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Past Events
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 | 7:45 AM - 6:00 PM
In-house event is SOLD OUT! Register for the live webinar.
Speakers: Martin J. Blaser (New York University School of Medicine), Sir Harry Burns (Scottish Government, Scotland), Patrice D. Cani (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), Fred H. Degnan (King & Spalding LLP), Joël Doré (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France), Jane A. Foster (McMaster University, Canada), Gary Frost (Imperial College London, United Kingdom), Patricia L. Hibberd (Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital for Children), John Hutton (University of York, United Kingdom), Todd Klaenhammer (North Carolina State University), David A. Mills (University of California, Davis), Max Nieuwdorp (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Bruno Pot (Institut Pasteur de Lille, France), Rowena Pullan (Pfizer Consumer Healthcare), Helen E. Raybould (University of California, Davis), Gregor Reid (Western University / Lawson Health Research Institute, Canada), David A. Relman (Stanford University School of Medicine), Andrew Serazin (Matatu LLC)
Explore research and policy strategies to translate scientific knowledge on the convergence of the microbiome, prebiotics, probiotics, and host physiology into nutritional and therapeutic applications for inflammation, obesity, diabetes, gastrointestinal disease, and malnutrition.
June 11 - 13, 2013
Organizers: Mark E. Davis (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena), Omid Farokhzad (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School), Brooke Grindlinger (The New York Academy of Sciences), Melanie Brickman Stynes (The New York Academy of Sciences), Roger Kornberg (Stanford University School of Medicine), Robert S. Langer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Konstantin Severinov (Rutgers the State University of New Jersey)
Throughout the past decade nanoparticles, and specifically nanoparticle drug delivery systems, have emerged at the forefront of cancer therapies. This conference will discuss: nanodiagnostics for cancer biomarkers and imaging, toxicity and safety; nanovaccines and nanoimmunotherapeutics; targeted delivery in tumors; and nanoparticle-based gene therapy.
Thursday, June 6, 2013 | 8:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Organizers: Sharon R Akabas (Columbia University), Gerald Friedman (The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Martin Kohlmeier (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Charlotte Pratt (National Institutes of Health), Gwen Twillman (American Society for Nutrition), Mandana Arabi (The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science), Brooke Grindlinger (The New York Academy of Sciences)
This conference aims to revisit the current nutrition curricula for health professionals and to explore how trainings can better provide the skills necessary for implementing the array of preventative and therapeutic nutrition interventions available. Presented as part of the Translational Medicine Initiative.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 | 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: Alanna Schepartz (Yale University)
Speakers: Han Guo (Luo lab, Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center), Rudy Jacquet (Montclare lab, NYU-Poly), Neel Shah (Muir lab, Princeton University), Monika Raj (Arora lab, NYU), Wenjiao Song (Jaffrey lab, Weill Medical College, Cornell University), and Carola Wilczek (Shechter lab, Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
The Chemical Biology Discussion Group brings together chemists and biologists interested in discussing the latest breakthroughs. The year-end meeting features keynote speaker Professor Alanna Schepartz of Yale University and a poster session.
Monday, June 3, 2013 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Organizers: John Petrini (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), Rodney Rothstein (Columbia University Medical Center), Lorraine Symington (Columbia University Medical Center)
Keynote Speaker: Stephen West (London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK)
Speakers: Francisca Lottersberger (de Lange lab, Rockefeller University), Gerard Mazón (Symington lab, Columbia University Medical Center), Jiyong Wang (Jia lab, Columbia University), Christian Zierhut, PhD (Funabiki lab, Rockefeller University)
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.
Thursday, May 30, 2013 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Review progress on key aspects of the Plasmodium vivax research agenda as they pertain to malaria treatment, control, and elimination through a series of free, interdisciplinary workshops.
May 29 - 31, 2013
This 2.5-day conference will join two fields of research, toxicology and hematology, around a jointly shared goal — to better understand, prevent, and treat myeloid neoplasms. Sessions will combine basic science and toxicology with clinical findings.
May 28 - 29, 2013 | Spain
Explore Plasmodium vivax biology and genomics; drug resistance and discovery; and recent clinical trial and in-field efforts in P. vivax malaria prevention, treatment, control, and elimination.
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.
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