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2018 Ebola Virus & Emerging Infectious Disease Summit

Winchester Medical Center Conference Center 1888 Amherst Street, Winchester, VA, United States

The 2018 Virginia Ebola & Highly Infectious Disease Summit will be held Nov. 19, 2018 in Winchester, Virginia. Highlighted presentations include: From Ebola to Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Focus on the Frontlines Ebola PUI: Laboratory Testing and Biosafety Perspective Center for Domestic Preparedness Highly Infectious Disease Training Valley Health System-Wide Exercise Panel Discussion Eastern Virginia

A Century After the 1918 Flu Pandemic: Why Are We Still Concerned Today?

National Academy of Sciences 2101 Constitution Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, United States

Please join us on Monday, November 26, 2018, in Washington, DC, for a momentous occasion reflecting on the 100th anniversary of the influenza pandemic of 1918. A panel discussion entitled “A Century After the 1918 Influenza Pandemic—Why Are We Still Concerned Today?” cohosted by the National Academy of Medicine, with the Forum on Microbial Threats, will be held from

A Topsy-Turvy World Where Pathogen Sequencing Leads Infection

John Snow Lecture Theatre - LSHTM Keppel Street, London, United Kingdom

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will host “A topsy-turvy world where pathogen sequencing leads infection,” a lecture by Sharon Peacock describing how sequencing is being used to redesign hospital infection prevention and control on 26 November 2018. The event is part of the LSHTM’s Global Health Lecture Series. Sharon Peacock was previously

APPS Pathogen Bioinformatics Special Interest Group Meeting 2018

AgriBio 5 Ring Road, La Trobe University, Melbourne Campus, Bundoora, VIC, Australia

The Victorian branch of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society is hosting a Pathogen Bioinformatics special interest group meeting on the 28th November. The scope of this meeting broadly encompasses the genomic and bioinformatic study of pathogen and pest interactions with their hosts. Similar meetings have been previously held under the name of the Australian Pathogen Bioinformatics

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