PROGRAMME

1^st REP-LECOTOX WORKSHOP

ECOTOXICOGENOMICS: THE CHALLENGE OF INTEGRATING GENOMICS / PROTEOMICS / METABOLOMICS INTO AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL ECOTOXICOLOGY 

15-18. June 2008

University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences, Dept. Biology and Ecology

Novi Sad, Serbia  

Sunday, 15th June

8:30               Registration

9:30-10:00    Welcome , introduction 

INTRODUCTORY LECTURES

10:00-10:45     Overview of ecotoxicogenomics - Prof. K.Chipman, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK

10:45-11:15 Coffee break 

11:15-12:00    Environmental transcriptomics - Dr Stefan Scholz, Department for Cell Toxicology, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

12:00-12:45    Environmental proteomics - Dr Thomas Knigge, Laboratoire  d'Ecotoxicologie - Milieux Aquatiques,  Université du Havre, France

12:45-14:45    Lunch (at the Department) 

14:45-15:30    Environmental metabolomics - Dr Jake Bundy, Biomolecular Medicine, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College, UK

15:30-16:15    Environmental Bioinformatics - Renzo Kottmann, PhD student, Microbial Genomics Group, Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

SPECIALIZED THEMES

17:00-17:45   Biomarkers of aquatic toxicology: past, present and future - Dr Ron van der Oost, Waternet, Research & Engineering, Toxicology, Amsterdam, Netherlands

 
18:00             Sightseeing (individual)
 

Monday, 16th June

SPECIALIZED THEMES

10:00-10:30    Reporter gene assays and specific gene expression in biomonitoring of the contaminated environmental matrices - Dr Klara Hilscherova, RECETOX, Brno, Czech Republic
 

10:35-11:05    Introduction of toxicoproteomic approach with Tetrahymena thermophila  in environmental monitoring - Prof. Romana Marinšek-Logar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

11:05-12:00      Coffee break  

12:05-12:30    Bacterial community structure analysis in terrestrial and aquatic environments - an ecotoxicogenomic approach - Dr Rok Kostanjšek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

12:35-14:10       Lunch (at the Department)

14:10-14:40    Immunotoxicity of xenobiotics as an aspect of their ecotoxicity – Prof. Milena Kataranovski, Department of Ecology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, Belgrade, Serbia 

14:45-15:15   State of ecotoxicology research and legislation in Serbia - Dr Ivana Teodorovic, LECOTOX, University of  Novi Sad

15:20-16:20    Round table discussion, general remarks, conclusions

16:40-20:00       Sightseeing (organized) 

20:30               Reception (dress code: casual)

Tuesday, 17th June

LABORATORY DEMONSTRATION

10:00-16:00    Workshop session - 7900HT fast real time PCR system with 7900HT TagMan Low Density Array Block, demonstration of work with micro fluidic card 

10:00-10:45    Introduction to RealTime PCR Technology: Principles, Chemistries, Applications - Jelena Grujovic, SEE Applied Biosystems Application Support Specialist

10:45-11:15    Introduction to Relative Quantification of Gene Expression – Jelena Grujovic
 

11:15-11:45    Coffee break

11:45-12:45    7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System and TaqMan Low Density Arrays: Instrument and Software Operation, Dry Demonstration - Jelena Grujovic

12:45-14:00    Lunch break

14:00-15:00    Laboratory, Group one: Data Analysis and Interpretation: Hands-on Training

15:00-16:00    Laboratory, Group two: Data Analysis and Interpretation: Hands-on Training 

Wednesday, 18th June

LABORATORY DEMONSTRATION

9:30–16:30    Workshop session - Agilent microarray

9:30–10:30    Open Genomics – Microarray-based Systems Biology Research at your own terms – Wim Dorlijn (Agilent European Genomics Product Specialist)

10:30–11:00    Coffee Break

11:00–11:45    The use of Agilent microarrays for toxicogenomics research - speaker t.b.d.

11:45–12:15    Lab-on-a-ChIP technology – Endless possibilities for DNA/RNA and Protein Analysis – Wim Dorlijn

12:15-13:30    Lunch break

13:30–14:30    RNA analysis with the 2100 Bioanalyzer – live demonstration with customer samples

14:30–15:00    Coffee break

15:00–16:00    DNA Analysis with the 2100 Bioanalyzer – live demonstration with customer samples

16:00–16:30    Wrap-up and closure

End of workshop