|
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 | 12:30 PM - 6:30 PM
This symposium will discuss the origin of Type 2 diabetes disparities in minority populations, associated cardiovascular complications, and patient and culturally competent healthcare educational programs.
July 8 - 9, 2009
Expert panels will discuss business opportunities and challenges in solar energy and energy storage, and entrepreneurs will pitch their business plans to a panel of investors and financial industry experts.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 | 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Speakers: Akira Kawamura (CUNY-Hunter College), Tom Kodadek (The Scripps Reearch Institute), and John Koh (University of Delaware)
Small molecules can provide novel insights into biological processes. This meeting will focus on the challenge of how to develop powerful molecular tools for immunology and cancer research. To this end, the speakers pose three different approaches; namely, rational molecular design, natural products, and chemical libraries.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 | 12:30 PM - 6:30 PM
This symposium will discuss the origin of Type 2 diabetes disparities in minority populations, associated cardiovascular complications, and patient and culturally competent healthcare educational programs.
Thursday, September 17, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Reservations for the 191st Annual Meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences—open only to Academy members—are now being accepted.
September 23 - 25, 2009
Keynote Speakers: Don Cleveland (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research), Elaine Fuchs (Rockefeller University), Alan Hall (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), Rebecca Heald (University of California, Berkley), Haifan Lin (Yale University School of Medicine), Joan Massague (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), Ira Mellman (Genentech, Inc.) and Kenneth Yamada (National Institutes of Health)
This upcoming conference will convene experts and junior investigators studying disease pathogenesis at the cellular and molecular level, with a particular focus on chromosomal abnormalities, cancer and stem cell biology.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 | 8:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Chair: J. William Langston (The Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center)
Held in partnership with the Michael J. Fox Foundation, this meeting will highlight novel advances in basic and translational research that impact understanding of Parkinson's Disease and its treatment.
Friday, October 16, 2009 | 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Organizer: David Albert (Columbia University College of Dental Medicine)
Bringing together geriatric care leaders from the medical and dental communities, this symposium will focus on oral health and the significant role it plays in the overall health of this population.
Monday, October 19, 2009 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Richard Dawkins
Science & the City presents an intimate evening with Richard Dawkins as he justifies his reputation as “Darwin’s Rottweiler” by laying out the evidence that evolution is an incontrovertible fact. The Greatest Show on Earth: Evidence for Evolution is a thrilling tour into our distant past and into the interstices of life on earth.
October 21 - 24, 2009
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.
October 28 - 30, 2009
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.
Monday, December 7, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
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 and possibilities of nanoscience.
May 19 - 21, 2010 | Spain
Organizers: José Baselga (Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona), Alison Farrell (Nature Medicine), Stephen H. Friend (Sage Bionetworks), Joan Massagué (Sloan-Kettering Institute and Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona), Manuel Perucho (Institute of Predictive and Personalized Medicine of Cancer, Barcelona, and the Burnham Institute for Medical Research), and Brian Pollok (Life Technologies)
This conference will discuss advancements, challenges, and future steps in research leading to an individualized understanding of cancer and its translation into personalized clinical care.
|
|