Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: 45th MilliporeSigma Lectureship
Dr. David Liu will be presenting at the 45th MilliporeSigma Lectureship. Dr. Liu is a professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University. His first lecture (April 4th) will be focused on "Base Editing: Chemistry on a Target Nucleotide in the Genome of Living Cells." His second lecture (April 5th) will concentrate on a theme of "Integrating Chemistry and Evolution to Illuminate Biology and Enable Novel Therapeutics." No RSVP is necessary. Refreshments will be served before both lectures, and a reception will follow the Wednesday lecture.
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Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: Plant Genomes & Biotechnology: From Genes to Networks to be held on 11/29/17 - 12/2/17.
Free Pre-Meeting Half-day workshop on Bioinformatics Tools for Plant Genomics (Wednesday November 29th; 12-5pm): A half-day workshop will be sponsored by the Gramene (NSF #1127112) and CyVerse (NSF # 1265383) projects, and will cover public bioinformatics tools and resources in support of reference genome assemblies, automated prediction and community curation of gene annotations, and data submission of RNA-seq and other omics data to public repositories such as Track Hub. Lunch and coffee will be included. See more information and registration (limit 30) here.
We are pleased to announce the tenth Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting, Plant Genomes & Biotechnology, which will begin on the evening of Wednesday, November 29, 2017, and end after lunch on Saturday, December 2. Abstracts should contain new and unpublished material. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs.
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- Biodiversity/Environmental Adaptation
- Biotic/Abiotic Stress Signaling
- Complex Traits/Synthetic Biology/Biotechnology
- Crop Genomics/Improvement
- Developmental Networks/Modeling
- Genetics/Epigenetics/Genome Biology
- Tool Development/New Frontiers
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Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: Immunogenicity & Bioassay Summit 2017 to be held on 10/23/17 - 10/26/17.
Following 8 successful years, the Immunogenicity and Bioassay Summit is expanding to include SIX short courses, TWO training seminars, AND a one-day immersive symposium in addition to our THREE conference tracks. These events provide an invaluable opportunity to learn how the experts manage the challenges of Immunogenicity Assessment, Prediction and Risk Mitigation, as well as Bioanalytical and Bioassay Development. Once again, attendees will hear from the regulatory authorities and be able to discuss their challenges with them. NEW this year is a focus on Bioassays for Immuno-Oncology, Immunology for Scientists in Biotherapeutic Discovery and Development, and an Introduction to Design of Experiments. The 2017 summit features:
- 250+ Global Attendees
- 75 Scientific Presentations & Case Studies, including FDA
- Exhibit & Poster Hall
- Track-hopping allowed for concurrent conferences
- Panel Discussions
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Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: Gene Regulatory Networks for Development to be held on 10/08/17 - 10/21/17.
Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) are key to the genomic control of development in animals and plants. To study GRNs requires insights from various research fields, including systems biology, developmental and evolutionary biology, as well as functional genomics, and provides an integrative approach to fundamental research questions in biology. This course introduces the concepts of GRNs, and teaches experimental and computational methods used to study them, through highly interactive lectures, discussions, group projects, and practical tutorials. We will cover a broad range of topics, including transcriptional control systems, the structural organization of hierarchical networks, developmental functions of GRN circuit modules, GRN evolution, and computational modeling using BioTapestry as well as Boolean and quantitative mathematical approaches. Students will learn how to generate GRN models based on data extracted from the literature, and will generate computational models to analyze dynamic circuit behavior. We will present and discuss a broad range of experimental approaches and how they are effectively used for studying gene regulation and developmental GRNs. Examples of experimentally solved developmental GRNs from a variety of organisms, such as flies, sea urchins, frogs, chicken, and mice, will be explored. Students are encouraged to share their research projects in a poster session, and to discuss with course faculty how to apply the approaches taught in the course to their own research questions. The course is intended for advanced graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty.
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Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: Frontiers in Stem Cells & Regeneration to be held on 10/08/17-10/14/17.
This one-day course provides clinicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants with state-of-the-art information on diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease with emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. Invited speakers are experts from the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic, Radiology, and Colorectal Surgery. The course format offers didactic lectures, panel discussions and Q & A. Active audience participation is strongly encouraged.
Upon conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Discuss the multidisciplinary management of Crohn’s disease
- Recognize appropriate utility of MR and CT for IBD monitoring
- Contrast the differences in risks, benefits and recovery between endoscopic and surgical management of complications of disease
- Cite advantages of integrating radiologic and pathologic resources into the care of patients with ulcerative colitis
- Discuss the importance of patient centered biomedical discovery
Attendance at this Mayo Clinic course does not indicate nor guarantee competence or proficiency in the performance of any procedures which may be discussed or taught in this course.
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Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: SynBioBeta SF 2017 - Fuel Your Passion for Synthetic Biology to be held on 10/03/17-10/05/17.
Synthetic biology is a movement to make biology easier to engineer, a passionate cabal of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and investors on a mission to turn biology into a tech discipline. The market is predicted to be worth US$13.4 Billion by 2019. Come meet the pioneers who are applying engineered biology to revolutionize the production of chemicals, consumer products, energy, materials, medicine and more. Learn how their efforts are transforming manufacturing with a positive effect on conservation and the environment.
Now in our 6th year, we’ll be back at the gorgeous Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco on October 3rd and 4th. A networking event will take place on October 5th. With more than 14 sessions, 60 speakers and 25 exhibitors, come meet the movers and shakers of an industry that’s driving technology and business forward.
Key themes at the event this year include: biomaterials, biosecurity and policy, conservation and the environment, consumer products, education and public outreach. Learn about emerging applications for DNA, health and drug discovery, reproducibility, investment opportunities, and more. Come be inspired by what the future holds.
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Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: Brains, Minds and Machines to be held on 8/13/17 - 9/3/17
The goal of this course is to help produce a community of leaders that is equally knowledgeable in neuroscience, cognitive science, and computer science and will lead the development of true biologically inspired AI.
The class discussions will cover a range of topics, including:
- Neuroscience: neurons and models
- Computational vision
- Biological vision
- Machine learning
- Bayesian inference
- Planning and motor control
- Memory
- Social cognition
- Inverse problems & well-posedness
- Audition and speech processing
- Natural language processing
These discussions will be complemented in the first week by MathCamps and NeuroCamps, to refresh the necessary background. Throughout the course, students will participate in workshops and tutorials to gain hands-on experience with these topics.
Core presentations will be given jointly by neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, and computer scientists. Lectures will be followed by afternoons of computational labs, with additional evening research seminars. To reinforce the theme of collaboration between (computer science + math) and (neuroscience + cognitive science), exercises and projects often will be performed in teams that combine students with both backgrounds.
The course will culminate with student presentations of their projects. These projects provide the opportunity for students to work closely with the resident faculty, to develop ideas that grow out of the lectures and seminars, and to connect these ideas with problems from the students’ own research at their home institutions.
This course aims to cross-educate computer engineers and neuroscientists; it is appropriate for graduate students, postdocs, and faculty in computer science or neuroscience. Students are expected to have a strong background in one discipline (such as neurobiology, physics, engineering, and mathematics). Our goal is to develop the science and the technology of intelligence and to help train a new generation of scientists that will leverage the progress in neuroscience, cognitive science, and computer science. The course is limited to 30 students.
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Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following event: Physical Biology of the Cell to be held on 8/6/17 - 8/26/17
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Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following event: BCVS: Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Annual 2017 Scientific Sessions
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Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following event: 2017 10th Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation (MALSI) Day
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