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Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research
AACR to host Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research meeting
The American Association for Cancer Research will hold its first conference devoted solely to basic science from Oct. 8 to 11, 2009, when it gathers for the Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research Meeting in Boston.

Contact: Jeremy Moore
jeremy.moore@aacr.org
267-646-0557
American Association for Cancer Research

Public Release: 1-Oct-2009
McGill Conference on Global Food Security
Experts gather at McGill University to address food security challenges
Leading experts from international agencies, NGOs, the food industry and academia will meet at McGill University, in Montreal, October 5-7 to discuss the increasing challenges relating to food security in the world. The 2nd McGill Conference on Global Food Security will focus on the effects of the global economic crisis on food supply and production.

Contact: Doug Sweet
doug.sweet@mcgill.ca
514-398-6752
McGill University

Public Release: 30-Sep-2009
Catheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke (CLOTS)
Top interventional radiologists, neurointerventionists explore stroke care through CLOTS
The Society of Interventional Radiology presents "Catheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke (CLOTS)" -- an intensive five-day course featuring top interventional radiologists, neurointerventionists, neurologists and neuroradiologists offering doctors the opportunity to gain and/or upgrade skills to incorporate acute ischemic stroke care into their practice.

Contact: Maryann Verrillo
mverrillo@sirweb.org
703-460-5572
Society of Interventional Radiology

Public Release: 30-Sep-2009
Breaking Down Barriers
Wiley-Blackwell hosts first virtual conference
Wiley-Blackwell is proud to announce its first virtual scholarly conference, to be held Oct. 19-30, 2009, with the theme of "Breaking Down Barriers." The aim is to facilitate multidisciplinary discussion and debate across the eight Social Science & Humanities disciplines represented by Wiley-Blackwell's innovative Compass review journal series.

Contact: Bethany Carland-Adams
scholarlynews@wiley.com
781-388-8509
Wiley-Blackwell

Public Release: 30-Sep-2009
DIVERSITAS 2nd Open Science Conference
Amid rising concerns, 600 global biodiversity experts meet in Cape Town, Oct. 13-16
Amid deepening concern that the pace of biodiversity loss is worsening in many places, some 600 biodiversity experts will converge in Cape Town, Oct. 13-16, for the DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference.

Contact: Terry Collins
terrycollins@rogers.com
416-538-8712
Diversitas

Public Release: 29-Sep-2009
Controversies and Advances in Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
Larry King to moderate panel of leading cardiologists and cardiac surgeons
The Ninth Annual Controversies and Advances in Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease continuing medical education conference will feature several discussions and presentations on how health care reform could affect cardiovascular disease patients’ diagnosis, treatment and outcome. The conference, led by doctors from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, also will highlight developments in non-surgical valve repair and replacement as well as leading-edge stem cell and gene therapy research.

Contact: Sally Stewart
Sally.stewart@cshs.org
310-248-6566
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Public Release: 29-Sep-2009
Predicting the Climate of Coming Decades Workshop
Predicting the climate of coming decades
The University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science will be the location for a workshop entitled "Predicting the Climate of Coming Decades," from Jan. 11-14, 2010.

Contact: Barbra Gonzalez
barbgo@rsmas.miami.edu
305-421-4704
University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science

Public Release: 29-Sep-2009
Rebuilding a Real Economy: Unleashing Engineering Innovation
Rebuilding the economy through engineering innovation -- forum Oct. 5 in Irvine, Calif.
The National Academy of Engineering will host a forum called "Rebuilding a Real Economy: Unleashing Engineering Innovation" on Monday, Oct. 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT in the auditorium of the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy Way, Irvine, Calif.

Contact: Randy Atkins
atkins@nae.edu
202-334-1508
National Academy of Sciences

Public Release: 29-Sep-2009
New Telescope Dedication at Big Bear Solar Observatory
NJIT to dedicate new telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory on Oct. 3, 2009
During the next decade, solar physicists will learn more than they might have dreamed possible about the sun, thanks to current technologies that have advanced the capacity of ground-based and space-based instruments. All the more reason for the excitement on Oct. 3, 2009, when NJIT formally dedicates the new solar telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory, Calif.

Contact: Sheryl Weinstein
sheryl.m.weinstein@njit.edu
973-596-3436
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Public Release: 29-Sep-2009
AAPS Webinar: Application of Multifactorial DOE for the Ligand Binding Lab
Free AAPS Webinar will discuss design of experiments
AAPS is presenting a Webinar titled "Application of Multifactorial DOE for the Ligand Binding Lab."

Contact: Joseph Catapano
catapanoj@aaps.org
703-248-4772
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists

Public Release: 28-Sep-2009
2009 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition
2009 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition
More than 8,500 individuals from the field of pharmaceutical research are expected to attend this year's AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition Nov. 8-12, 2009, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California.

Contact: Jennifer Bender
jb@ecius.net
203-325-8772
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists

Public Release: 28-Sep-2009
Country United: Advancing Medicine from the Frontlines to the Homefront
Country United symposium explores collaborative future of military medicine
Renowned military, government and civilian medical experts will discuss advances in post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, humanitarian assistance and global infectious disease and explore the collaborative future of health advancements at the Partnership for Military Medicine Symposium on Nov. 6 at the Omni Shoreham in Washington, D.C.

Contact: JoAnn C. Sperber
jsperber@hjf.org
301-294-1234
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

Public Release: 28-Sep-2009
International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing
Chandramouli to deliver keynote address on Cognitive Radio Networking at Nanjing, China
Professor Rajarathnam Chandramouli, the Thomas Hattrick Chair Professor of Information Systems in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, will deliver a keynote address to the 2009 International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing at Nanjing, China. The conference will be held Nov. 13-15 with the technical co-sponsorship of the IEEE Communications Society, among other international organizations.

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

Public Release: 28-Sep-2009
Reproductive Health 2009
CONRAD executive director to give Guttmacher lecture at Reproductive Health 2009
On Oct. 2, 2009, Henry Gabelnick, Ph.D., executive director of the CONRAD Program, will give the prestigious Alan F. Guttmacher lecture at the 2009 Association for Reproductive Health Professionals conference being held in Los Angeles, Calif. Reproductive Health 2009 is a partnership among the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America National Medical Committee, and the Society of Family Planning. This is the 5th joint annual meeting of these three organizations.

Contact: Annette Larkin
larkinannette@yahoo.com
703-772-6427
CONRAD

Public Release: 28-Sep-2009
Excellence in Paediatrics
'Excellence in Paediatrics' conference line-up includes WHO and CDC pandemic speakers
Obesity, the flu pandemic and diabetes are just three of the hot topics that will be explored when top child health experts gather in Italy for Excellence in Pediatrics, Dec. 3-6, 2009. More than 70 internationally renowned speakers from pediatric centers of excellence in 20 countries have already confirmed their participation in the program, which will cover cutting-edge topics on everything from autism, asthma and allergies to child abuse and genetic profiling.

Contact: Annette Whibley
wizard.media@virgin.net
Wiley-Blackwell

Public Release: 26-Sep-2009
2009 International Society for Hip Arthroscopy Meeting
Advances in treating hip pain to be focus of International Society for Hip Arthroscopy meeting
Recent advances in diagnostic imaging techniques and hip arthroscopy procedures are giving physicians and surgeons better tools with which to treat hip pain. The 2009 International Society for Hip Arthroscopy meeting, hosted by Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, brings together leading surgeons from all over the world to take an in-depth look at hip arthroscopy and its potential benefits.

Contact: Phyllis Fisher
fisherp@hss.edu
212-606-1197
Hospital for Special Surgery

Public Release: 25-Sep-2009
INFORMS Annual Meeting
4,000 numbers crunchers count on San Diego
When 4,000 experts in everything from problems with California's hospitals to a perpetual game of Monopoly come to San Diego on Oct. 11, the city will find itself deluged not only by smart people who use math for a living but also problem solvers who tackle America's greatest threats.

Contact: Barry List
barry.list@informs.org
443-757-3560
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

Public Release: 25-Sep-2009
Symposium on Quality Improvement to Prevent Prematurity
Experts to review quality improvement programs to prevent preterm birth
The nation's leading maternal-child and quality assurance health care experts will review and develop programs to help lower the nation’s costly preterm birth rate during a Quality Improvement Symposium, Oct. 8-9, in Arlington, Va. Attendees will review existing programs that successfully lower cesarean section and induction rates and improve care and services for pregnant women and babies.

Contact: Elizabeth Lynch
elynch@marchofdimes.com
914-997-4286
March of Dimes Foundation

Public Release: 24-Sep-2009
NIEHS Town Hall Meeting
Environmental health chief in Milwaukee to hear citizen concerns
State and federal officials look for citizen input on how neighborhoods and workplaces may be the cause of many health problems in Milwaukee

Contact: David Petering
petering@uwm.edu
414-229-5853
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Public Release: 24-Sep-2009
158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
Major conference on the science of sound convenes in San Antonio
How does video game sound trigger panic attacks? Can beams of ultrasound energy prevent kidney stones? What is science telling us about the voices of teachers, the sound of bats, and the noises of a high school gymnasium?

Contact: Jason Bardi
jbardi@aip.org
301-209-3091
American Institute of Physics

Public Release: 24-Sep-2009
NJIT's Research Cafe: Stem Cell Applications
Stem cell applications and research highlight NJIT's first Research Cafe
Stem cell researcher Treena Livingston Arinzeh will discuss current stem cell applications at NJIT, including the regeneration of bone and cartilage for bone fracture and osteoarthritis treatments, spinal cord repair and liver regeneration at NJIT's first Research Cafe.

Contact: Sheryl Weinstein
sheryl.m.weinstein@njit.edu
973-596-3436
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Public Release: 24-Sep-2009
Plastic Surgery 2009
American Society of Plastic Surgeons hosts 78th annual meeting
The hottest topics, technologies and research will be presented at Plastic Surgery 2009, the annual scientific meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Oct. 23-27, in Seattle.

Contact: ASPS Public Relations
media@plasticsurgery.org
847-228-9900
American Society of Plastic Surgeons

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