20-22 May 2009
AREA Science Park Congress Centre
Trieste, Italy

The Workshop will focus on the functional analysis of macromolecular complexes involved in all aspects of DNA metabolism, including DNA replication, repair, transcription, translation, and RNA splicing. In particular, the different mass spectrometry/proteomics strategies and methodologies used for the characterization and identification of these complexes will be discussed. The main aim of the Workshop is to gather people with experience in proteomics/mass spectrometry and people with experience in the biochemical characterization of DNA interacting complexes.

Participation is open to Ph.D. students, post-doctoral fellows, and independent investigators interested in the proteomic characterization of macromolecular complexes involved in all aspects of DNA metabolism.

Programme

Registration

The closing date for registration is 27 February 2009, to be effected by using the dedicated Registration and Hotel Accommodation Form. The registration fee will include attendance at the Workshop, local transportation hotel/meeting venue/hotel, abstract book and meals as foreseen in the programme (coffee-breaks, lunches at the meeting venue and social dinner).

Accommodation

Block bookings at special rates have been obtained for the participants in the Workhsop. Reservations should thus be made directly through the local agency "Quickline Traduzioni&Congressi", which is also available for additional queries/requests regarding your stay in Trieste, by using the Registration and Hotel Accommodation Form.

Funding for ICGEB Member States Participants

A limited number of grants will be available to attend the Conference for participants who are nationals of an ICGEB Member States, to cover registration fee and twin-share hotel accommodation. Travel is NOT funded. Interested applicants must complete and submit the relevant Application Form directly to the ICGEB, together with a curriculum vitae and list of publications (if any) on or before 15 January 2009. A reply as to the results of the selection will follow from the Organising Secretariat in time to allow the regular registration and hotel reservation of unsuccessful applicants who wish to attend at their own cost.

Abstracts

All participants are invited to send an abstract. Both poster sessions and oral presentations of selected abstracts are foreseen. The scientific quality of the abstract and its relevance to the meeting themes will be a criteria for selection. Closing date for submission: 27 February 2009.

Contact

Elisabetta Lippolis
ICGEB Conferences and Meetings, Padriciano 99, I-34012 Trieste, Italy.
Tel: +39-040-3757332; Fax: +39-040-226555; E-mail: lippolis@icgeb.org