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 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

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

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 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

Now in its third year, CBRN International, formerly known as CBRN First Response, will take place February 16, 2017 in Coventry, UK. Supported by the UK National CBRN Centre, this one day event will bring together more than 300 global military and emergency service personnel involved in tackling CBRN threats. Highlighted topics include: Collaborating symptom

The George Mason University (GMU) Schar School of Policy and Government will host a Master’s Open House on February 16, 2017 from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm in Arlington, Virginia. The event will provide an overview of available master’s degree programs and highlight GMU’s world-class faculty and research. Admissions and student services staff will be on hand to

SMi Group's 2017 RNA Therapeutics conference will be held February 22-23, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. This conference intends to review clinical trial updates in RNA- based therapeutics and discuss the current regulations involved in getting drug approval. Highlighted sessions include: RNA activation and its clinical application Collaborating to deliver macromolecules across biological barriers Delivery of

The Fort Detrick Alliance will host a Networking Breakfast on February 22, 2017 in Frederick, Maryland. The event’s featured guest is Dr. Pat Fitch, Director, National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (NBACC). NBACC is the first laboratory built for Department of Homeland Security – a national resource to provide the scientific basis for characterization of biological

The inaugural American Society for Microbiology ASM Conference on Mechanisms of Interbacterial Cooperation and Competition will be held March 1-4, 2017 in Washington, DC. The event will provide an overview of the exciting new research on cooperation and competition in microbes, from the detailed study of mechanism up to complex microbial communities and their interactions