qPCR 2005 Event
International qPCR Symposium & Industrial Exhibition
TATAA qPCR Application Workshop & qPCR MATRIX Workshop
The whole story of qPCR – from Tissue Preparation to BioInformatics
5 - 9th September 2005 in Freising-Weihenstephan,
Technical University of Munich, Physiology Weihenstephan, Germany

http://qpcr2005.gene-quantification.info/

contact qPCR2005@...

early registration and abstract submission deadline = 1st July 2005


Scientific board:

Stephen Bustin
Prof. of Molecular Science QM, School of Medicine, London, UK

Mikael Kubista
Prof. of Biotechnology, MultiD Analyses AB, Gothenburg, Sweden

Vladimir Benes
EMBL, Genomics Core Facility, Heidelberg, Germany

Neven Zoric
Coordinator of TATAA Biocenter, Sweden (coordinator TATAA
Application Workshop)

Heinrich H.D. Meyer
Prof. of Physiology, Weihenstephan, Germany

Michael W. Pfaffl
Reader in Physiology, Weihenstephan, Germany
scientific Symposium coordinator & Matrix Workshop

Special guest:
Russell G. Higuchi
Pioneer in real-time PCR, Associate Director of the Human Genetics
Department, Roche Molecular Systems, Alemada, CA, USA

Event organization:
Ulrich Wild, TUM-Tech GmbH Munich


Symposium and Poster sessions:

Pre-analytical Steps
sampling technologies, DNA / RNA purification, DNA / RNA quality
control, Reverse Transcription, efficiency of DNA / RNA extraction,
influence on real-time PCR, etc.......

Optimisation
optimisation of the real-time reaction, inhibition of negative
effects, new dyes, increase real-time PCR efficiency, optimisation of
multiplexing, etc........

Standardisation
establishment of DNA / RNA standards, comparability between runs,
tests, labs and contries, national and international studies on qPCR
standardisation, etc.......

Normalisation
new types of normalisation, one housekeeping gene vs. multiple
housekeeping genes, new relative quantification software
applications, etc........

Array Verification
expression profiling, comparability of cDNA array results with real-
time RT-PCR, comparability of real-time RT-PCR with other methods,
etc......

New Applications
new quantification methods, high throughput applications, CHIP
technology, multiplexing, new dyes or probe technologies, new
quantification strategies, etc.......

GMO Analytics & Food Hygiene
GMO problematic, food testing, microbiology, validation of methods,
special plant and food extraction methods, etc.....

BioInformatics
new software applications, calculation of relative expression, exact
determine of real-time PCR efficiency, optimal CP determination,
mathematical algorithms, data management, statistics in real-time
PCR, 3D data visualisation, etc......