Monday, December 22, 2008

3rd Regional Conference on Molecular Medicine



The 3rd Regional Conference on Molecular Medicine 2009 (RCMM 2009) will take place in the fascinating city of Kota Bharu at the Grand Riverview Hotel from Saturday, 2nd May through 4th May 2009.

The theme of the conference is to foster interactions among the various 'omics' that has today usurped the centre stage of Molecular Medicine research and to guide the dreams of the researchers to reality. The conference will serve as a platform for researchers to deliberate and share the latest advance in Molecular Medicine research.

The focus of the conference will be on research into the various aspects of Medical Sciences, Fundamental, Pharmacogenomics, Translational, Innovative and Production-Oriented Research including Cells, Genes, Biomolecules and Population Dynamics, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Physiology, Immunology and Cancer .

For details or Registration please visit here.

Weekly Journal Club



Dear Dato'/Prof/ Assoc. Prof/ Dr/Colleagues,

I would like to invite you to join our weekly journal club presentation which will be held at IMMB meeting room. Details are as follow;

Title : Multiplexing of organelle-flourescent dyes in live cells using confocal laser scanning microscopy.
Presenter : Mrs. Nor Shahida Abdul Rahman
Chairperson : Mrs. Salina Othman
Venue : IMMB Meeting Room, Level 13, Block 5, S&T Building
Date : 24 December 2008, Wednesday
Time : 12.45 noon

All are welcome and refreshment will be served from 12.15 noon. See you then.
Thank you
MRS

Monday, December 15, 2008

Journal Club


Dear Dato'/Prof/ Assoc. Prof/ Dr/ colleagues,

I am pleased to invite all of you to IMMB journal club session that will be held as follow:

Topic : Protein Extraction Method: Compatible with Proteomic Analysis
Presenter : Mrs. Sharida Shoib
Chairperson : Mr. Mohamed Ros Sidek
Venue : IMMB Meeting Room, Level 13, Block 5, S&T Building
Date : 17 December 2008, Wednesday
Time : 12.45 noon

All are welcome and refreshment will be served starting from 12.15 noon at level 13.

Thank you
ZD

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Special Focus on Glycobiology of the Immune System

brought to you by Immunology & Cell Biology

Bringing you the latest on the glycobiology of the immune system, this special feature and accompanying web focus explore the current understanding of how glycans play a role in activating the adaptive and innate immune responses.

To view this special offer FREE of charge visit
www.nature.com/icb/focus/gis_web_focus/.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Scientist film human immune system in action

Dec. 4, 2008

Forget what's number one at the box office this week. The most exciting new film features the intricate workings of the body, filmed by scientists using ground-breaking technology.

For the first time in Australia, scientists at Sydney's Centenary Institute have filmed an immune cell becoming infected by a parasite and followed the infection as it begins to spread throughout the body.

Professor Wolfgang Weninger, head of the Immune Imaging program at the Centenary Institute, says the discovery (published in PLoS Pathogens) was made possible using high powered multi-photon microscopy which allows real cells to be viewed in real time."Using multi-photon microscopy, we studied dendritic cells in the skin. Under normal conditions we found the cells in the epidermis (top layer) were static, whereas in the dermis (second layer) they were very active, moving around as though seeking out pathogens," explains Professor Weninger. "Once we established this, it was fascinating to introduce the Leishmania infection and watch as the parasite was picked up by the cells and the process by which it began to spread throughout the body."

http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR~PUBCODE~014~ACCT~1400000101~ISSUE~0812~RELTYPE~MIC~PRODCODE~00000000~PRODLETT~AZ.html

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Neuropsychiatric disease Free access
Vol. 455, No. 7215 (16 October 2008)
Produced with an educational grant provided by Eli Lilly & Company

Neuropsychiatric diseases, such as schizophrenia, depression and autism, are a huge burden on society, impairing the health of those affected, as well as their ability to learn and to work. After half a century of concerted effort, researchers are now making progress towards defining the biological basis of these diseases. Technological advances in the areas of genomics and large-scale studies, as well as the development of new animal models, are improving our understanding of these diseases and are offering the prospect of fundamentally different options for treatment.


http://www.nature.com/nature/supplements/insights/
Bacterial R&D enters a golden age

Dec. 10, 2008
A potent combination of powerful new analysis methods and abundant data from genomics projects is carrying microbiology forward into a new era. Bacteria in particular are shedding light on fundamental molecular and signaling processes of interest not just within microbiology, but across the whole spectrum of life sciences embracing higher organisms, including plants and vertebrates. Medical research will benefit through improved knowledge of how bacteria behave when inside host organisms such as humans, both in benevolent symbiotic relationships and when causing infectious diseases such as TB.

http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR~PUBCODE~014~ACCT~1400000101~ISSUE~0812~RELTYPE~LST~PRODCODE~00000000~PRODLETT~EK.html

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Nature Milestones in Cytoskeleton
A collaboration from Nature, Nature Cell Biology and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, this supplement focuses on the pivotal breakthroughs in cytoskeleton research over the past 60 years.
Access selected content from the supplement free online from 1st December and order your free copy here. (www.nature.com/milestones/cytoskeleton)
FOCUS ON MICROSCOPY 2009 - Krakow, Poland, 5-8 April 2009
22nd International Conference on 3D Image Processing in Microscopy
21st International Conference on Confocal Microscopy

Dear Colleagues,
Abstracts for oral and poster contributions can now be submitted preferably through the conference website: http://www.FocusOnMicroscopy.org where also the conference registration has opened and hotel information is available.

Deadline for abstract submission: January 19, 2009.

After the successful FOM2008 conference held in Osaka in April this year, the next conference: Focus on Microscopy 2009 will take place in Krakow, Poland, in the week before Easter from Sunday April 5 to Wednesday April 8, 2009. As the next in a series of unique interdisciplinary meetings on advanced multi-dimensional light microscopy and image processing, the conference will be hosted by Jagiellonian University in Krakow at the Auditorium Maximum building in the center of this historic and beautiful city. Focus on Microscopy 2009 is the continuation of a yearly conference series presenting the latest innovations and new trends in optical microscopy and their application in biology, medicine and material sciences.

Key subjects are:
* the theory and practice of multi-dimensional optical microscopes,
* the high spatial resolution and sophisticated excitation (SHG, Raman, THG, OCS) and fluorescence imaging modes (FRET,FLIM, FRAP, FCS) coming available,
* new techniques for functional studies and manipulation of cells and tissues,
* automated and high-throughput microscopy techniques,
* related image processing and analysis approaches.

The conference series is, in addition, known for covering the rapid development of advanced fluorescence labeling techniques for the confocal and multi-photon 3D imaging of -live- biological specimens. Laser light based activation and quenching techniques integrated with 3D microscopy are becoming important tools in cell biology.

Important dates:
Deadline for the submission of abstracts: January 19, 2009
Acceptance of contributions, draft program: February 10, 2009
Deadline for early registration: February 28, 2009

We welcome you to Krakow for the FOM2009 conference and exhibition.
To stay informed about the conference please leave your name and email at: http://www.FocusOnMicroscopy.org/stayinformed
On behalf of the organizing committee,- Jurek Dobrucki, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland- Fred Brakenhoff, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands--
E-mail: info2009@FocusOnMicroscopy.org
Web: www.FocusOnMicroscopy.org

Journal Club


Dear Dato'/Prof/ Assoc. Prof/ Dr/ colleagues,

I am pleased to invite all of you to IMMB journal club session that will be held as follow:

Topic : BD FACs aria II: the new era in cell sorting and analysis
Presenter : Melinda Leong (BD Business Support Manager)
Chairperson : Sharifah Izwan Tuan Othman
Venue : IMMB Meeting Room, Level 13, Block 5, S&T Building
Date : 3rd December 2008, Wednesday
Time : 12.45 noon

All are welcome. Thank you.

ZD