The Promega @cademy provides a tailored
programme of non-commercial live webinars,
covering a wide range of scientific topics, from
very basic concepts to highly technical research
presentations.
The title of this webinar is: "In-vitro
Protein Expression - the quick route to
functional protein"

This
is a Basic webinar,
these webinars address the basics of
specific topics and technologies, such as genetic
reporters or apoptosis. They are especially useful for
students, technicians and junior scientists in general.

Information

In-vitro or cell-free protein expression systems
provide a very quick and easy route into the
study of protein function/activity. They are the
perfect tool if you are looking to move from
your genomics studies to begin to investigate
aspects of gene product function. The biological
research focus is now moving toward a systematic
characterization of genes and their encoded
proteins from the perspective of their
expression and function in the cellular context
(proteomics).

In-vitro expression technologies offer
significant time savings over cellular
approaches and are generally quite easy to
perform. They are mostly based on cell-free
translation of specific RNA transcripts and on
coupled transcription and translation systems
(TNT Systems) - which allow researchers to
rapidly express proteins directly from DNA. The
use of these rapid in-vitro expression systems
can be applied to many different applications
enabling efficient elucidation of a proteinâ„¢s
characteristics.

This webinar will provide an introduction to
in-vitro/cell-free protein expression, discuss
how the systems have developed, and highlight
the advantages that can be gained from their
use. We will review various applications for
which they are often used, and also give some
guidance as to why you may select one type of
system over another.