Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: Computational Image Analysis in Cellular and Developmental Biology to be held on 10/09/17 - 10/19/17.
Synposis: Topics covered in this course include: image enhancement, segmentation, tracking, feature extraction, image classification, machine learning including deep learning, noise analysis and uncertainty prediction, and statistical hypothesis testing. All topics will be covered in theory lectures and computer exercises. Exercises will be done on images from ongoing research projects in the instructors’ labs and will target actual research questions. An important subject in the course will be software design, addressing both the implementation of optimized algorithms and sharable code, and programming in teams.
Student requirements and course structure: The course will admit graduate students and junior postdocs with backgrounds in mathematics, physics, and/or engineering, who are currently conducting research in cellular and developmental biology. Students with no formal training in the quantitative sciences may also be considered if space is available and if initial experience in the practice of computer image analysis in microscopy is documented in the application. We will accept a maximum of 12 students. This size has been proven ideal since the first implementation of the course in 2011, and is also defined by the funds made available through an NIH grant. The course will be free for all admitted students, with the exception of travel expenditure to and from Woods Hole.
The course will contain two theory lectures per day. The rest of the course time will be primarily devoted to computer exercises under the guidance of the four course instructors and two TAs. To broaden the perspectives and encourage discussions, there will also be several evening seminars by invited faculty and by the students themselves.
The software projects will be done in small teams. This course structure is designed to train the students in the practicalities of code sharing and collaborative problem solving, allowing them to tackle complex image analysis problems when they return to their home institutions. At the end of the course, students will be encouraged to take home their own projects and the library code they integrated. The course will use MATLAB as the programming language, one of the most widespread platforms for scientific computing.
Importantly, this is not a course for students who wish to get familiar with MATLAB programming. On the contrary, we expect students to have basic knowledge of MATLAB (or solid expertise in another modular and/or object-oriented programming language), allowing them to start using Matlab on Day 1 for solving image and data analysis problems related to cell and developmental biology. Once the student body is identified, we will publicize tutorial materials for self-study.
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October 2017
Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: Advancing Tissue Engineered Valves to Clinical Practice to be held on 10/01/17.
This symposium is a unique opportunity to bring leading investigators in the area of biological heart valve development together to discuss progress in the field and the future for valve regeneration.
Program Highlights
• Discuss Current Challenges With Aortic Valve Replacements
• Recognize Development of Alternative Valve Technologies
• Discuss Valve Engineering: Research for Translation
Participants
This program is intended for cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, interventionalists, physicians, anesthesiologists, engineers, basic researchers, and other health care professionals interested in advancing valvular heart disease.
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cell biology,
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Life Sciences,
2017,
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tissue biology,
October 2017
Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: Cell Symposium: Emerging and Re-emerging Viruses to be held on 10/01/17 - 10/03/17
Human pathogenic viruses are constantly emerging and re-emerging, as highlighted by the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the ongoing Zika virus outbreak in the Americas. By focusing on a range of human pathogenic viruses, this meeting will center on understanding and establishing common principles to help combat current and future viral threats. Starting with basic host-virus biology, the meeting will aim to ask how basic research can inform our understanding of emerging and re-emerging viruses to help with surveillance as well as vaccine and drug development. The meeting will bring infectious-disease researchers of many stripes together with scientists interested in the host response to these viruses from immunological, cell-biological, and pharmacological perspectives.
Themes include:
- Genomics & Evolution
- Emergence and Surveillance
- Innate & Cellular Responses
- Antibody Responses
- Vaccines & Therapeutics
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Life Sciences,
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Pathobiology,
October 2017
Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following event: World Congress on Cell and Structural Biology
We invite all the cell and structural biologists, alternative and complementary biology practitioners, researchers in the field of cell and molecular biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Immunology, Microbiologists, people to explore their research, at cell and structural biology conference 2018 in Osaka, Japan.
Cell and Structural Biology Congress 2018 anticipates hundreds of delegates including international keynote lectures and oral presentations by renowned speakers and poster presentations by students, and delegates all around the world which will craft a platform for global promotion of several techniques. It provides international networking and opportunities for collaborations with worldwide companies and industries.
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May 2018
Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Cell Death to be held on 8/15/17 - 8/19/17
We are pleased to announce the 12th meeting on Cell Death, to be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory from Tuesday evening, August 15, until after lunch on Saturday, August 19, 2017. The meeting will cover the field of cell death and apoptosis by specific sessions devoted to the topics listed below.
The format of the meeting will include morning and evening sessions consisting of short talks, limited to approximately 15 minutes, principally on unpublished work. Because the audience will be composed of investigators with rather diverse backgrounds, the session chairs will anchor each session with a 20-minute talk to provide an overview of the specific area. The other submitted abstracts will be presented in poster sessions in the free afternoons. As usual at Cold Spring Harbor Meetings, all abstracts of both poster and platform sessions will be published in an abstract book given to all the participants.
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August 2017
Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following: Cellular Biology of Addiction to be held on 8/8/17 - 8/14/17
The primary objective of the proposed workshop is to provide an intense dialogue of the fundamentals, state-of-the-art advances and major gaps in the cell and molecular biology of drug addiction. Targeted to new or experienced investigators, the workshop will combine formal presentations and informal discussions to convey the merits and excitement of cellular and molecular approaches to drug addiction research. With the advent of genomics and proteomics, an extraordinary opportunity now exists to develop comprehensive models of neuroadaptative processes fundamental to addiction, withdrawal, craving, relapse to drug use and general brain function. A range of disciplines and topics will be represented, including noninvasive brain imaging to identify drug targets and adaptive processes; neuroadaptative processes at the molecular and cellular level, neural networks and their modulation, the relevance of genotype to susceptibility and drug response; tolerance and adaptation at the cellular level and approaches to exploiting the daunting volume generated by neuroinformatics. This workshop will provide an integrated view of current and novel research on neuroadaptive responses to addiction, foster discussion on collaboration and integration, provide critical information needed to construct a model of addiction as a disease and novel molecular targets for biological treatments. Beyond the plane of scientific endeavor, the information is vital for formulating public policy and for enlightening the public on the neurobiological consequences of drug use and addiction. This workshop is designed to generate interest in this level of analysis, open conduits for collaborations and present novel routes to investigating the neurobiology of addictive drugs.
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August 2017
Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following event: FASEB Conference on Reversible Acetylation in Health and Disease (HDACs) to be held on 8/6/17 - 8/11/17
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August 2017,
Montana
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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Massachusetts,
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August,
Woods Hole,
Biophysics,
Neuroscience,
Genetics,
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2017,
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August 2017
Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following event: Society for the Study of Reproduction - SSR 2017
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Washington DC,
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July,
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District of Columbia,
2017,
Current Science Meetings and Events,
July 2017
Spotlight on Science Meetings, Conferences and Events brings you information on the following event: Molecular Mechanisms of Immune Cell Development & Function
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cell biology,
Immunology,
July,
Biology,
August,
Molecular Cell Biology,
Clinical Research,
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Life Sciences,
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