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Public Release: 9-Feb-2010
SNM's Conjoint Mid-Winter Meetings
SNM's Conjoint Mid-Winter Meetings continue to advance molecular imaging
Educators, researchers, physicians, technologists and medical experts from across the country converged on Albuquerque, N.M., last week to explore topics in nuclear medicine, molecular imaging, nanomedicine and clinical trials during SNM's 2010 Conjoint Mid-Winter Meetings.

Contact: Amy Shaw
ashaw@snm.og
703-652-6773
Society of Nuclear Medicine

Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
Are We Born to Wage War? If Not, Why Do We Do It?
Center for Science Writings presents: "Are We Born to Wage War?"
The Center for Science Writings at Stevens Institute of Technology will present the talk, "Are We Born to Wage War? If Not, Why Do We Do It?" by Brian Ferguson, on Wednesday, February 17, 2010.

Contact: Stephanie Mannino
smannino@stevens.edu
201-216-5602
Stevens Institute of Technology

Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Modeling Toxoplasma Gondii
Modeling Toxoplasma focus of workshop
The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) is now accepting applications for its Investigative Workshop, Modeling Toxoplasma gondii, to be held May 13-15, 2010, at NIMBioS on the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK) campus. This workshop aims to explore mathematical tools and problems in describing the life cycle, stage conversion, and clonal expansion of T. gondii.

Contact: Catherine Crawley
ccrawley@nimbios.org
865-974-9350
National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS)

Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
The Henry Ford Production System LEAN training program
The Henry Ford Production System LEAN training program
The Henry Ford Production System LEAN training program takes place March 11-12, 2010 at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. The two-day course is a didactic and hands-on introduction to LEAN management philosophy and manufacturing-based work rules and tools designed to prepare physicians, administrators, and technical support staff for the realities and potential successes of practicing in a LEAN environment. The sessions are not only oriented to laboratory medicine but also adapted to the processes encountered in clinical services as well.

Contact: Dwight Angell
Dwight.Angell@hfhs.org
313-876-8709
Henry Ford Health System

Public Release: 8-Feb-2010
60th Annual British Microcirculation Society Meeting
60th Annual British Microcirculation Society Meeting
Delegates from all over the world will attend the 60th Annual British Microcirculation Society Meeting (ABMSM), which is to be held at the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter, UK, on 19th and 20th April this year.

Contact: Andrew Gould
andrew.gould@pms.ac.uk
44-139-268-6107
The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry

Public Release: 5-Feb-2010
The Quantum Tamers: Revealing our Weird and Wired Future
Prof. Stephen Hawking to visit Perimeter Institute and provide TV lecture across Canada
Dr. Neil Turok, Director of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, is pleased to announce that Prof. Stephen Hawking will visit the institute in Waterloo, Ontario, this summer to conduct scientific research and participate in a televised outreach event.

Contact: Angela Robinson
arobinson@perimeterinstitute.ca
519-569-7600
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

Public Release: 4-Feb-2010
American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting
AACR to host 101st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Affecting one in two men and one in three women, cancer remains a leading cause of death around the world. This year, in the nation's capital, the American Association for Cancer Research will convene its 101st Annual Meeting, which will draw more than 17,000 academics, scientists, clinicians, industry leaders, survivors and media professionals to hear and discuss the latest scientific findings in this fast-moving arena.

Contact: Natalie Poole
natalie.poole@aacr.org
267-646-0619
American Association for Cancer Research

Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
Regional Climate -- Monitoring, Modeling, Predicting and Impacts
University of Oklahoma National Weather Center to host public discussion on climate change
The University of Oklahoma National Weather Center will host a free, public discussion on the climate and its impacts at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 8, as the opening event for the Regional Climate Symposium, " Regional Climate -- Monitoring, Modeling, Predicting and Impacts," being held Feb. 9 and 10 at the National Weather Center.

Contact: Amy Buchanan
amybuchanan@ou.edu
405-325-1819
University of Oklahoma

Public Release: 3-Feb-2010
Joint Regional Meeting of the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine
Leaders from the National Academies gather to discuss engineering innovations in health care
The National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine will join for the first time at the regional meeting and panel discussion on "Engineering Innovations in Health Care" at the University of Miami. A world-renowned group of speakers will convene for an afternoon of intriguing remarks, presentations and a panel discussion.

Contact: Marie Guma-Diaz
m.gumadiaz@umiami.edu
305-284-1601
University of Miami

Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Information Technology in Support of Materials Education
Symposium: 'Information Technology in Support of Materials Education,' March 20
Professor Keith Sheppard, associate dean of engineering & science at Stevens Institute of Technology, has announced the one-day symposium "Information Technology in Support of Materials Education," to be held in partnership with the British engineering software group Granta Design, featuring an array of international invited experts who will present on various aspects of the umbrella topic.

Contact: Patrick A. Berzinski
pberzins@stevens.edu
201-216-5687
Stevens Institute of Technology

Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
SNM's Clinical Trials Network Workshop
SNM's clinical trials network focuses on new FDA regulations for PET imaging
On Feb. 2, the final day of the second annual SNM Clinical Trials Network Workshop, experts working in various facets of the molecular imaging community met in Albuquerque, N.M., to discuss the nuts and bolts of using imaging in clinical trials and the challenges and opportunities ahead in the regulatory landscape.

Contact: Amy Shaw
ashaw@snm.og
703-652-6773
Society of Nuclear Medicine

Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Patient-Centered e-Health
Patient-centered e-health is topic for half-day conference
A half-day conference, co-sponsored by Stevens Institute of Technology and the N.J. Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, will be held on the Stevens campus in Hoboken, N.J., Wednesday, Feb. 3, in which thought leaders and innovators will share their insights.

Contact: Patrick A. Berzinski
pberzins@stevens.edu
201-216-5687
Stevens Institute of Technology

Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Impact of Offshore Manufacturing on Innovation
Carnegie Mellon's Erica Fuchs to discuss implications of offshoring
Carnegie Mellon University's Erica Fuchs will be a keynote speaker from 9:30-11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3 in Washington, D.C., to discuss the impact manufacturing location has on technology competitiveness.

Contact: Chriss Swaney
swaney@andrew.cmu.edu
412-268-5776
Carnegie Mellon University

Public Release: 2-Feb-2010
Love Food as well as Chemistry? How to Find and Build a Career in the Food and/or Flavor Industries
ACS webinar features tips for finding and building a career in the food and flavor industries
News media and others interested in the chemical sciences are invited to join the next in a series of American Chemical Society webinars, Your Career Matters!, featuring speakers that address a variety of pertinent career topics impacting science and engineering professionals.

Contact: Michael Bernstein
m_bernstein@acs.org
202-872-6042
American Chemical Society

Public Release: 1-Feb-2010
Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Summit
Summit examines vast applications of nanomedicine
SNM's Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Summit brings together academic, government and industry experts from across a spectrum of disciplines to explore a topic that may have great application for diagnosing and treating disease in the future.

Contact: Amy Shaw
ashaw@snm.og
703-652-6773
Society of Nuclear Medicine

Public Release: 1-Feb-2010
TED Conference
UC Riverside biologist is invited speaker at TED Conference
Spider silk expert Cheryl Hayashi of the University of California, Riverside, has been invited to present her work at the prestigious TED Conference, held annually in Long Beach. TED brings together people from three worlds: technology, entertainment and design.

Contact: Iqbal Pittalwala
iqbal@ucr.edu
951-827-6050
University of California - Riverside

Public Release: 1-Feb-2010
Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum
Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum sets stage for accelerating therapies to patients
The first Translational Regenerative Medicine Forum, set for April 6-8 in Winston-Salem, N.C., will bring together leaders in research, health care policy, venture investment and the biotech industry to address the challenges of delivering regenerative medicine therapies to patents.

Contact: Karen Richardson
krchrdsn@wfubmc.edu
336-716-4453
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

Public Release: 1-Feb-2010
Encouraging Students Towards STEM and IT Careers
CIESE conference: 'Encouraging Students toward STEM and IT Careers,' Feb. 10
Stevens Institute of Technology’s Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, along with the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association, the New Jersey School Counselor Association, and the New Jersey Department of Education will present a one-day conference titled "Encouraging Students toward STEM & IT Careers," Feb. 10, 2010.

Contact: Patrick A. Berzinski
pberzins@stevens.edu
201-216-5687
Stevens Institute of Technology

Public Release: 29-Jan-2010
National Evacuation Conference
National Evacuation Conference to feature General Honoré as keynote
Retired General Russel Honoré, who served as commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, will headline an impressive lineup of keynote speakers and panelists set to appear as part of the 2010 National Evacuation Conference. The conference will be held Feb. 3-5 at the JW Marriott in New Orleans, and is being organized by the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute, or SDMI, and the Gulf Coast Research Center for Evacuation and Transportation Resiliency, which is housed at both LSU and the University of New Orleans.

Contact: Wendy Luedtke
wendy@lsu.edu
225-578-8865
Louisiana State University

Public Release: 29-Jan-2010
Biophysical Society 54th Annual Meeting
Nobel Laureate Roger Tsien to present national lecture at the Biophysical Society meeting
The 8,700-member Biophysical Society is pleased to announce that Roger Tsien will deliver the National Lecture at the Biophysical Society 54th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Calif., Feb. 20-24, 2010. Being named the National Lecturer is the Society’s highest honor. Tsien, a professor at the University of California, San Diego, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008. He has been a member of the Biophysical Society since 2002.

Contact: Ellen R. Weiss
eweiss@biophysics.org
301-634-7176
Biophysical Society

Public Release: 28-Jan-2010
International Autism Conference
Autism Speaks co-sponsors international autism conference in Manila, Philippines Feb. 3-5
Autism Speaks co-sponsors the first International Autism Conference in Manila organized by the Autism Hearts Foundation and Autism Hearts Philippines, with UC Davis MIND Institute, Philippine Society for Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics and the Autism Society of the Philippines to address diagnosis, assessment and treatments of ASDs, and create supports for individuals and families. This conference launches the Autism Speaks'/Autism Hearts Foundation Global Autism Public Health Initiative in the Philippines.

Contact: Jane E. Rubinstein
jrubinstein@rubenstein.com
212-843-8287
Autism Speaks

Public Release: 28-Jan-2010
World Congress on Osteoporosis 2010 - IOF WCO - ECCEO10
World Congress on Osteoporosis 2010 -- IOF WCO -- ECCEO10
The abstract submission deadline of Feb. 4 is only one week away. Ensure that your research appears at the most important international osteoporosis meeting of the year, the IOF WCO-ECCEO10. Abstracts will be published in the field’s leading journal, Osteoporosis International.

Contact: N. Akhmisse
florence2010@iofbonehealth.org
41-229-940-100
International Osteoporosis Foundation

Public Release: 27-Jan-2010
Homeland Security Science & Technology University Network Summit
Homeland Security Science and Technology University Network Summit
The Department of Homeland Security's research arm, the Science & Technology Directorate, invites you to the fourth annual DHS University Network Summit sponsored by S&T's Office of University Programs, March 10-12 at the Renaissance Hotel. Washington, D.C. Registration is free but space is limited.

Contact: John Verrico
John.Verrico@dhs.gov
202-527-3625
US Department of Homeland Security - Science and Technology

Public Release: 27-Jan-2010
The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine: Its Structure, Operations, and Goals
Orthopedic researchers investigating new treatments for injured troops, civilians
For each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So after the surge in US troops heading to Afghanistan, there will be an influx of injured veterans returning back home. But the US Department of Defense has recruited its own "soldiers" in the battle against war casualties: a consortium of researchers who are improving care to wounded soldiers as well as the general public.

Contact: Brenda Frederick
frederick@ors.org
847-698-1625
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Public Release: 27-Jan-2010
AAOS/OTA/SOMOS/ORS Extremity War Injuries V: Barriers to Return of Function and Duty (EWI V)
Extremity war injuries symposium seeks to improve patient care for wounded warriors
The nation's top civilian and military orthopaedic trauma surgeons and researchers come together for a two-day symposium January 27-29 to discuss barriers of return of function and duty and develop treatment principles.

Contact: Nicholas Piatek
piatek@aaos.org
202-548-4143
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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