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Public Release: 6-Nov-2012
2012 Estabrook Distinguished Research Lectureship: Constraint-Induced Therapy
Dr. Taub to give Estabrook Research Lecture at Kessler Foundation on Nov. 28
Kessler Foundation announces that The 2012 Estabrook Distinguished Research Lectureship will be given on Nov. 28, 2012 at Kessler Conference Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange, New Jersey, from 12 noon to 1:30 pm. Edward Taub, PhD, will lecture on "Constraint-induced Therapy: A Family of Treatments in Rehabilitation that Remodel the Brain." Dr. Taub is director of the CI Therapy Research Group and Taub Training Clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Contact: Carolann Murphy
CMurphy@KesslerFoundation.org
973-324-8382
Kessler Foundation

Public Release: 6-Nov-2012
Schwartz Center National Consensus Project on Compassionate Healthcare Working Group Meeting
IOM President to speak at Schwartz Center Consensus Meeting Nov. 8
Institute of Medicine President Harvey Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., will give the plenary address at a consensus meeting in Boston Nov. 8-9 being convened by the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare to develop recommendations on health system reforms and public and professional education initiatives to make compassionate care a national priority. His topic will be system properties that support compassionate care.

Contact: Petra Langer
petralanger@comcast.net
781-640-0086
The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare

Public Release: 6-Nov-2012
EUROECHO and Other Imaging Modalities 2012
Imaging speeds early diagnosis of heart disease, the top killer in the Western world
The most up-to-date imaging techniques for the early diagnosis of heart disease will be presented and discussed at EUROECHO and other Imaging Modalities 2012. The annual meeting of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), takes place during 5-8 December in Athens, Greece, at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre.

Contact: ESC Press Office
press@escardio.org
33-049-294-8627
European Society of Cardiology

Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
2nd Annual Antivirals Congress
CONRAD to host HIV symposium at 2nd Annual Antivirals Congress
CONRAD HIV and microbicides experts will be featured at the 2nd Annual Antivirals Congress organized by Elsevier publications. This year's conference is being held on Nov. 11-13 at the Boston Marriott Cambridge. Executive and Scientific Director Gustavo Doncel and Director of Product Development David Friend will discuss ex vivo models for testing topical antiviral microbicides and current antiretroviral based microbicide products.

Contact: Annette Larkin
alarkin@conrad.org
703-772-6427
CONRAD

Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
"Beethoven: Creative Genius and Psychiatric Illness"
Psychiatrist, pianist Richard Kogan visiting UH Nov. 9
Noted psychiatrist and concert pianist Richard Kogan will discuss the composer and perform his works during the lecture/concert "Beethoven: Creative Genius and Psychiatric Illness" Nov. 9 in the Honors College Commons (second floor of the M.D. Anderson Library). A reception begins at 5:30 p.m. and Kogan’s presentation kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Following his lecture and performance, Kogan will take questions from the audience.

Contact: Mike Emery
memery@central.uh.edu
713-743-8186
University of Houston

Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
Midwest Symposium on New Concepts For Tissue-Specific Regenerative Medicine
Midwest regenerative medicine symposium to be held in Cincinnati
Hoxworth Blood Center, the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center will host the Midwest Symposium on New Concepts For Tissue-Specific Regenerative Medicine, Nov. 16-17, 2012, in Rieveschl Auditorium of the Vontz Center for Molecular Studies.

Contact: Katie Pence
katie.pence@uc.edu
513-558-4561
University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center

Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
International School on Laser Applications
Success for first international laser school
MORE than 80 scientists from across Europe converged on Caen, France for the first international school on laser applications, organized by LA3NET – a training network initiated and coordinated by the University of Liverpool and the Cockcroft Institute.

Contact: Samantha Martin
samantha.martin@liv.ac.uk
44-015-179-42248
University of Liverpool

Public Release: 5-Nov-2012
What Constitutes Evidence for Copyright Policy?
Copyright laws are off balance
Multi-millionaire rockers such as Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Cliff Richard are set to benefit from recent changes to EU copyright legislation that extend the duration of copyright protection. But, already copyright lasts for too many years and is overly complex, argue researchers from the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management, Bournemouth University. Their research shows that a copyright policy that brings a better balance between the interests of creators, investors and consumers is needed.

Contact: Pressoffice
Pressoffice@esrc.ac.uk
Economic & Social Research Council

Public Release: 2-Nov-2012
The Future of Wireless Capacity
The future of wireless capacity to be discussed at FCC on Nov. 6
The FCC will host a seminar, "The Future of Wireless Capacity," on Tuesday Nov. 6. The speaker is Dr. Arogyaswami Paulraj, the developer of multiple input-multiple output antenna technology that has been a key enabler of the mobile Internet and 4G wireless technology.

Contact: Chris McManes
c.mcmanes@ieee.org
202-530-8356
IEEE-USA

Public Release: 2-Nov-2012
University-Industry Collaboration and Its Impact on Manufacturing
University-industry collaboration and its impact on manufacturing
In Germany and the US, universities play a major economic role by collaborating with local industry and attracting new investments to the region. On Nov. 7, 2012, at the German Center for Research and Innovation, a panel of German and US experts will present best practice examples of university-industry relations and their impact on manufacturing.

Contact: Jennifer Audet
audet@germaninnovation.org
German Center for Research and Innovation

Public Release: 2-Nov-2012
Making history: diversity and the national curriculum
Helping young people discover their own ‘British’ history
Schools can promote social inclusion by helping children to discover a version of British history that acknowledges how people from a range of ethnic backgrounds have contributed to contemporary British society, according to new research.

Contact: Pressoffice
Pressoffice@esrc.ac.uk
Economic & Social Research Council

Public Release: 2-Nov-2012
LGBT equalities: surviving austerity
New policies recognize needs of vulnerable sexual communities
Following the implementation of new legislation equalities policy, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is now an aspect of staff training in local government according to research at the Universities of Newcastle and Huddersfield carried out by Professor Diane Richardson and Dr. Surya Monro.

Contact: Pressoffice
Pressoffice@esrc.ac.uk
Economic & Social Research Council

Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
Vision Innovation and Venture Forum
Forum to bring together leading-edge ophthalmic researchers and investors
The newest ophthalmic innovations with market potential will be the focus of a one-day seminar in Seattle on May 3, 2013 that will connect scientists, venture capitalists, pharmaceutical representatives and others. Unlike other investor forums, the meeting will focus on cutting-edge research, rather than established companies.

Contact: Katrina Norfleet
knorfleet@arvo.org
240-221-2924
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
Dynamic Equilibrium at the Water’s Edge: Three Continents Symposium”
Architects addressing coastal challenges During UH symposium
UH's Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture will host the symposium "Dynamic Equilibrium at the Water’s Edge: Three Continents Symposium." This event runs 1 – 7:15 p.m., Nov. 8 and 2 – 6 p.m., Nov. 9. “Dynamic Equilibrium” lectures will be in the College of Architecture's Theater Room (Room 150), and presentations will be delivered in Room 143.

Contact: Mike Emery
memery@central.uh.edu
713-743-8186
University of Houston

Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
Survival Stories: Learning from narratives about surviving disasters
What natural disasters can teach us
Learning about surviving disasters, a study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, has resulted in a unique bank of research data which provides insights into what makes an effective community response at this critical time. Community responses are key to helping children and young people who survive major natural disasters.

Contact: Pressofffice
Pressoffice@esrc.ac.uk
Economic & Social Research Council

Public Release: 1-Nov-2012
Punched from the screen: workplace cyber-bullying
Cyberbullying in the workplace 'worse than conventional bullying'
Cyberbullying -- using modern communications technology such as e-mails, texts or web-postings to abuse people -- is as common in the workplace as "conventional" bullying. Yet, the way cyberbullying influences both the victim and witnesses are more hidden in the workplace according to new research by occupational psychologists.

Contact: Pressoffice
Pressoffice@esrc.ac.uk
Economic & Social Research Council

Public Release: 31-Oct-2012
Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science
London 2012 will inspire tomorrow's social scientists
The London 2012 Games legacy is an ideal way of encouraging young people not only to take up sport but to engage with social science as well, researchers at Bournemouth University believe. Young people in Dorset will have the chance to question whether hosting London 2012 has brought benefits to the area in which they live as well as to the UK as a whole at an event as part of the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science.

Contact: Pressoffice
Pressoffice@esrc.ac.uk
Economic & Social Research Council

Public Release: 30-Oct-2012
International Workshop on Advanced Techniques in Actinide Spectroscopy (ATAS)
New International Forum for Heavy Metal Research
A new international forum to support the dialogue between experimental and theoretical research in the field of radioactive toxic heavy metals will take place from Nov. 5 to 7, 2012, at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Germany.

Contact: K. Mueller
K.Mueller@hzdr.de
49-351-260-2438
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

Public Release: 29-Oct-2012
Fourth International Symposium on Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
International symposium will address non-Hodgkins lymphoma in the young
A symposium on non-Hodgkins lymphoma explores the latest scientific and clinical advances in treating a "lost generation" of sufferers--children, young adults and adolescents. Presenters and attendees will come from 40 countries on 6 continents.

Contact: Donna Moriarty
donna_moriarty@nymc.edu
914-439-5989
New York Medical College

Public Release: 29-Oct-2012
World Entrepreneurship Forum 2013
Singapore to host World Entrepreneurship Forum 2013
The Action Community for Entrepreneurship and the Nanyang Technological University are pleased to announce that Singapore will be hosting the sixth edition of the World Entrepreneurship Forum, the world’s first global think-tank dedicated to creating wealth and social justice through entrepreneurship, next year.

Contact: Feisal Abdul Rahman
feisalar@ntu.edu.sg
65-967-51517
Nanyang Technological University

Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
65th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics
APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting
The 65th Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics will include more than 2,000 compelling presentations from across the physical sciences, engineering, and medicine. The meeting will take place Nov. 18 - 20, 2012, at the San Diego Convention Center near the historic Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego, Calif.

Contact: Charles E. Blue
dfdmedia@aps.org
301-209-3091
American Institute of Physics

Public Release: 25-Oct-2012
5th Clinical Trials Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD)
Seminal events in 2012 Alzheimer's disease research evaluated at international conference
International Clinical Trials to release new findings on Alzheimer's Disease clinical trials.

Contact: Virginia Bader
vbader@gymr.com
202-745-5115
GYMR

Public Release: 24-Oct-2012
2012 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security
Rapid DNA analysis technology to be presented at IEEE Homeland Security Conference
Current DNA analysis methods require expert users in a controlled laboratory environment and take weeks to months to produce results. The ANDE system from NetBio would allow the generation of CODIS-quality DNA profiles by non-technical users in a field environment in less than 1.5 hours. NetBio CEO Dr. Richard Selden will discuss the system during the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST '12), 13-15 November in Waltham, Mass., outside Boston.

Contact: Chris McManes
c.mcmanes@ieee.org
202-530-8356
IEEE-USA

Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Science Festival 2012
CMRE participates for the first time in the Science Festival 2012
How can science help fighting piracy? How are intelligent robots and cooperative networks taking over the underwater world? What’s next in ocean exploration? Three scientists from the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation will share these concept and more at Science Festival in Genoa. Based in La Spezia, the Centre will participate in the event aiming at increasing general public awareness on cutting-edge research and technology in the maritime domain.

Contact: Francesca Nacini
pao@cmre.nato.int
39-393-539-0846
NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation

Public Release: 23-Oct-2012
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Regeneration International Symposium
New discoveries in treating heart disease focus of SDSU symposium
Prominent cardiac researchers will meet at San Diego State University in November to explore bold new approaches to treating the number one threat to US adults -- heart disease. The Frontiers in Cardiovascular Regeneration International Symposium is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center.

Contact: Greg Block
gblock@mail.sdsu.edu
619-594-2176
San Diego State University

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