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Past Events
Friday, May 24, 2013 | 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Speakers: Scott A. Armstrong (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), Stephen Baylin (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Robert A. Copeland (Epizyme, Inc.), Vicki L. Goodman (GlaxoSmithKline), Haitao Li (Tsinghua University, China), X. Shirley Liu (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), Robert Sims (Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Alexander Tarakhovsky (The Rockefeller University)
Epigenetic research has shown that heritable changes in cancer cell transformation occur beyond the primary DNA sequence. This symposium reviews epigenetic regulators in cancer development and progress in designing therapies targeting the epigenome.
Thursday, May 23, 2013 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Speakers: Steve Ettlinger (Author), Dwight Eschliman (Photographer), J. Kenji Lopez-Alt (Serious Eats)
Moderator: Dan Pashman (Journalist)
Whether it's mined from deep in the earth or grown on a farm, the ingredients in modern food have to come from somewhere. Join us as we learn just where some of the ingredients in your favorite snacks come from and just how combining certain elements can lead to either a food fantasy or fatal fare! Part of the Science and the Seven Deadly Sins Series.
Friday, May 17, 2013 | 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Speakers: Myron S. Cohen (UNC School of Medicine), Chris Collins (amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research), Michele R. Decker (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Tim Horn (Treatment Action Group), Rick King (IAVI), Luiz Loures (UNAIDS), Mary A. Marovich (NIAID), Nelson L. Michael (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research), Julio Montaner (BC Centre for Excellence in HIV / AIDS), John P. Moore (Weill Cornell Medical College), Robert R. Redfield (University of Maryland School of Medicine), Bill Snow (Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise), Magdalena Sobieszczyk (Columbia University Medical Center), Annie Sparrow (Mount Sinai Global Health), Daniel Tietz (ACRIA), Mitchell Warren (AVAC), Jane Waterman (IAVI)
The UNAIDS "three zeros" strategy provides a clear vision for future HIV / AIDS research and policy. This symposium tackles communication and collaboration, capacity-building for HIV prevention, care, and treatment, vaccine trials and a case study.
Thursday, May 16, 2013 | 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Speakers: Uldis Blukis, Charles Byrne, Herb Klitzner, Hillel Schiller
The Lyceum Society comprises the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Erika Lorraine Milam (Princeton University)
The History and Philosophy of Science Section of the New York Academy of Sciences holds multiple meetings covering a wide range of topics within the field.
Monday, May 13, 2013 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Moderator: Ingrid Wickelgren (Scientific American Mind)
Speakers: Clancy Blair (New York University), Amishi P. Jha (University of Miami)
Join us to learn about the recent trends in education to foster social and emotional learning in classrooms is aimed at nurturing such fundamental traits as self-control, focus and perseverance in children.
Monday, May 6, 2013 | 8:15 AM - 4:00 PM
Speakers: Kurt R. Brunden (University of Pennsylvania), Grant J. Carr (AMRI), Gabriela Chiosis (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), Jerold Chun (The Scripps Research Institute), Bonnie M. Davis (Synaptec), Chad Dickey (University of South Florida), Frank E. Koehn (Pfizer Global R&D), David J. Newman (National Cancer Institute, NIH), Salvatore Oddo (University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio), Giulio Maria Pasinetti (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Alzheimer's disease may benefit from the novel chemistries found in natural products. This conference explores drug discovery from natural products, including novel approaches and technologies, and promising Alzheimer's drug discovery programs.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Ivan Oransky (Reuters Health), Harold Garner (Virginia Tech), Morton Meyers (SUNY Stony Brook)
From publish-or-perish to the race for ever-decreasing research dollars, scientists are under pressure to produce new scientific findings. Has the competitive culture of science gone too far? Join us as we try to unweave the web of scientific envy. Part of the Science and the Seven Deadly Sins Series.
Monday, April 29, 2013 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Academy's Anthropology Section is the crossroads for four-field anthropology in the greater New York area.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013 | 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speakers: Suzanne M. de la Monte (Brown University), William H. Frey II (Alzheimer's Research Center, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN), José A. Luchsinger (Columbia University Medical Center), Mark P. Mattson (National Institute on Aging, NIH), Ewan C. McNay (University at Albany, SUNY), Konrad Talbot (University of Pennsylvania)
Organizers: Mercedes Beyna (Pfizer Global Research and Development), Cathleen Gonzales (Pfizer Global Research and Development), Barbara Petrack (Drew University), Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)
Insulin resistance and dysregulated insulin signaling are observed in brains of Alzheimer's patients. Current diabetes drugs that improve cognition and brain insulin signaling in rodents are in clinical trials for mild cognitive impairment and AD.
Thursday, April 18, 2013 | 11:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Arline Cohn, PhD
The Lyceum Society comprises the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome.
Monday, April 15, 2013 | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Speakers: Bruce Kingma (iSchool and Whitman, Syracuse University), Rajit Manohar (Cornell NYC Tech), James Spencer (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
This conference will examine programs in NY State’s universities which are building the professional infrastructure needed to support NY's innovation economy and will explore future public partnerships on human capital development.
Saturday, April 13, 2013 | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Speaker: Barbara Houtz, STEM Education Solutions, LLC
This one day workshop will help you learn tools and techniques to improve the way you teach science to undergraduates. Information presented will also be relevant for writing a Teaching Statement.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Panelists: Sophie Bjork-James (CUNY Grad Center), Omri Elisha (CUNY, Queens College), Ayala Fader (Fordham University), Rudolf Gaudio (SUNY, Purchase College)
The Academy's Anthropology Section is the crossroads for four-field anthropology in the greater New York area.
April 3 - 4, 2013
Organizers: Maureen Black (University of Maryland), Kathryn Dewey (University of California at Davis), Lia Fernald (University of California at Berkeley), Sally McGregor (University College London), Ted Wachs (Purdue University), Susan Walker (University of the West Indies), Aisha Yousafzai (Aga Khan University), Mandana Arabi (The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science)
This conference will investigate evidence about integrating interventions for optimal early childhood development. Speakers will discuss methods, timing, measurement, scaling up and other topics during interactive sessions with the audience.
Monday, April 1, 2013 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Speakers: Craig Bassing (University of Pennsylvania), Dirk Remus (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), Yossi Shiloh (Tel Aviv University), Mikel Zaratiegui (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)
The Genome Integrity Discussion Group provides a forum for interactions between basic and clinical research groups working on chromosome biology and function, and at the interface between chromosome integrity and onset and progression of malignancy.
Monday, March 25, 2013 | 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Organizers: Robert Martone (Covance Biomarker Center of Excellence), Harald Murck (Covance Neuroscience Medical and Scientific Services), Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)
Speakers: Ron Duman (Yale University), Guosong Liu (Tsinghua University, China), Jorge Quiroz (Roche), Simone Sartori (University of Innsbruck, Austria), Carlos Zarate (National Institute of Mental Health, NIH)
Major depression is a devastating illness; current therapies based upon monoamine neurotransmitters are beneficial for only one in ten patients. This program reviews a paradigm shift in treatment targeting the glutamatergic neurotransmitter system.
Saturday, March 23, 2013 | 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Moderator: Florian Jehle (Catenion)
This course gives professionals from inside and outside the pharmaceutical industry—including students and postdocs—a much better understanding of how the R&D and business development and licensing processes operate.
Friday, March 22, 2013 | 7:45 AM - 6:00 PM
Speakers: Jessica S. Ancker (Weill Medical College of Cornell University), Barbara Barry (Northeastern University), Herbert Chase (Columbia University), Curtis M. Coomes (RTI International), Humberto Cruz (New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute), Michael C. Gibbons (Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute), Miguel Gomez (US Department of Health and Human Services / AIDS.gov), Martin S. Kohn (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center), Joseph C. Kvedar (Center for Connected Health, Partners Healthcare), Debra A. Lieberman (University of California, Santa Barbara), Roberto Martinez (New York State Department of Health), Deven McGraw (Center for Democracy & Technology), John O. Moore (MIT Media Lab), Jean-Luc Neptune (Health 2.0 LLC), William Rodriguez (Daktari Diagnostics, Inc.), Stephen C. Schoenbaum (The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation), Iana Simeonov (University of California, San Francisco), George E. Thibault (The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation), Marc M. Triola (NYU School of Medicine), Jennifer D. Uhrig (RTI International)
Explore the impact of digital technologies on clinical care, especially for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Speakers will discuss eHealth strategies and tools for patient-centered care, provider communications, clinical decision support, medical education, and research.
Thursday, March 21, 2013 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Moderator: David Biello (Scientific American)
Speakers: Erle C. Ellis (University of Maryland), Bob Howarth (Cornell University ), Victor Galaz (Stockholm University), Diana Liverman (University of Arizona ), Linus Blomqvist (The Breakthrough Institute)
Organizers: Robert Lalasz (The Nature Conservancy), Michel Wahome (The New York Academy of Sciences)
Leading scientific figures debate whether the best path to sustainability is by stressing limits or innovation.
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