SANTA FE, N.M., March 03, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- The New Mexico IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research
Excellence (NM-INBRE) and the National Center for Genome Resources
(NCGR) announced today that they will host the 10th annual New
Mexico Bioinformatics, Science and Technology (NMBIST) symposium on
March 26 - 27, 2015 at the Drury
Plaza Hotel in Santa Fe, NM. The
theme of the symposium will be "Transcriptional Control".
Transcriptional control involves several levels of regulation in
an organism. Both eukaryotes and prokaryotes employ
strategies to control expression of their genes. These
include transcription factors, a group of proteins that control
which genes are turned on or off, and manage a multitude of
cellular processes. Other mechanisms include RNA splicing,
small RNAs, DNA methylation and chromatin modifications, which
enable an organism to elicit appropriate responses to environmental
cues. Our keynote speaker for this year, Dr. Hertel, will
address detecting alternative splicing behaviors and their
implications in human diseases such as cancer. Other
accomplished researchers will address effects of gene expression in
Pseudomonas, a pathogenic bacterium associated with cystic
fibrosis (Dr. Franklin); implications of small RNA mediated
regulation on bacterial physiology and pathogenesis (Dr.
Vanderpool); and antiviral effects of RNA interference in plants
and animals (Dr. Ding). Dr. Udall will discuss gene
regulation and expression in plants and Drs. Schroeder, Libault and
Dukowic-Schulze will discuss transcriptional control implications
for plant pathogenesis and stress responses. Special guest
speaker Dr. Brockman from Hill's Pet Nutrition will explain
translational genomics approaches to improve the health of
companion animals.
The goal of the conference is to provide an event in the
southwest region to update, educate and advocate the latest
developments at the intersection of bioscience, technology,
mathematics, and software development. The event also offers
students the opportunity to present their research at a poster
session and receive free admission. Students may also compete
for a student speaking-slot in the plenary session. Winners receive
free lodging.
Major funding is provided by the National Institute of General
Medical Sciences, a division of the National Institutes of Health.
Other sponsors include Agilent Technologies, BioNano Genomics,
Covaris, Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), Illumina, and Pacific
Biosciences. For more details and to register, visit
www.nminbre.org.
About NCGR: NCGR is a nonprofit research institute that
applies bioinformatics, software engineering and next-generation
sequencing to solve the preeminent challenges of 21st century
biology through collaborative research and services. To learn more
about NCGR, please visit www.ncgr.org.
About the New Mexico IDeA Networks of Biomedical
Research Excellence: The objective of NM-INBRE is to increase
collaborative, multidisciplinary biomedical research at
New Mexico's institutions of
higher education and expand the pool of biological and biomedical
researchers in New Mexico. For
more information, please visit www.nminbre.org.
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