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  • The Genome Integrity Discussion Group

    Monday, December 7, 2009 | 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

    Speakers: Jean Gautier (Columbia University), Tarun Kapoor (The Rockefeller University), Patrick Sung (Yale University) and Rachel O'Neill (University of Connecticut, Storrs)

    The Genome Integrity Discussion Group meets four to five times each year and provides an opportunity for researchers active in this area to exchange ideas and form research collaborations.

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    Monday, November 9, 2009 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    New York Computer Science and Economics Day

    Speakers: Jennifer Rexford (Princeton University), Shahar Dobzinski (Cornell Univeristy), Michael Kearns (University of Pennsylvania), and Larry Blume (Cornell University)

    This meeting brings together researchers in the New York metropolitan area with interests in Computer Science, Economics, Marketing and Business, and a common focus in understanding and developing the economics of internet activity.

    Monday, November 9, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    Can Markets Undergo Phase Transitions?

    Speaker: Lisa Borland, PhD (Evnine and Associates)

    Dr. Lisa Borland applies methods from theoretical physics to understand the dynamics of financial markets. At this symposium, she will present her recent work “Statistical Signatures in Times of Panic: Markets as a Self-Organizing System”.

    Monday, November 9, 2009 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

    New York City Ethnography: Contemporary Public Anthropology

    Speakers: Melissa Checker (City University of New York, Queens College), Russell Sharman (Brooklyn College, CUNY) and Paul Stoller (West Chester University)

    The Academy's Anthropology Section is the crossroads for four-field anthropology in the greater New York area.

    Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

    Immunomodulating Therapies and Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML)

    Organizers: Patricia Giblin (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc), William Loging (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Donna L. Mendrick (National Center for Toxicological Research), Matthew S. Bogdanffy (Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc), David W. Brewster (Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.)

    The aim of this symposium is to provide a forum to discuss whether Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) that has been seen in multiple drug trails is a direct consequence of the mechanism of therapeutic action or whether it’s an off-target adverse affect of the therapeutic agent.

    November 13 - 14, 2009

    What Can You Be With A PhD?

    Organizers: Keith Micoli (NYU School of Medicine) and Robert Tillman (New York Academy of Sciences)

    A New York regional graduate career symposium for s.t.e.m. individuals sponsored by a regional consortium of schools and partners.

    Friday, November 13, 2009 | 1:15 PM - 5:30 PM

    Water and Health: Global Issues and Our Shared Responsibilities

    Speakers: Peter Courtland Agre (Bloomberg School of Public Health), Rita R. Colwell (University of Maryland College Park), Erik R. Peterson (Center for Strategic and International Studies), M. Gordon Wolman (Johns Hopkins University)

    Please join the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as we explore one of our planet's most valuable resources—water.

    Thursday, November 19, 2009 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

    Lyceum Society - Managing Your Life: Adapting proven methods of Science and Management

    Speaker: Jim Browne (Management Engineer, Port Authority)

    Please note the change in speaker for this meeting. The Lyceum Society is for the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. All NYAS members are welcome.

    Thursday, November 19, 2009 | 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM

    Systems Biology Meets Developmental Biology

    Speakers: Angela DePace (Harvard Medical School), Stanislav Y. Shvartsman (Princeton University) and Antonio Iavarone (Columbia University)

    This symposium focuses on computational, quantitative imaging and genetic approaches to understand patterning and morphogenesis, and the gene regulatory networks that control development and evolution.

    Saturday, November 21, 2009 | 10:00 AM - 5:15 PM

    Gotham-Metro Condensed Matter Meeting

    Keynote Speakers: Sid Nagel (University of Chicago) and David Goldhaber-Gordon (Stanford University)

    Graduate students in condensed matter physics have come together to organize this biannual conference. Students, postdocs and faculty should come to share ideas and research with fellow physicists training and working in the NYC Metropolitan Area.

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

    Celebrating 150 Years of "Origin of Species"

    Speakers: Gerald Edelman (Scripps Research Institute), Paul Ekman (University of California, San Francisco and Paul Ekman Group LLC), and Terrence Deacon (University of California, Berkeley)

    S&C celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the landmark book, The Origin of Species, by the most legendary member of NYAS, Charles Darwin. Join Gerald Edelman, Paul Ekman, and Terrence Deacon for an evening of evolution.

    Wednesday, December 2, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    Cities as Solutions for Climate Change

    Organizers: Cynthia Rosenzweig and William Solecki (Co-Chairs of the New York City Panel on Climate Change)

    This discussion will highlight New York City as an example for cities around the globe and examine the key role cities play in climate change adaptation

    Thursday, December 3, 2009 | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

    To Regulate or Not To Regulate

    Speakers: Til Schuermann (Federal Reserve Bank) and Allan Meltzer (Carnegie Mellon University)

    The Quantitative Finance Discussion Group presents this discussion on regulation of capital markets.

    Thursday, December 3, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    New York Area C. elegans Discussion Group Meeting

    Organizers: Jane Hubbard (The Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine), Cathy Savage-Dunn (Queens College, CUNY) and Shai Shaham (The Rockefeller University)

    The NY Area C. elegans Discussion Group presents meetings featuring talks by graduate students, post-docs, or laboratory heads from the tri-state area with an emphasis on new and emerging data.

    Monday, December 7, 2009 | 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

    Genome Integrity Discussion Group Meeting

    Speakers: Jean Gautier (Columbia University), Tarun Kapoor (The Rockefeller University), Patrick Sung (Yale University) and Rachel O'Neill (University of Connecticut, Storrs)

    The Genome Integrity Discussion Group presents meetings featuring talks by graduate students, post-docs, or laboratory heads from the tri-state area with an emphasis on new and emerging data in the area of chromosome biology and function.

    Monday, December 7, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

    No Small Matter: An Evening with Felice Frankel and George Whitesides

    Speakers: Felice Frankel and George Whitesides (Harvard University)

    Science & the City hosts renowned science photographer Felice Frankel and nanotechnology pioneer George Whitesides both of Harvard University, for an evening of astounding art and world-changing science at the launch of their coffee-table book No Small Matter, a book that reveals the virtually invisible realities of nanoscience.

    Monday, December 7, 2009 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

    Parent Theory: Research and Evidence-Based Practice

    Speaker: Barbara Mowder (Pace University)

    The NYAS Psychology Section presents programs about contemporary issues and research in the field.

    Wednesday, December 9, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    Sustainable MTA: Beneficial Uses of Groundwater

    Organizer: Ernest Tollerson (MTA) Panelists: Thomas Abdallah (New York City Transit), John Rhyner (P.W. Grosser Consulting)  

    The MTA pumps 8-13 million gallons of groundwater daily to keep subway tunnels dry. Currently, this water is treated as a nuisance and is pumped directly into the city sewers. This panel discussion will explore possible uses of the groundwater pumped from subway tunnels.

    Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Deciphering Bipolar Disorder: Insights for Improved Research Strategies

    Speakers: Haim Einat (University of Minnesota), Rifaat S. El-Mallakh (University of Louisville School of Medicine), Todd Gould (University of Maryland School of Medicine), Alexander B. Niculescu, III (Indiana University School of Medicine)

    This symposium will highlight new developments in Bipolar disorder models and biomarker identification, and will reveal how these new strategies can further our understanding of the disease and our ability to identify new therapies.

    Thursday, December 17, 2009 | 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

    Lyceum Society Annual Holiday Luncheon

    The Lyceum Society is for the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. All NYAS members are welcome.

    Thursday, January 7, 2010 | 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

    Sustainable City Finance

    Organizer: Gordon Feller (Urban Age Institute)

    Thought leaders from around the world will gather at the Academy to explore how dual crises in the environment and the banking industry could converge to offer opportunities to transition to a cleaner, greener urban age.