what’s on
Life science conference season in Lorne Throughout February the beautiful Victorian coastal town of Lorne will host a series of conferences that will be of interest to all life scientists.
The 40th Lorne Conference on Protein Structure and Function: 8-12 Feb 2015
The 36th Annual Lorne Genome Conference: 15-18 Feb 2015
The 40th birthday of the Lorne Conference on
Lorne Genome is Australia’s foremost conference on
Protein Structure & Function promises to be a very
the organisation and expression of the genome. The
special meeting with many highlights in the making,
confirmed line-up of international invited speakers
including a presentation by Nobel Laureate Dr Venki
is exciting and will once again draw national and
Ramakrishnan. The program will feature premier
international delegates to this popular meeting.
Local, national and international speakers will appeal
sessions on imaging complex systems, protein
This meeting has continued to build over the years
to scientists attending the various conferences while
engineering, regulation and research highlights
and we anticipate attracting around 400 delegates in
the location with beaches, golf courses, tennis and
from around the country that will be of interest and
2015. www.lornegenome.org
bushwalking will keep their whole families entertained.
relevance. Attendance is anticipated to be over 400 delegates. www.lorneproteins.org
5th Lorne Infection and Immunity Conference: 18-20 Feb 2015
The 27th Lorne Cancer Conference: 12-14 Feb 2015
Lorne I&I is convened jointly by the Victorian
The Lorne Cancer Conference has a long and successful
Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre (AID).
The 20th Lorne Proteomics Symposium presents the
history of delivering a great ambience and vibrancy.
VIIN and AID are internationally recognised hubs of
latest developments in proteomics technologies at
With a strong international and national scientific
excellence in immunity and microbiology. Together,
Mantra Lorne in Lorne, Victoria, from 5-8 February.
content, it attracts a capacity audience of over 500
they represent a network of over 7000 researchers
Invited internationally recognised speakers
delegates. These delegates represent many of the
and clinicians at universities, research organisations
will focus on themes that span not only core
major hospitals, universities, research institutes and
and hospitals in Victoria and Queensland. In 2015,
technologies in proteomic chemistry, but also tools
biotechnology companies within Australia. Confirmed
confirmed international speakers include Eva
for the interpretation of proteomics output that
plenary speakers include Prof Mark Smyth, Prof
Harris from University of California amongst many
allow researchers to answer fundamental questions in
Ivan Oransky and Prof Yardena Samuels. www.
other internationally recognised experts. www.
biology. www.australasianproteomics.org.au
lornecancer.org
lorneinfectionimmunity.org
Now your only decision is to choose which events you want to attend.
The 20th Annual Lorne Proteomics Symposium: 5-8 Feb 2015
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