Forum topic: BHD Resources

A technical resource available to all in the BHD field. Find out about new laboratory materials and relevant conferences. Use this section to aid your research – share protocols and tips, and troubleshoot your experimental techniques.

New FLCN antibodies available

Several new FLCN antibodies from Abnova and Sigma-Aldrich have been added to the BHD Lab Essentials section. Go here to find out more. If you use them, why not consider letting other researchers know how useful you found them on … Continue reading

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New FNIP1 Antibody

A new commercially available FNIP1 antibody has been listed in the BHD Lab Essentials section. Go here to find out more.

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Feedback Wanted

If you have five minutes to spare, we’d like to get your feedback on www.bhdsyndrome.org, to see what we’re doing right, and perhaps what we could be doing better!  Let us know your views by following the link below. Researchers … Continue reading

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Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome GeneReview

A new GeneReview article for BHD Syndrome is available through the NCBI here. The article describes the disease characteristics, diagnosis and management of BHD Syndrome which you may find useful.

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BHD Symposium 2010 Abstract Submission Reminder

The deadline for submitting abstracts for the second BHD Symposium 2010, is Monday 15th February. Abstracts can be submitted anytime over the weekend. For more details on the second BHD Symposium, including how to submit and abstract, register and accommodation … Continue reading

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BHD Symposium Abstract Deadline Reminder

The abstract submission deadline for the second BHD Symposium is Monday 15th February. Interested researchers wishing to present data at the Symposium are encouraged to submit their abstracts. The word limit has been set at 200 words. You can find … Continue reading

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BHD Symposium 2010

A few updates regarding the BHD Symposium in Washington DC, 22nd April 2010. 1. Abstract submission deadline for oral and poster presentations is 15th February 2010. 2. This year’s invited guest speak is Dr. Berton Zbar, who has over 20 … Continue reading

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‘Lab Essentials’ Update

The ‘Laboratory Essentials‘ page in the Resources section of the website has been re-formatted to make it even easier to use. The ‘Cell Lines‘ and ‘Mutation Database‘ pages have both been updated and the ‘BHD Antibodies‘ has been extensively updated … Continue reading

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Updated Resources

Because of exciting new research in the area of BHD Syndrome both the ‘BHD Literature Database‘ and the ‘Current Research‘ pages in the Researchers section have been updated. The ‘Current Research‘ page now contains updated information on BHD animal models … Continue reading

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Folliculin Serine 62 Phosphorylation Site

A recent paper published by Wang et al (2009) has shown that serine 62 (Ser62) is the major phosphorylation site in FLCN. Their analysis suggests that Ser62 phosphorylation is indirectly up-regulated by AMPK and that another residue is directly phosphorylated … Continue reading

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