Uptake of foreign mobile genetic elements is often detrimental and can result in cell death. For protection against invasion, prokaryotes have developed several defence mechanisms, which take effect at all stages of infection. The most recent discovered defence system is the prokaryotic immune system, termed CRISPR/Cas. This defence system directly degrades invading genetic material and is present in almost all archaea and many bacteria. Current data indicate a large variety in their mechanistic molecular approaches. This meeting is the 3rd European CRISPR Meeting after the previous meetings in Wageningen 2010 (organised by John van der Oost, Stan Brouns, Edze Westra, Philippe Horvath) and in St. Andrews 2013 (organised by Malcolm White, John van der Oost, Emanuelle Charpentier). The meeting is sponsored by the DFG Research Group "Unravelling the prokaryotic immune system" (FOR1680). Leading international experts on CRISPR/Cas will give lectures, additional oral presentations will be selected from submitted abstracts. Poster presentations will give scientists the opportunity to discuss their current work. Sessions will cover the following topics: evolution of the CRISPR/Cas system, CRISPR/Cas systems I-III, virus-host interactions and applications and Genome Editing and CRISPRi. ... [Information of the supplier]
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The ProkaGENOMICS conference series has been launched in 2003 by the GenoMik funding initiative of the BMBF and took place every two years, until 2011. In 2015 the North German Center of Microbial Genomics (www.nzmg.de) will revive this successful conference series devoted to all aspects of microbial genomics, one of the most rapidly evolving fields in molecular life sciences. The increasing power of high-throughput technologies now allows simultaneous examination of thousands of genes, transcripts, proteins, and metabolites. These so-called Omics technologies have become the new mantra in microbial genomics. They are powerful tools that allow monitoring of regulatory processes genome-wide under hundreds of different conditions, even single-cell analyses are becoming possible. The ProkaGENOMICS 2015 conference will address this challenging field of microbiology. ... [Information of the supplier]
The symposium will be held in the Institute of Systematic Botany and the Botanische Staatssammlung München, which are located in the Botanical Garden in München-Nymphenburg. Many historical and natural attractions are either within walking distance or easily reachable by public transport. Lake Starnberg and the foothills of the Alps are just 46 minutes by S-Bahn. The preliminary program includes eight sessions, to be opened by internationally renowned speakers, and three plenary talks on topics of broad interest. ... [Information of the supplier]
For the 2023 meeting, which will take place at the Hilton Dresden, Germany, Sunday September 24th – Tuesday September 26th 2023, we are trying to put together a programme focused on natural variation, domestication, epigenetics, polyploidy, and systems biology of green algae and land plants, of course all with a strong emphasis on evolution and evolutionary aspects. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]