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	Searching for Schizophrenia DISC1 and the Developmental Hypothesis Speakers: Akira Sawa, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Nicholas Brandon, Wyeth Research; Katherine Burdick, North Shore LIJ; Steven Clapcote, University of Edinburgh Sponsored by: The Biochemical Pharmacology Discussion Group and the Biochemical Group of the New York Section of the American Chemical Society Posted: Jul 21, 2008
	The Big Picture Development, Epigenetics, and the "Diabesity" Epidemic Organizers: John G. Kral, SUNY Downstate; Barry E. Levin, UMDNJ; Gerard P. Smith, Weill Cornell Medical College Sponsored by: Diabetes & Obesity Discussion Group Posted: Jul 10, 2008
	The Sum of Our Parts Integrative Physiology Organizers: Gerard Karsenty and Andrew Marks, Columbia University; Stacie Bloom and Kathy Granger, The New York Academy of Sciences Sponsored by: The New York Academy of Sciences Posted: Jul 7, 2008
	The Beast in the Belly Targeted Therapies for Gastrointestinal Cancer Organizers: Joanna Groden, The Ohio State University; Christoph Lengauer, Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research; Martin Werner, Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg; Kathy Granger, The New York Academy of Sciences Sponsored by: The Mushett Family Foundation, the New York Academy of Sciences, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Posted: May 22, 2008
	Neural Stem Cells From Development to Function Speakers: Cheng-Yu Lee, U. Michigan; Weimin Zhong, Yale U.; Sally Temple, Albany Medical College; Oliver Hobert, Columbia U.; Jeremy Dasen, NYU; Stephen Noctor, UC Davis; René Hen, Columbia U.; Tracey Shors, Rutgers U.; Fernando Nottebohm, The Rockefeller U. Sponsored by: Neurodegenerative Diseases Discussion Group Posted: May 22, 2008
	Social Studies Oxytocin as a Target in Psychiatric Drug Development Speakers: Oliver Bosch, U. Regensburg; Sue Carter, U. Illinois at Chicago; Eric Hollander, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Robert Ring, Wyeth Research Sponsored by: Biochemical Pharmacology Discussion Group and the Biochemical Group of the New York Section of the American Chemical Society Posted: May 15, 2008
	From Molecules to Mind The HPA Axis in Mood, Metabolism, and Stress Organizers: David R. Riddell, Wyeth Discovery Neuroscience and Irina Antonijevic, Lundbeck Research USA Sponsored by: Biochemical Pharmacology Discussion Group and the New York Section of the American Chemical Society Posted: Apr 10, 2008
	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
	Signatures of Spacetime The Tenth Northeast String Cosmology Meeting Speakers: Sean Carroll, California Institute of Technology; Petr Hořava, University of California, Berkeley; Lisa Randall, Harvard University; Jeff Harvey, University of Chicago Sponsored by: Columbia University Institute for Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics (ISCAP) and the New York Academy of Sciences Posted: Mar 18, 2008
	Critical Periods Revisited Plasticity of Sensory Systems Speakers: J. Anthony Movshon, NYU; Brian Wandell, Stanford U.; Charles Gilbert, The Rockefeller University; Takao Hensch, Harvard U.; Len Press, Family Eyecare Associates; Susan Barry, Mount Holyoke College Sponsored by: Sponsored by the Academy and the James S. McDonnell collaborative network for Critical Period Re-examination (Brain CPR) Posted: Mar 7, 2008
	A Shot at Survival Progress and Challenges in New and Emerging Vaccines Speakers: Roger Glass, NIH; Debbie Saslow, American Cancer Society; Keith Klugman, Emory University; Christopher Plowe, University of Maryland; Rino Rappuoli, Novartis – Siena, Italy Sponsored by: Emerging Infectious Diseases Discussion Group, PHRI, and UMDNJ Posted: Feb 29, 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
	Mitochondria and Oxidative Stress in Neurodegenerative Disorders Keynote speakers: Douglas Wallace, University of California, Irvine; Doug Turnbull, Newcastle University Sponsored by: Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences at Cornell University and Burke Medical Research Institute Posted: Dec 5, 2007
	Life's Throttle The PI3K-PTEN-Akt-TOR Pathway in Cell Growth and Survival Organizers: Pier Paolo Pandolfi, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Domenico Accili, Columbia University Sponsored by: Cancer and Signaling Discussion Group Posted: Sep 28, 2007

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