Course offering number:1202-302
Course ID:
2482
Gene Expression Studies for Skin Product Development: Basics and Beyond
February 16-17, 2012
New Brunswick, NJ
Who Should Attend
This intensive course is intended for Professional individuals
who work in the following areas:
• Topically applied product development in Pharmaceutical,
Cosmetics and Personal Care
• Dermatology community and related industries
• Marketing and sales who are interested in learning a novel
method for claim substantiation
• Formulation chemists
Description
The Human Genome Project (HGP), completed in 2003, was
a 13-year project coordinated by the U.S National Institute of
Health that identified the gene sequences of all of the
approximately 20,000-25,000 human genes. The project
provided sequences for over 3 billion chemical base pairs that
comprise the human genome.
However, gene sequence is only a piece of the puzzle. Gene
expression, how the genes are regulated (i.e. turned on or
off), plays an integral role in translating the DNA code to
biological characteristics, in health and in disease. Ongoing
research is being carried out in all areas of health to better
understand gene expression in response to specific
conditions.
Over the past decade, great progress has been made in
developing high throughput techniques to measure gene
expression. Starting as high cost complicated lab procedures
not too long ago, gene expression analysis is now an
affordable and relatively standard procedure utilized in most
academic and commercial laboratories. Gene expression
methods are generating new information regarding the
specific mechanisms that underlie complex biological
processes and physiological conditions.
This 2 day accredited introductory course is tailored towards
the use of gene expression studies and their utilization in the
development of skin care products, both in the
Pharmaceutical and Personal Care industries. In addition to a
thorough description of the methodologies, applications for
efficacy and safety endpoints will be discussed.