Advertisement

Terrorism, Pandemics, and Emergency Medicine

George Mason University Founders Hall 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, United States

Dr. Amesh Adalja, MD, a Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security, will speak about the intersection of terrorism, pandemics, and emergency medicine on November 28th in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. Adalja specializes in infectious diseases, critical care, and emergency medicine.  He was deployed to Haiti with the US Department of Health and Human

FDA Public Webinar: Genome Editing in Animals

Online

On December 3, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), with participation from the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), will hold a public webinar about genome editing in animals. Genome editing is an innovative and rapidly evolving technology that offers many promising benefits to both human and

Life Sciences Forum 2018: Public and Private Financing Markets

NCBiotech 15 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States

Public and Private Financing Markets: What's the Outlook for the Life Science Industry Join friends and colleagues for our last life sciences forum in the 2018 series. Experts from JPMorgan will provide insight into recent market activity as well as their outlook for the future of the life science industry. In addition, a panel of companies

Preventing Pandemics and Bioterrorism: Past, Present, and Future

George Mason University Founders Hall 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, United States

The George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government will host “Preventing Pandemics and Bioterrorism: Past, Present, and Future” featuring Robert Kadlec, M.D. Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Health & Human Services on December 4, 2018. Join the Schar School Biodefense Program, Schar Alumni Chapter, and Dean Mark Rozell for an evening of connecting

ASCB | EMBO 2018 Annual Meeting – Cellular and Molecular Biology

San Diego Convention Center 111 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101, United States

The American Society for Cell Biology and the European Molecular Biology Organization 2018 ASCB | EMBO Meeting will be held December 8-12 in San Diego, California. More than 6,300 attendees from across the global cell biology community will attend the four-day conference. Highlighted symposium topics and presenter specialty areas include: Translational Research Super Resolution Microscopy

Holiday Food Safety Twitter Chat

Online

On December 12 at 2:00pm ET, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Parents Magazine will co-host a Twitter chat with food safety experts and party planners who share tips on how to plan and prepare holiday meals that are safe, healthy, and worth remembering. Holiday foods can create lasting memories. On December 12,

Rift Valley Fever: Preventing Deadly Outbreaks

Cosmos Club 2121 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Warne Ballroom, Washington, DC, United States

Join EcoHealth Alliance and a team of leading experts on December 12, 2018 as they talk about the work they're doing to stop Rift Valley fever outbreaks. Massive losses in livestock. Hemorrhagic disease in people. Spread by mosquitoes. Weaponizable. Rift Valley fever is a nasty disease capable of destroying livelihoods, crippling industries, and dramatically reducing food

2018 Arizona Biosecurity Workshop

ASU Memorial Union (MU) 1290 S. Normal Ave., Tempe, AZ, United States

The Arizona Biosecurity Workshop will be held December 13-14, 2018 in Tempe, AZ. This two-day workshop focuses on community engagement with biosecurity concerns to foster awareness and stimulate a robust conversation about the ethical, moral, and social implications of novel biotechnologies. The event will include diverse perspectives on biosecurity, ethical consideration for novel biological applications,

DARPA Panacea Program – Accessing the Dark Proteome

Strategic Analysis Executive Conference Center 4075 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300, Arlington, VA, United States

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office is holding a Proposers Day to provide information on the structure and objectives of the Panacea program. The event will be held on December 14, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM EST at the Executive Conference Center (ECC; 4075 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300, Arlington,