Lorne conference season 2014

The seaside town of Lorne, less than two hours’ drive from Melbourne, will soon host its traditional series of life sciences conferences. The Mantra Lorne offers beachfront accommodation surrounded by 12 acres of landscaped gardens, making it an ideal setting for the two-week conference series.

19th Lorne Proteomics Symposium

6-9 February 2014

Mantra Lorne

Registration and more information: www.australasianproteomics.org 

The 19th Lorne Proteomics Symposium will present the latest developments in proteomics technologies. Internationally recognised speakers will focus on themes that span not only core technologies in proteomic chemistry, but also tools for the interpretation of proteomics output that allow researchers to answer fundamental questions in biology. The program is focused around topics such as the following:

• Interactome research
• Vesicle proteomics
• Post-translational modifications
• Clinical proteomics
• Emerging technologies

Invited speakers for the 19th Lorne Proteomics Symposium

A/Prof Maxey Chung	Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore
Prof Jens R Coorssen	University of Western Sydney, NSW
A/Prof Anne-Claude Gingras	Centre for Systems Biology, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
Prof Donald Hunt	Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, USA
Prof Helmut Meyer	Ruhr-University, Germany
Prof Albert Sickmann	Department of Proteomics, Institute for Analytical Sciences, Dortmund, Germany
Prof Dr Kai Stühler	Molecular Proteomics Laboratory, Henrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
Prof Dr Marius Üeffing	Centre for Ophthalmology, University of Tübingen, Germany

39th Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function

Mantra Lorne

9-13 February 2014

Registration and more information: www.lorneproteins.org

The goal of this meeting is to highlight leading-edge protein science, irrespective of its focus. The meeting includes oral and poster presentation sessions, a young investigator session, trade workshops, social events and trade displays.

Confirmed speakers for the 2014 Protein Structure and Function Conference

Hagan Bayley	University of Oxford, UK
Tom Muir	Princeton University, USA
Dieter Söll	Yale University, USA
Anne Dell	Imperial College, UK
Hidde Ploegh	Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, USA
Jan Löwe	MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
Aimee Shen	University of Vermont, USA
Anne-Claude Gingras	Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
Virginia Cornish	Columbia University, USA
Jennifer Cochran	Stanford University, USA
Andrej Sali	University of California, San Francisco, USA
Sarah Teichmann	EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, UK
Ivan Dikic	Goethe University, Germany
Sharon Tooze	London Research Institute, UK
Felix Rey	Institut Pasteur, France
Hong Zhou	University of California, Los Angeles, USA
JoAnne Stubbe	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Adam Perriman	University of Bristol, UK
Petra Fromme	Arizona State University, USA
Mark Wallace	University of Oxford, UK
Ashley Buckle	Monash University, Vic
Megan Maher	La Trobe University, Vic

26th Lorne Cancer Conference

13-15 February 2014

Mantra Lorne

Registration and more information: www.lornecancer.org

The Lorne Cancer Conference features strong international and national scientific content. Delegates from many major hospitals, universities, research institutes and biotechnology companies will be attending.

Confirmed speakers for the 2014 Cancer Conference

Dr Mina Bissell	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Dr Lisa Coussens	Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Dr Hugues de Thé	Université Paris Diderot-Paris, France
Prof Judy Campisi	University of California, Berkeley, USA
Dr Jason Carroll	Cancer Research UK, Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
Dr Catriona Jamieson	UCSD Moores Cancer Center, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, USA
Prof Rene Medema	The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Prof Sean Morrison	UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Prof Emmanuelle Passegue	University of California, San Francisco, USA
Prof Marisol Soengas	Spanish National Cancer Research Centre
Prof Xiaodong Wang	National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, China
Prof Valerie Weaver	University of California, San Francisco, USA
Prof Warren Alexander	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Vic
Dr Theresa Hicket	Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories, WA
Dr Steven Lane	QIMR Berghofr Medical Research Institute, Qld
Dr Roberta Mazzieri	University of Queensland, Qld
A/Prof Louise Purton	St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Vic
Prof John Rasko	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW
Dr Wendy Erber	University of Western Australia, WA

2014 Lorne Genome Conference

16-18 February 2014

Mantra Lorne

Registration and more information: www.lornegenome.org

Themes for the 2014 conference include:

• Chromatin Structure
• Chromosome Structure and Dynamics
• Comparative Genomics and Evolution
• Computational Biology
• Developmental Genetics
• Disease Genetics and Medical Genomics
• Emerging Technologies
• Epigenetics and Epigenomics
• Nuclear Organisation
• Population Genetics and Genomics
• Regulation of Gene Expression
• RNA Regulation
• Systems Biology
• Transcriptional Networks

Confirmed speakers for the 2014 Genome Conference

Kathy Belov	University of Sydney, NSW
Pilar Blancafort	University of Western Australia, WA
Christine Disteche	University of Washington, USA
Joseph Ecker	Salk Institute, USA
Anja Groth	University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Matthias Hentze	EMBL/Heidelberg University, Germany
John Lis	Cornell University, USA
Karla Neugebauer	Yale University, USA
Jose Polo	CRA, Monash University, Vic
Bing Ren	University of California, USA
Guoliang Xu	Chinese Acadamy of Sciences
Wendy Bickmore	University of Edinburgh, UK
Matthew Brown	University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Qld
Sally Dunwoodie	Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, NSW
Anne Ephrussi	EMBL, Germany
Nathaniel Heintz	Rockefeller, USA
Henrik Kaessman	University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Elaine Mardis	Washington University, USA
Hilda Pickett	Children’s Medical Research Institute, University of Sydney, NSW
John Rasko	Royal Price Alfred Hospital, University of Sydney, NSW
Helle Ulrich	University of Mainz, Germany

Lorne Infection & Immunity Conference 2014

19-21 February 2014

Mantra Lorne

Registration and more information: www.lorneinfectionimmunity.org

Themes of the 2014 conference include:

• Pathogenesis of Infection
• Innate Immunity
• Adaptive Immunity
• Systems Biology
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Clinical/Translational Research
• Inflammatory Diseases
• Microbiota and Immunity
• Vaccines

Confirmed speakers for the 2014 Infection & Immunity Conference

Bonnie Bassler	Princeton University, USA
Tony Cunningham	Westmead Millennium Institute, NSW
Brett Finlay	University of British Columbia, Canada
Dale Godfrey	University of Melbourne, Vic
Michael Gale	University of Washington, USA
Alan Cowman	Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Vic
David Russell	Cornell University, USA
Tania Sorrell	University of Sydney, NSW
Facundo Batista	London Research Institute, UK
Jonathan Iredell	University of Sydney, NSW
Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti	St Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA
Suresh Mahalingam	Griffith University, Qld
David Reddy	Medicines for Malaria Venture, Switzerland
Alex Loukas	James Cook University, Qld
Adolfo Garcia-Sastre	Mount Sinai, USA
Phil Hansbro	University of Newcastle, NSW
Edward Holmes	University of Sydney, NSW