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We are pleased to announce the 3rd annual Circulating Biomarkers 2016 conference which takes place this year in Dundee in partnership with Edinburgh-Dundee ECMC and the Abertay Bioscience Society at Abertay University.

In just the last couple of years circulating biomarkers have gained traction as a cutting edge technology for drug development and medicine.  EU Policy makers and grant funding bodies have been championing the desire to break the translational bottle-neck.  As researchers focus more on breaking the translational bottle neck they have started to look more closely at the kinds of biomarkers which will enable this.  These circulating biomarkers such as circulating DNA (ctDNA/cfDNA/cftDNA), miRNA/microRNA, circulating tumour cells & exosomes are indeed useful and we have been covering them in the last few conferences with some great data and presentations from opinion leaders in the respective areas.  We have heard from researchers about how they perform their biased and unbiased discovery on these circulating biomarkers and then validate and move them into the clinic so that the blood biopsy tests can be realized.

dundee-panoramicThis year the scientific committee intends to open up the focus area to include other kinds of least-invasive and non-invasive biomarkers so that this conference become the annual gathering where bioinformaticians, discovery scientists, clinicians and engineers can all meet up under one roof and discuss broad collaborations by applying lessons learned from one kind of biomarker to another – and hopefully facilitate the diagnostic development workflows.

Thus, this year we will be covering the following topics:  

Circulating free tumour DNA

Circulating micro RNA

Circulating Tumour Cells

Fluid & Blood Biopsy Biomarkers & Examples of Translation into the Clinic

Case Study: “Biomarker to Diagnostic” Pathway

Non-invasive/Least-invasive biomarkers in Ascites, Hair, Saliva, Urine, CSF, Faeces etc

PDX – Patient Derived Xenograft models for Biomarkers

The meeting will also include:

A dedicated Networking Session on the morning of Day 1 to allow all delegates to get to know each other by discussing a topical subject

Panel Debate at the end of Day 1 on “How do we break the translational bottle-neck and move circulating biomarkers into the Clinic?”

A complimentary Drinks Reception hosted by the Lord Provost at City Chambers for all delegates

A 3-course Networking Dinner at Malmaison (including wine) with invited speakers and paying delegates.

POSTER SESSION & POSTER AWARD:  There will be a dedicated area for posters to be displayed and the best poster will win a small prize.  If a poster is accepted for display the submitter of the poster will also be granted a 15% discount off the registration fee.  Please submit your poster by 9th September using our CONTACT US form

GBP

Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

University of Abertay Dundee

Bell Street,

Dundee,

United Kingdom

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TELEPHONE:

+44 (0)161 870 6056

ADDRESS:

BIOTEXCEL LIMITED

14 Commercial Street

Manchester

M15 4PZ

UK