Huckle

    Dr David Huckle, Chief Executive, Adams Business Associates

  • Macromarket dynamics to establish strategic vision
  • Corporate micromarket dynamics as basis for alliances
  • Considerations for a successful alliance
  • Defining and achieving winning relationships
  • Growth or survival as basis for possible partners
  • Implementation and management
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    15:20

    Chairman's Closing Remarks followed by Afternoon Tea
    Close of Conference

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