The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy will host the ninth annual Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop on February 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. With the passage of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, Congress mandated that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration develop a national electronic system to track the safety of regulated

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening SLAS 2017 conference will be held February 4-8, 2017 in Washington D.C. The SLAS2017 scientific program represents original research, case studies, and innovative technology advancement in the life sciences that aims to challenge and accelerate research. The program includes 140 podium presentations across seven in-depth tracks, hundreds of

The 2017 ASM Biothreats conference, formerly known as the ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting, will be held February 6–8, 2017 in Washington, DC. ASM Biothreats will cover a wide-range of biological threats and emerging infectious diseases to stimulate knowledge-sharing among stakeholders in academia, industry and government. Highlighted sessions include: Managing the Dual Threats

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) 4th International Biosafety & Biocontainment Symposium will be held February 6-9, 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland. Highlighted session and roundtable topics include: Biorisk Management Challenges in One Health World High Pathogen Avian Influenza Disaster Response One Health Issues Related to Arthropod-borne Diseases Food and Agriculture Organization

A public webcast of the Multi-Agency Informational Meeting Concerning Compliance with the Federal Select Agent Program will be held February 8, 2017. The HHS/CDC's Division of Select Agents and Toxins (DSAT) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Agriculture Select Agent Services (AgSAS) are jointly charged with the regulation of

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will host a public workshop entitled “Identification and Characterization of the Infectious Disease Risks of Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-based Products” on February 8, 2017 in College Park, Maryland. This workshop will describe currently available scientific methods to characterize both epidemiologic and biological features of emerging diseases

The 2017 Mass Gathering Medicine Summit will be held February 10-11, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The annual Mass-Gathering Medicine Summit provides the only annual conference and symposium for mass-gathering medical professionals to network, learn from one another, establish partnerships, and understand the latest trends in medicine. The event includes scores of keynote presentations, informative