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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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,
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,
The UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI) will host the inaugural Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit on January 5, 2019 in San Francisco, CA. The event is a gathering of leaders from academia, industry and regulatory agencies to discuss the role of regulatory science in medical product development. This event will
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