Techniques and Applications of Molecular Biology

A course for those who wish to develop their understanding of the principles and applications of genetic engineering techniques.

Genetic engineering techniques have found clinical applications and opened up new opportunities in medical research, in areas such as clinical genetics, medical microbiology and virology, epidemiology, pathology, endocrinology, neurology and immunology.

Those attending the course should gain an improved understanding of:

• cDNA and genomic cloning;

• DNA sequencing and in vivo mutagenesis;

• use of restriction enzymes;

• plasmid, viral and cosmid vectors;

• expression of cloned DNA;

• polymerase chain reaction;

• characterising the human genome;

• raising and using antibodies;

• diagnosis of inherited diseases including mutation detection.

Attendance fees range from £530 to £830. To register, To register, complete the form appended to this event programme (.pdf 343KB) and post it to 'Charlotte Moonan, Short Courses, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL', or contact Charlotte Moonan at or on +44 (0)24 7652 3540.

Find out more about genetics in The Rough Guide to Genes and Cloning, coauthored by BioNews Contributing Editor Dr Jess Buxton (buy this book from Amazon UK or Amazon USA); and find out more about fertility/embryology regulation in Human Fertilisation and Embryology: Reproducing Regulation, coedited by BioNews Contributing Editor Dr Kirsty Horsey (buy this book from Amazon UK or Amazon USA).

Further details of this event (.pdf 343KB) are available on the University of Warwick website.