The Biochemical Society aims to encourage communication in the molecular and cellular life sciences among individual scientists and societies - nationally and internationally.

The Society is introducing new categories of individual membership for 2006 and the fees are changing. There is no diminution of the benefits to members and the categories are now:

Student
Full
Emeritus
Young Researcher NEW!
Career Break member NEW!

Membership of the Biochemical Society entitles you to a number of benefits including free online access to Biochemical Journal and Biochemical Society Transactions, The Biochemist magazine, discounts on journals and books; grants and sponsorship, reduced fees for attendance at Society meetings and much more.

Student members receive additional benefits including registration at the student rate at all Biochemical Society meetings and at meetings of sister societies, access to student travel grants, opportunities for oral communications and student poster prizes, careers conferences and CV consultation.

Visit www.biochemistry.org for further details.

The society holds regular international scientific meetings including the annual flagship BioScience meeting:

BioScience2006 - bioscience for the 21st century. Celebrating the BJ centenary (1906 - 2006), Glasgow, UK, 23-27 July 2006 Visit www.BioScience2006.org for further details.

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Bio-Rad Laboratories
Life Science Group
Bio-Rad's Life Science Group ranks among the top five life science companies worldwide, and maintains a solid reputation for quality and innovation. The group develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of laboratory instruments, apparatus and consumables used for research in molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, immunology, and chemistry. Bio-Rad's life science products are based on technologies used to identify, separate, purify and analyze biological materials such as proteins and nucleic acids. Some of these technologies include electrophoresis, imaging, immunoassay, chromatography, microbiology, bioinformatics, transfection, amplification, DNA hybridization, and multiplexing.

The Life Science Group's principal customers include universities and research institutions, as well as industrial research organizations, government agencies, pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology researchers.

Today, Bio-Rad is positioned at the center of the proteomics revolution, a field that has only begun to show its potential-especially in the areas of disease control and drug discovery. The future focus for life science research will be on proteomics and functional genomics, the study of the function of genes and proteins and how they effect biological processes. Bio-Rad will carry on its leadership role in these fields by providing advanced tools for scientific discovery.

The Birkhäuser BioSciences program offers scientists an excellent publishing forum. We publish monographs, textbooks, congress proceedings and eightinternationally recognized scientific journals. Our areas of expertise: - Biology (molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, bio- and genetechnology, neurosciences, botany, evolutionary biology, ecology); - Pharmacology (inflammation research, pharmacological research, respiratory diseases); - Chemistry

Blackwell publishes books and journals for the higher education, research and professional markets. The majority of journals are published on behalf of scholarly societies ensuring that the content is of the highest quality and relevance.

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IBA GmbH, a German "BioTAGnology" company, is a leading provider of expression cloning and protein purification technologies, like Strep-tag® and double-tag technology. Strep-tag® is a universal and patented technology platform for single-step purification, detection and assays of pure and bioactive proteins, allowing isolation of multi-protein complexes and identifying protein-protein interactions. Also offered are Magnet Assisted and Lipofection-based Transfection Reagents, nucleic acid specialties (e.g. LNA license; dsRNA for gene silencing), as well as contract manufacturing of e.g. proteins under (pre-)GMP.

Infors HT, Basel develops and produces highly engineered shakers, shaking incubators, fermenters and bioreactors. Existing for more than 40 years Infors HT is now market leader in stackable incubator shakers and one of the most favourite suppliers for micro-organism and cell cultivation worldwide. Direct subsidiaries are in Germany, UK, France, Italy, USA and Asia. The rest of the world is supplied via highly qualified distributors. Infors HT is proud of high quality Swiss engineering and holds several patents. The recently launched series of easy to use and economical fermenters is the optimal extension for the long tradition in custom designed fermenters.

Cell Signaling Technology (USA) Fax: 978-867-2400, info@cellsignal.com, www.cellsignal.com Cell Signaling Technology is committed to developing innovative technologies that help define the mechanisms underlying cell function and disease. Our activation-state-specific antibodies are the highest quality available for analysis of multiple signal transduction pathways. They are validated for western, flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry, and high throughput screening assays. We also offer cutting edge rabbit monoclonal antibodies, siRNA, sandwich ELISA kits and active kinases.

Perbio Science companies: Pierce A broad range of reagents and kits for protein research; to isolate, purify, characterize, label, modify and detect proteins. Endogen A constantly growing product line for cytokine researchers, including recombinant proteins, antibodies, ELISAs and Screening Sets. HyClone Premier supplier of Fetal Bovine Serum, sera products, standard media, reagents, serum-free media and innovative flexible packaging. Dharmacon To life science researchers using RNA Interference; recognized as the world’s most trusted siRNA supplier. www.perbio.com

http://www.millipore.com/proteinresearch
Tools, Applications, Answers. Millipore in Life Sciences

From Amicon centrifugal filters to ZipTip pipette tips, there's a Millipore device to purify just about any protein sample

• Antibody Purification
• Protein Concentration and Desalting
• Western Blotting/Protein Sequencing
• Albumin Depletion
• In-Gel Digestion
• Mass Spectrometry Sample Prep
• Clarification and Sterile Filtration

QIAGEN — leadership in molecular biology

QIAGEN is the world's leading provider of innovative technologies for separating, purifying, and handling nucleic acids. QIAGEN offers a comprehensive range of integrated kits and reagents, as well as complete automation systems, and provides custom design and synthesis of siRNA for gene silencing.
QIAGEN provides high-quality, innovative technologies for people working in research, functional genomics, drug discovery and development, molecular diagnostics, gene therapy, and other fields of the life sciences.

Molecular BioSystems is a new monthly chemical biology journal with a particular focus on the interface between chemistry and the –omic sciences and systems biology. The journal publishes a mixture of review material and primary research as well as highlighting some of the best articles published in the wider literature. Launched earlier this year and available online at www.molecularbiosystems.org as well as in print, this new journal will appeal to a broad audience of researchers who draw on the fundamental disciplines and technologies of chemistry and biology with the aim of providing insight, at a molecular level, into the world of life sciences.

Molecular BioSystems is published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) and complements other journals in our portfolio such as Chemical Communications and Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry whose scopes also include chemical biology.

The RSC is the largest organisation in Europe for advancing the chemical sciences. Supported by a network of 45,000 members worldwide and an internationally acclaimed publishing business, our activities span education and training, conferences and science policy, and the promotion of the chemical sciences to the public.

Sigma-Aldrich is a leading Life Science (75%) and High Technology (25%) company with $1.2 billion in annual sales. Our biochemical and organic chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and chemical manufacturing. We have customers in life science companies, university and government institutions, non-profit organizations and in industry. Over one million scientists and technologists use our products. Sigma-Aldrich operates in 34 countries and has 6,000 employees providing excellent service worldwide.

Springer is one of the leading international scientific publishing companies, publishing 1,250 journals and more than 3,000 new books. Its publications cover a wide range of subjects including biomedicine and the life sciences, clinical medicine, physics, engineering, mathematics, computer sciences, human sciences, social sciences and economics.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, located in Memphis Tennessee, USA, is a private non-profit research institution dedicated to basic science and clinical research to find preventions and cures for catastrophic diseases of childhood. PhD, MD, PharmD students are needed immediately to fill open Postdoctoral Fellowships. Bring along your CV or ask for our current positions available list.

Building on two centuries' experience, Taylor&Francis has grown rapidly over the last two decades to become a leading international academic publisher. The Taylor&Francis Group publishes more than 1000 journals and around 1,800 new books each year, with a books backlist in excess of 20,000 specialist titles.
We are providers of quality information and knowledge that enable our customers to perform their jobs efficiently, continue their education, and help contribute to the advancement of their chosen markets. Our customers are researchers, students, academics and increasingly professionals.
Taylor&Francis Group plc has merged with Informa Group plc to form T&F Informa plc (www.tfinforma.com), a new international force in the provision of specialist information through publishing and events businesses.

Waters Corporation is a leading supplier of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) instrumentation and consumables, thermal analysis and mass spectrometry products. Around the globe, Waters products are used by pharmaceutical, life science, industrial, university and government scientists in research and development, quality assurance and environmental testing laboratories. Waters supplies its customers with technology that provides fundamental data on the composition of natural products and synthetic chemical mixtures, as well as the physical properties of materials. Learn more on www.waters.com

Wisepress Online Bookshop is pleased to present a display of publications chosen especially for the 30th FEBS Congress from the world's leading publishing houses. All the books on display can be ordered/bought directly at the stand or via our website. We can also order you free sample copies of the journals on display and take subscription orders. Whatever your book requirements, Wisepress will be happy to help - whether you are an author seeking a publisher or having difficulty obtaining a title, our professional staff will assist you.