Nowgen event: An introduction to miRNA and siRNA
29 Nov 2011
One-day course on 26 January 2012.
Description
This one-day course run in partnership with Life Technologies ™ aims to provide an introduction to miRNA and siRNA, with case-study presentations from scientists using these techniques.
Overview:
- Introduction to miRNAs
- Experimental overview and isolation and enrichment of miRNAs
• miRNA expression profi ling, verifi cation and normalisation of data - New approaches to miRNA discovery
- An introduction to siRNAs and optimisation of siRNA transfection
- Case-study presentations from
Dr Andre Koper & Dr Karen Forbes (The University of Manchester)
Dr Stephen Brown (The University of Sheffield) - miRBase database, data analysis exercises with
Dr Ana Kozomara, (The University of Manchester)
For more information about the course, please download:
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Cost including lunch & refreshments:
Early bird discount (up to 31 December)
- Public Sector £175.00
- Private Sector £250.00
From 1 January 2012
- Public Sector £225.00
- Private Sector £350.00