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eBriefing
Keynote Speaker: Ann Jacqueline Hunter (OI Pharma Partners, Ltd.)
This eBriefing explores common hurdles and pathways to improving pre-clinical model systems for the evaluation of therapeutic efficacy and toxicity.
In this eBriefing
- Refining the use of mouse and rat models
- Getting more data from each model
- Computational and stem-cell models for drug efficacy
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Recent eBriefings
December 24, 2011
Keynote speaker: David Begley (King's College London, London, UK)
Barriers protect the brain from toxins and infection and maintain ionic and volumetric environments. However, these barriers can also limit the treatment of neurological diseases. This eBriefing covers advances in scientists' ability to bypass these barriers selectively to achieve greater treatment efficacy.
December 21, 2011
Organizers: Shirley Raps (Hunter College, CUNY) and Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences) Speakers: Vincent A. Fischetti (The Rockefeller University) and Barry Kreiswirth (UMDNJ – New Jersey Medical School)
The unchecked use of antibiotics has compromised their effectiveness by resulting in drug resistance. This eBriefing tackles the issues facing researchers and clinicians in the development of novel strategies to combat disease-causing bacteria.
December 13, 2011
Organizers: Ann del Campo (Sequenom, Inc.), Charles A. Lunn (Merck Research Laboratories), and Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)
Speakers: Charles R. Cantor (Sequenom, Inc.), Mark R. Chance (Case Western Reserve University), Randy L. Jirtle (Duke University Medical Center), and Marc Ladanyi (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
Clinical researchers are investigating strategies to tailor disease treatments to each patient. This symposium reviewed state-of-the-art research, translational medical research data, and new technologies to make personalized medicine a reality.
December 13, 2011
Keynote Speakers: Goldie Hawn (The Hawn Foundation) and Carl E. Wieman (The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy)
This eBriefing highlights cutting-edge developments in cognitive neuroscience that could improve current teaching methods and includes a careful review of the current obstacles to applying these methods in the classroom as well as of the related emotional, sociological, and environmental factors.
December 13, 2011
Moderator: David Biello ( Scientific American)
Speakers: Mei Shibata (ThinkEco), Colin Smart (Con Edison), and Allen Freifeld (Viridity Energy)
This Academy eBriefing reports on the emergence and growth of New York City's clean tech industry by way of case studies on its green building advances and locally sourced efficiency technologies.
November 30, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Ann Jacqueline Hunter (OI Pharma Partners, Ltd.)
This eBriefing explores common hurdles and pathways to improving pre-clinical model systems for the evaluation of therapeutic efficacy and toxicity in the areas of metabolic and cardiovascular disease, inflammation, and pain.
November 8, 2011
Organizers: Andrea Califano (Columbia University), Aris Economides (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals), Gustavo Stolovitzky (IBM Research), and Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)
Speakers: Domenico Accili (Columbia University), David T. Burke (University of Michigan), and David Galas (Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle)
In this eBriefing systems and computational biologists examine aging and neurodegenerative diseases, covering genetics and the development and application of new technologies, to increase our understanding of these complex biological networks.
November 7, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Napoleone Ferrara (Genentech, Inc.)
Speakers: Anthony P. Adamis (Genentech, Inc.), Dan G. Duda (Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School), Luisa Iruela-Arispe (University of California, Los Angeles), and Robert S. Kerbel (University of Toronto)
At this symposium, Dr. Napoleone Ferrara was awarded the 2011 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research for his breakthrough discovery of VEGF, and leading scientists discussed the promise of angiogenesis-targeting therapeutics.
November 1, 2011
Speaker: Stephen L. Pruitt (Achieve, Inc.)
This eBriefing features Achieve's Stephen Pruitt as he gives an overview of the Next Generation Science Education Standards and details how they will be adopted across the profession and how their implementation will shift teaching and learning in science classrooms.
September 6, 2011
Keynote Speakers: Jacqueline Linnes, PhD (MIT) and Anna Young (MIT)
This eBriefing focuses on the unique needs faced by the medical community in low-resource settings and on how to apply scientific and technological tools to create designs adapted to these environments.
August 31, 2011
Organizer & Moderator: Chris Garvin (Terrapin Bright Green)
Speakers: Victoria Anstead (Tactical Aesthetics), Hywel Davies (Chartered Institution of Building Engineers), and David Hsu (University of Pennsylvania)
This eBriefing covers the opportunities and challenges of communicating energy-related issues, changing behavior, and monitoring and measuring efficiency gains.
August 31, 2011
Conference Co-Chairs: Johnson M. Liu, MD (The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research) and Sridhar Mani, MD (Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University)
In this eBriefing, explore the clinical features, current management, and treatment of Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome—a genetic disorder involving multiple organ systems and affecting hematopoiesis, leukemogenesis, and organogenesis in children and young adults.
August 31, 2011
Moderator & Speaker: David King (Columbia University)
Speakers: Gerry Bogacz (New York Metropolitan Transportation Council) and Peter B. Fleischer (Empire State Future)
This eBriefing covers the implications of legislation for smart growth they ways multiple layers of government interact to coordinate investment and growth decisions and to use existing transportation facilities efficiently.
August 25, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Aaron E. Miller (Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Organizer: Sonya Dougal, PhD (The New York Academy of Sciences)
This eBriefing discusses current challenges and potential solutions for improving diagnosis, treatment and management of the cognitive symptoms of multiple sclerosis.
August 10, 2011
Keynote Speaker: Clifford J. Woolf (Children's Hospital Boston)
The eBriefing from this 1.5-day international scientific conference explores new frontiers in our understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic and neuropathic pain.
July 22, 2011
Organizers: Howard M. Fillit (Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation) and Sonya Dougal (The New York Academy of Sciences)
This eBriefing provides an overview of the mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in normal aging and in neurodegenerative disease and outlines therapeutic strategies to preserve vital neural connections.
July 21, 2011
Speaker: Laura Stark Malisheski (Harvard University)
Organizer: Monica Kerr (The New York Academy of Sciences)
This eBriefing covers two important components of the non-academic job search: crafting your best CV or resume and networking your way into a job through informational interviewing.
July 6, 2011
Keynote Speakers: Heinrich Jaeger (University of Chicago) and Nicola Spaldin (University of California Santa Barbara)
This eBriefing includes presentations from faculty, postdocs, and students in the New York City—brought together to share their ideas and research on condensed matter physics.
July 6, 2011
Speakers: Amy Linden (Metropolitan Transportation Authority), Mark F. Muriello (PANYNJ), and Jack Opiola (D'Artagnan Consulting LLC) Moderator: Bruce Schaller (New York Department of Transportation)
Transportation agencies are now developing and piloting the next generation payment systems with cashless tolls and contact-less fare cards. This eBriefing explores the implications of developments in how we price and pay for transportation.
July 1, 2011
Speaker: Mark Hansen (UCLA) Organizer: Meghan Groome (The New York Academy of Sciences)
With the combination of sensors, math and creativity, data collection and visualization can engage students in new ways of seeing and reporting upon their world. Join Mark Hansen in this eBriefing as he describes his work at the intersection of data and design.
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