2008 Laser Capture Microdissection and Microgenomics at Society for Neuroscience
Monday, November 17, 2008
JW Marriott Hotel, Washington DC
We wish to thank our distinguished speakers for sharing their research with us at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting. Presentations can be downloaded via links below.
Charmaine Pietersen, Ph.D., McLean Hospital
"Gene expression analysis in homogenous single cell populations in the superior temporal gyrus in postmortem brains from subjects with schizophrenia."
Jennifer A. Macdonald, Center for Vascular Biology and Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center
"In situ analysis of blood-brain barrier gene expression using immuno-LCM coupled to qRT-PCR."
Vanita Chopra, Ph.D., MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease
"Promoter of HD downregulated gene show increased vulnerability to DNA oxidation in microdissected MSN of R6/2 Huntington's disease mice."
Laser capture microdissection (LCM) is a proven technology for obtaining pure cell populations. These enriched samples enable researchers to perform highly specific molecular experiments, including gene expression profiling through microarray or QRT-PCR. Using LCM, cells of interest are isolated from live cell culture, frozen or FFPE tissue, leaving behind unwanted contaminating material and revealing precise genetic profiles that are otherwise obscured by the use of heterogeneous samples. LCM has benefited a wide variety of research areas and has greatly facilitated the molecular characterization of cellular mechanisms and disease states. Please check back at www.moleculardevices.com/events for future meetings.
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