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___________________________________________________________________________ Evolution 2004: The Drug Development Summit to Determine the Best Practises to Reduce Time to Market, Cost and Enhance Company Strategies for Clinical Trials. Taking place 20-22 September 2004 at Le Montreux Palace, Montreux Switzerland, the Evolution Summit offers senior executives an exclusive opportunity to interact with their peers. This is achieved through a balance of keynote addresses, case study presentations, panel and round able discussions, workshops, one-to-one pre-scheduled business meetings and informal networking. For more information, please visit: http://www.evolution-summit.com ___________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - May 25, 2004 - http://hum-molgen.org DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - VATER/VACTERL association: call for patients http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000165.html - GNAS Gene sequencing http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000166.html - 6 months training in molecular biology http://hum-molgen.org/bb/Forum2/HTML/000167.html - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact admin@hum-molgen.org Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, W. Kalle, A.W.I. Lo, R.V. Nemade, U. Sattler, F.S. Zollmann http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - Blocking Brain Masculinization With Aspirin Research paper reports that drugs like aspirin that block the synthesis of testosterone can interfere with brain masculinization and later male sexual behavior in rats. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg20.html - A Placebo Response In The Brain Sometimes just pretending to give a drug can alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, as long as the patient believes that the treatment is effective. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg19.html - Prion Proteins In The Human Food Chain A new study reports that Prion proteins can be found in the muscles of infected sheep. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg18.html - Antidepressant Takes The Gloom Off Spinal Injury The antidepressant rolipram help rats recover from spinal cord injury. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg17.html - Stem Cells Key To Sperm Production Researchers report the first discovery of a protein expressed within germline stem cells that allows them to proliferate and renew themselves, a process essential to maintain a supply of sperm. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg16.html - Taming Transposons Research shows how retrotransposons might 'fine tune' the genome by modulating the expression of bona fide genes, and also how they might be harnessed to make useful additions to the biotechnological toolkit. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg15.html - Sperm Donations Human sperm also provide the female sex cell with paternal messenger RNAs. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg14.html - Biochip Technology to Revolutionise the Pharmaceutical Industry Biotechnology Industry Impact Service http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg13.html - Scientists Confirm New Breast Cancer Gene Inheriting the wrong version of a gene called CHEK2 doubles a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg12.html - Researchers Discover Protein That Dissolves Amyloid Fibers The research by a team at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research reports on a natural biological process by which yeast cells dismantle amyloid fibers. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg11.html - Howard Hughes Medical Institute Seeks up to 50 New Scientists The Institute is looking for candidates from the full range of biological and biomedical inquiry who demonstrate exceptional promise early in their careers as independent researchers. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg10.html - Surprising 'Ultra-conserved' Regions Discovered In Human Genome By scanning the human, rat, and mouse genomes for matching regions of 200 or more DNA bases, the researchers found 481 regions that were completely unchanged. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg09.html - Scientists uncover how the brain retrieves and stores older memories New insights into the involvement of the anterior cingulate cortex in remote contextual fear memory http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/05-2004/msg08.html - Contact Genetic News editors news@hum-molgen.org Biomedical Positions http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ - Biochemistry / Immunology: PhD Studentship University of Zurich, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, Zurich, 8032, Switzerland http://hum-molgen.org/positions/predoctoral/0486.html - Biotechnology: Regualatory Submissions Assistant Randstad, Durham, NC http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2425.html - Biotechnology: R&D Associate Antibody Purification Biosource, Hopkinton, MA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2426.html - Biotechnology: NMR Analsyst ( Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Randstad, Durham, NC http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2427.html - Cancer Research: Senior Post-doctoral Fellow University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0529 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2423.html - Cardiovascular Research: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY, New York, NY 10021 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2420.html - Cardiovascular Research: PhD student position Experimental Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center Munich, D-80636 Munich http://hum-molgen.org/positions/predoctoral/0484.html - Cell and Molecular Biology / Anatomy: post-doctoral fellow Univerisity of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14620 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2422.html - Computational Genetics / Bioinformatics: Cheminformatics Management and Support, Europe Work Wonders Staffing, LLC, Cave Creek, AZ http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/1380.html - Genetics: POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY, New York, NY 10021 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2421.html - Molecular Diagnostics: post doc or senior scientist University of S Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark http://hum-molgen.org/positions/wanted/0288.html - Neurology / Neuroscience: Scientist - Metabolism - In Silico R&D Department, Foster City, CA Confidential Client of Work Wonders Staffing, LLC, Foster City, CA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/non_academic_positions/1379.html - Others: PhD fellowships Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, 50829 Köln / Germany http://hum-molgen.org/positions/predoctoral/0485.html - Others: Project Assistant, GloboMax ICON Clinical Research, Inc., Hanover, MD 290454 http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2424.html - Pharmacology and Toxicology: Clinical Pharmacist, part time Phoenixville Hospital of the Univ of PA Health Sys, Philadelphia, PA http://hum-molgen.org/positions/postdocs/2428.html - Physiology / Biophysics: Tenior truck academic position Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva Israel, Beer Sheva 84105 ISRAEL http://hum-molgen.org/positions/assistant/0162.html - Write a position announcement (free) http://hum-molgen.org/cgi-bin/positions.pl?write0 Events in bioscience and medicine http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/ - DNA Forensics Cambridge Healthtech Institute, Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, McLean, VA June 24-25, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2395.html - Nucleic Acid-Based Technologies Cambridge Healthtech Institute, Ritz-Carlton Tysons Corner, McLean, VA June 21-23, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2394.html - RNA Interface Cambridge Healthtech Institute, The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California June 21-22, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2393.html - Proteomics: Addressing Challenges in Proteomic Analysis Cambridge Healthtech Institute, The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California June 23-24, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2392.html - CHI’s Systems Biology: Pathways to Drug Development Cambridge Healthtech Institute, The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California June 23-24, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2391.html - CHI’s Bioinformatics and Genome Research Cambridge Healthtech Institute, The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California June 21-22, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2390.html - CHI’s Beyond Genome Cambridge Healthtech Institute, The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California June 21-24, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2389.html - CHI’s PROTEIN KINASE TARGETS: Strategies for Drug Development Cambridge Healthtech Institute, The Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts June 9-10, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2388.html - CHI’s GPCRs: From Orphan to Blockbuster Cambridge Healthtech Institute, The Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts June 7-8, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2387.html - CHI’s Creating an Organizational Culture that Improves Productivity Cambridge Healthtech Institute, The Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, CA June 20, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2386.html - Structural Biology at Crossroads: From Biological Molecules to Biological Systems EMBL Hamburg Outstation, EMBL Hamburg Outstation, c/o DESY, Notkestr. 85, D-22603 Hamburg, Germany Sep 15-18, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2384.html - IBC's Protein Arrays The Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center, Boston, MA September 20-22, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2385.html - Genomics Momentum 2004 The Netherlands Genomics Initiative, De Doelen Congress Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 30th of August until the 1st of September http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2383.html - BIOTECHNICA ASIA / BioMedical Asia 2004 Deutsche Messe AG and Hannover Fairs Asia, Singapore., Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore 10/12 - 10/14/2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2382.html - International Conference on Tumor Progression and Theapeutic Resistance GTCbio, Hilton Philadelphia City Ave, Philadelphia, PA November 8-9, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2380.html - Antibody World Summit Strategic Research Institute, the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia PA July 19-21, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2378.html - IBC's 11th Annual International Congress Chips to Hits(R) 2004: Applications and Technologies to Advance All Stages of Drug Discovery, Development and Diagnostics IBC Life Sciences, The World Trade Center & Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA September 20-23, 2004 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/2379.html - Write a meetings announcement (free) http://hum-molgen.org/cgi-bin/meetings.pl?write0 Registry of Biomedical Companies (798 active entries) http://hum-molgen.org/companies/ Mailing List Administration (Join or leave the list) http://hum-molgen.org/subscribe-na/ Feedback contact HUM-MOLGEN@nic.surfnet.nl Advertise at HUM-MOLGEN contact FS Zollmann (dialogue@hum-molgen.org) -- | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS | HUM-MOLGEN - 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