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Issue 11/2007

Release date: 11/19/2007

Editorial

An Autumn Walk

Dipl.-Biol. M. Wolkenfeld

page 01

Business

Reap What You Sow?

International Biotech Clusters: a Global View

Dr. P. Frei, Venture Valuation, Switzerland

page 010

Events

2nd Annual Conference on Recombinant Therapeutics

page 012

Awards

Winner of the 2007 European Biotechnica Award

page 012

Interview

RNA Interference at a Glance

How it Began and What it Means for Today

Craig C. Mello PhD, University of Massachusetts, USA

page 014

Awards

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007

Two Ideas Come Together

page 016

RNA Technology

The Spliceosome

Hiding a Therapeutic Potential?

M. Carmo-Fonseca, MD, PhD, University of Lisboa, Portugal

page 017

Proteomics

A Novel Chaperone-based Strategy

Increasing the Yield of Soluble Recombinant Protein Production

A. Mogk, B. Bukau, University of Heidelberg, Germany

page 019

Mapping the Human Proteome

Comprehensive Protein Profiling in Normal and Cancer Tissues

F. Ponten, MD, PhD; C. Kampf, PhD; Uppsala University, Sweden

page 022

Bioinformatics

How Flexible are Protein Structures?

New Questions on the Protein Structure Plasticity

Dr. A.G. de Brevern, Université Paris Diderot, France

page 024

Nanotechnology

Micro- and Nano-Technology

Assisting in the Battle against Parkinson´s Disease

C. Spégel, Lund University, Sweden

page 026

Cancer Research

Adaptive Immune Response

Its Extent within a Tumour Predicts Cancer Outcome

Dr. F. Pagès, Georges Pompidou European Hospital; Dr. J. Galon, Cordeliers Research Center, INSERM, Paris, France

page 034

Imaging & Microscopy

Neuroimaging

A Way to Understand Stem Cell-mediated Brain Repair

M. Modo, King’s College London, United Kingdom

page 036

Molecular Diagnostics

PCR Thermocyclers Based on Natural Convection

A New Approach to Thermocycler Design Promises to Make PCR Faster

V. M. Ugaz, Texas A&M University, USA

page 038

Cover Story

Facilitating the Next Breakthroughs in Cell Biology

The Release of the Ti Series - Another Step Forward

M. Balzar PhD, Nikon Instruments

page 042

Events

Biotechnica at a Glance: People & Products

page 044