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  • Life Sciences & Biomedical Research

  • Events 

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

    Celebrating 150 Years of "Origin of Species"

    Speakers: Gerald M. Edelman (The Neurosciences Institute and The 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.

    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.

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

    Deciphering Bipolar Disorder: Insights for Improved Research Strategies

    Speakers: Haim Einat (University of Minnesota), Rif 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.

    Tuesday, January 5, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

    Lust, Romance & Attachment: The Science of Love and Whom We Choose — An Evening with Helen Fisher

    Speaker: Helen Fisher (Rutgers University)

    A biological anthropologist who has conducted fMRI studies on the brains of people in love, Helen Fisher maintains that humans have evolved three core brain systems for mating and reproduction.

  • Past Events

    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), Kellogg Schwab (Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health)

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

    October 28 - 30, 2009

    4th International Conference on Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress and Disease

    Organizers: Debra L. Laskin (Rutgers University), Howard Kipen (UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School),Val Vallyathan (NIOSH/CDC), Vince Castranova (NIOSH/CDC), Andrew J. Gow (Rutgers University), Jeffrey D. Laskin (UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School), and Diane E. Heck (New York Medical College)

    The symposium will integrate basic science and clinical research so that both bench researchers and clinicians can discuss the role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in inflammation and lung disease.

    Tuesday, October 27, 2009 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    Is Alzheimer's Disease Type 3 Diabetes?

    Speakers: Suzanne M. de la Monte (Brown Medical School), William L. Klein (Northwestern University), José A. Luchsinger (Columbia University), Mark Mattson (National Institute on Aging, NIH)

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been called Type 3 diabetes, unique to the brain; others suggest that diabetes is a risk factor for AD. This symposium will discuss the significance of cerebral metabolic disturbances in Alzheimer's disease.

    October 21 - 24, 2009

    Ninth Cooley's Anemia Symposium

    Organizers: Elliott Vichinsky (Children's Hospital and Research Center, Oakland, CA), Ellis Neufeld (Children's Hospital Boston)

    This symposium will illuminate many unsolved but critically important issues in the understanding and treatment of thalassemia, thus offering the scientific, clinical, caregiving, and patient communities the most up-to-date exchange on the current and future perspectives of the disease.