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	Integration and Invention Frontiers of Nanotechnology and Biotechnology Keynote speakers: Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University; Tadashi Matsunaga, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Sponsored by: The Center for the Study of Gene Structure and Function at Hunter College; grant number G12 RR-03037. Posted: Apr 7, 2008
	Making New Connections Latest Developments in Spinal Cord Injury Research Organizers: Moses Chao, NYU Medical Center; Marie Filbin, Hunter College, CUNY; Lorne Mendell, SUNY, Stony Brook; Dominic Purpura, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Jonathan Wolpaw, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health Sponsored by: The New York State Spinal Cord Injury Research Board and the New York Academy of Sciences Posted: Mar 24, 2008
	A Medical-Dental Dialogue Periodontal Disease and Systemic Health Organizers: David Albert, Panos Papapanou, Burton Edelstein & Steven Shea, Columbia University; Robert Klaus, National Periodontal Disease Coalition Sponsored by: Columbia U. College of Dental Medicine, Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the National Periodontal Disease Coalition Posted: Mar 24, 2008
	Climate Change What We Know and What We Can Do Organizer: George Hendrey, Queens College, City University of New York Sponsored by: Green Sciences and Environmental Systems, a Physical Sciences & Engineering Program Posted: Mar 21, 2008
	Educated Guesses The Second Dialogue on Reverse Engineering Assessment and Methods (DREAM) Organizers: Andrea Califano, Columbia University; Gustavo Stolovitzky, IBM Computational Biology Center Sponsored by: Systems Biology Discussion Group Posted: Feb 27, 2008
	What Do We Want To See in Brain Imaging? Plenary speakers: Paul M. Grasby, Imperial College London; Thomas Klausberger, University of Oxford; Christine Holt, University of Cambridge; Karl Friston, University College London Sponsored by: The New York Academy of Sciences, Imperial College London, King's College London and University College London, with the support of GlaxoSmithKline and the Royal Institution of Great Britain Posted: Feb 5, 2008
	Eighth Annual NBTC Nanobiotechnology Symposium Organizers: Harold G. Craighead and Graham Kerslick, Cornell University Sponsored by: The NBTC Nanobiotechnology Center, the Kavli Institute at Cornell, and the New York Academy of Sciences Posted: Jan 18, 2008
	Progress against Malaria Developments on the Horizon Keynote speaker: Chris Hentschel, Medicines for Malaria Venture Sponsored by: The Malaria Research Institute at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and by the New York Academy of Sciences Posted: Jan 18, 2008
	The Governor's Energy Agenda Transforming Supply and Demand in New York Speaker: Paul D. Tonko, NYSERDA Sponsored by: The Green Science and Environmental Systems, the Environmental Sciences Section, the Sallan Foundation, and the NY League of Conservation Voters Posted: Dec 21, 2007
	Severe Malaria Seeking Solutions to a Complex and Deadly Disease Organizers: Mats Wahlgren, Karolinska Institute; Louis H. Miller, NIH; Artur Scherf, Pasteur Institute; Louis Schofield, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute; Patrick Duffy, SBRI; Dominic Kwiatkowski, Wellcome Trust; Terrie Taylor, Michigan State U.; Kevin Marsh, KEMRI Sponsored by: The New York Academy of Sciences and Karolinska Institute in collaboration with the Earth Institute at Columbia University Posted: Sep 26, 2007
	Your Brain and Yourself Perspectives on Our Golden Age of Neuroscience Speakers: Nancy Andreasen, U. Iowa; Michael Gazzaniga, UC Santa Barbara; Eric Haseltine, The Haseltine Foundation; Miguel Nicolelis, Duke U.; Marcus Raichle, Washington U. in St. Louis; Jeffrey Rosen, George Washington U.; Bob Woodruff, ABC News Sponsored by: The William A. Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts Posted: Sep 19, 2007
	Sleep Regulation and Dysregulation From Molecules to Flies to Man Speakers: Mike Young, The Rockefeller University; Michael Rosbash, Brandeis U.; Martha Gillette, U. of Illinois; James Krueger, Washington State U.; Marcos Frank, U. of Pennsylvania; Eric Nofzinger, U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Sponsored by: Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc., and the New York Academy of Sciences Posted: Aug 31, 2007
	The Struggle against Superbugs Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in the Clinic and the Community Speakers: Sara Cosgrove, Johns Hopkins U. School of Medicine; Kitty Corbett, Simon Fraser U.; Martin J. Blaser, NYU School of Medicine Sponsored by: The Center for Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance (CIRAR), Columbia University, and the New York Academy of Sciences Posted: Aug 27, 2007
	plaNYC Green Goals for New York City by 2030 Speakers: Laurie Kerr, Office of the Mayor; Ariella Rosenberg Maron, Office of the Mayor; Liam Kavanagh, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation Sponsored by: Green Science and Environmental Systems and the Environmental Sciences Section Posted: Jul 20, 2007
	Biology and Art Two Worlds or One? Keynote Speaker: Jens Hauser, curator and author Sponsored by: The William A. Haseltine Foundation for Medical Sciences and the Arts Posted: Jul 13, 2007
	A Fine Balance New Developments in Hemostasis and Thrombosis Speakers: Bruce Furie, Harvard Medical School; Mortimer Poncz, U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Andrew Schafer, Weill-Cornell Medical College; Steven Steinhubl, U. of Kentucky Sponsored by: Novo Nordisk Posted: Jun 13, 2007
	Congestion Pricing for New York? Lessons from London Speakers: Malcolm Murray-Clark, Transport for London; Robert Paaswell, City College of New York Moderator: Stephen Hammer, Columbia University Sponsored by: Environmental Sciences Section and the University Transportation Research Center, City College of New York Posted: May 10, 2007
	Evolution, Health, and Disease Darwinian Approaches to Medicine Keynote Speakers: Randolph Nesse, U. of Michigan; Paul Ewald, U. of Louisville Sponsored by: The Center for the Study of Gene Structure and Function at Hunter College and the New York Academy of Sciences Posted: May 2, 2007
	Confronting Climate Change A Scientific Expert Panel Report Speakers: Peter Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden; John Holdren, Woods Hole Research Center; Rosina Bierbaum, U. of Michigan; Richard Moss, UN Foundation; Michael MacCracken, The Climate Institute Sponsored by: Sigma Xi, the UN Foundation, and the New York Academy of Sciences Posted: Mar 6, 2007
	DIMACS Workshop on the Dialogue on Reverse Engineering Assessment and Methods (DREAM) Keynote Speaker: Arnold Levine, Institute for Advanced Study; Michael Rout, The Rockefeller University Sponsored by: The Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), the Columbia University Center for the Multiscale Analysis of Genetic Networks (MAGNet), the NIH Roadmap Initiative, and the IBM Computational Biology Center Posted: Jan 5, 2007