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__________________________________________________________________________ Bio-IT World Conference & Expo April 27-29, 2009, World Trade Center, Boston, MA Since its debut in 2002, the annual Bio-IT World Conference & Expo has established itself as the premier event showcasing the myriad applications of IT and informatics to biomedical research and the drug discovery enterprise. Detailed information about the event can be found at the event website: http://www.bio-itworldexpo.com __________________________________________________________________________ INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS HUM-MOLGEN News Alert - January 15, 2008 - http://hum-molgen.org Genetic News by T.M. D'Souza, S. Chandler, T. Dalaya, D. Forero, R. Kimmel, K. Markey, J. Mill, R. Nemade, F.S. Zollmann http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen - Cancer Stem Cells Leave Their Mark Inappropriate activation of a signalling pathway in intestinal stem cells causes them to become cancerous. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000018.html - Stem Cells and Disease Modelling Scientists have generated pluripotent stem cells from the skin cells of a patient with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), and show that these cells can be used to model the specific pathology for inherited diseases. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000017.html - Cell-Cycle Restriction Helps Leukaemia Stem Cells Keep Going A protein that aids the survival of cancer-causing stem cells is described. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000016.html - Hijacked Pathway Contributes to Cancer Spread Lung cancer cells hijack immune system signalling pathways to stimulate metastasis. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000015.html - Arrestin' Insulin Resistance The protein beta-arrestin-2 helps ensure efficient insulin signalling by scaffolding key enzymes to the insulin receptor. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000013.html - Natural Killer Cells Never Forget A study reports that certain cells of the innate immune system can 'remember' infectious agents - an ability previously only attributed to cells of the adaptive immune system. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000011.html - Breaking Through the Barrier A non-invasive method to deliver genes to the central nervous system in mice is reported online. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000010.html - Clearing Plaques In Blood Vessels In Alzheimer's Disease Scientists have uncovered the role of two critical proteins that negatively affect the clearance of amyloid beta in the brain, the accumulation of which is thought to lead to the development of Alzheimer's disease. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000009.html - Rotaviruses Stick to Sugars Sugar molecules on the surface of host cells are linked to all rotavirus infections. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000008.html - New Mechanism For Genetic Hair Loss Mutations that reduce the function of a small, previously unknown peptide cause a rare form of genetic hair loss. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000007.html - Common Mutation Underlying Epilepsy Identified A deletion on chromosome 15 is the most prevalent risk factor for common epilepsies identified to date. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000006.html - Female-Specific Genetic Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease A variant in a gene on the X chromosome is associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease specifically in women, according to a study published online. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000005.html - A Chip for Efficient Cell Fusion A device that enables efficient pairing and fusion of cells and allows easy observation of the process is presented in a study. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000004.html - Prions and Smell Study finds that Prions help us to distinguish odours. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000003.html - Higher Heart Rate May Predict Obesity Paper reports that a higher heart rate has been shown to predict obesity that manifests 20 years later. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000002.html - Increases in Melanoma Rising rates of melanoma cannot be attributed to better screening and detection of thin melanomas, according to a published paper. http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/01-2009/000001.html - myExperiment.org: A repository of workflows in bioinformatics A new free platform is available for the organization and interchange of workflows in bioinformatics http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/12-2008/000013.html - Contact Genetic News editors WWW: http://hum-molgen.org/editors.html E-mail: news@hum-molgen.org Biomedical Positions http://hum-molgen.org/positions/ - Write a position announcement http://hum-molgen.org/flyer/positions.pdf 1) Set up account: http://hum-molgen.de/cgi-bin/positions.pl?register 2) Post position(s): http://hum-molgen.de/cgi-bin/positions.pl?login DIAGnostics - Clinical Research (professional requests) http://hum-molgen.org/clinical-research/ - Post diagnostic request / call for collaboration http://hum-molgen.org/diagnostic-posting or contact admin@hum-molgen.org Biotechnical requests and sources http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnology - Post request or source http://hum-molgen.org/biotechnical-request-posting Literature http://hum-molgen.org/literature/ Events in bioscience and medicine http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/ - The British Pharmaceutical Conference (Practice) Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Manchester Central Sunday 6 - Wednesday 9 September 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3750.html - The British Pharmaceutical Conference (science) Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Manchester Sunday 6 - Wednesday 9 September 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3749.html - GENOMIC-MEDICINE-2009 American Society for Genomic Medicine (Stefan University), La Jolla, CA. November 20-November 22,2009. http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3748.html - DIA’s 1st Workshop on Pre-market Evaluation of Quality and Bioavailability Drug Information Association, Sci-Tech Centre, Mumbai, India. Feb 2 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3747.html - Improving Solubility PharmaIQ, Thistle Marble Arch, London, U.K. 2009-06-30 - 2009-07-01 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3746.html - Pharmaceutical & Biotech Patent Litigation Strategies PharmaIQ, London, U.K. 2009-05-27/28 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3745.html - PEGS: the essential protein engineering summit Cambridge Healthtech Institute, Westin Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts April 6-10, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3744.html - Beilstein Symposium on Glyco-Bioinformatics Beilstein-Institut, Potsdam October 4th - 8th, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3743.html - Experimental Standard Conditions of Enzyme Characterizations Beilstein-Institut, Ruedesheim, Germany 13th - 16th Sept. 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3664.html - 39th Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology American College of Clinical Pharmacology, Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, MD September 12-14, 2010 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3741.html - 38th Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology American College of Clinical Pharmacology, San Antonio, Texas September 13-15, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3740.html - Genetic Counselling in Practice European School of Genetic Medicine, EuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano, Bologna (Italy) 6th-11th June 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1853.html - Course in Medical Genetics European School of Genetic Medicine , Centro Residenziale Universitario , Bertinoro di Romagna 26th April -2nd May 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1852.html - Selecting and Managing CROs The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 31 - April 1, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1851.html - Maximizing Global Patient Recruitment and Retention The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 31 - April 1, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1850.html - The Drug Development Process - From Discovery to Commercialization The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Dublin, Ireland March 30 - April 1, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1849.html - Effective Quality Assurance Auditing for FDA Regulated Industries The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Dublin, Ireland March 30 & 31, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1848.html - Detecting Fraud and Misconduct in Clinical Trials The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Costa Mesa, CA March 30 & 31, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1847.html - Preparation of FDA Submissions (INDs, BLAs, ANDAs, Post-Approval Supplements) and Communicating with the FDA The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 26 & 27, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1846.html - Root Cause Analysis for CAPA The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Dublin, Ireland March 25 - 27, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1845.html - Good Clinical Practices (GCPs) The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Dublin, Ireland March 25 - 27, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1844.html - Project Management for the Phase 3 and LCM (Life Cycle Management) of the Drug Development Process The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 25 & 26, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1843.html - Aseptic Processing in the Manufacture of Biotech and Pharmaceutical Products The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Costa Mesa, CA March 23 & 24, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1842.html - Project Management for Phase 1 & 2 Clinical Trials The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 23 & 24, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1841.html - Overview of FDA Regulatory Compliance For Medical Devices The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Dublin, Ireland March 23 & 24, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1840.html - Adverse Drug Events Reporting & Regulatory Requirements The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Dublin, Ireland March 23 & 24, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1839.html - Understanding Regulatory & Clinical Information Systems During Product Development The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 19 & 20, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1838.html - Technical Writing for the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Biotech Industries The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Costa Mesa, CA March 18 - 20, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1837.html - CMC Regulatory Compliance for Biopharmaceuticals and Biologics The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 18 - 20, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1836.html - Sterilization Procedures: Technology, Equipment and Validation The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 18 & 19, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1835.html - CMC/Quality Section of NDAs and INDs The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Costa Mesa, CA March 16 & 17, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1834.html - Validation of Computer Systems The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Berlin, Germany March 16 & 17, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1833.html - Clinical Trials Design for Medical Devices The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 16 & 17, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1832.html - Labeling and Labeling Controls in the Medical Devices Industry The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 16 & 17, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1831.html - Cleanroom Microbiology for the Non-Microbiologist The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 16 & 17, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1830.html - European Filing & Registration Procedures The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 12 & 13, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1829.html - Financial Fundamentals for Non-Financial Personnel - How Financial Issues Impact Business The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 12 & 13, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1828.html - The CTD/eCTD: Building the Marketing Application Throughout Clinical Development The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 11 - 13, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1827.html - The EU Clinical Trial Directive The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 10 & 11, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1826.html - Introduction to Molecular Biology Techniques Applications in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 9 - 11, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1825.html - How to Prepare for a Systems-based Inspection Understanding the FDA’s Risk-based Inspections Approach and Ensuring Compliance The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 9 & 10, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1824.html - How to Develop an Effective Complaint Handling and Post Market Surveillance Program for Drugs and Devices The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 5 & 6, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1823.html - Introduction to Statistical Analysis of Laboratory Data The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Berlin, Germany March 5 & 6, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1822.html - Stability Testing of Proteins, Peptides & Other Biomolecules The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 4 & 5, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1821.html - Calibration and Qualification of QC Laboratory Instrumentation The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 4 & 5, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1820.html - FDA Inspections: What To Expect And How To Prepare The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 3 & 4, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1819.html - Biostatistics for Non-Statisticians The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Berlin, Germany March 2 - 4, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1818.html - Analytical Method Validation for Pharmaceutical, Biopharmaceutical, and Biologics Quality Control The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 2 & 3, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1817.html - Stability Programs for Product Shelf Life From Development to Approval The Center for Professional Innovation & Education, Malvern, PA March 2 & 3, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1816.html - Combating Counterfeiting Current Status of the New Technologies and Raising Public Awareness Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London 18 March 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3739.html - Embo Lecture Course in Mitochondrial Medicine:from genetics to biological mechanisms and beyond European School of Genetic Medicine, EuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano, Bologna (Italy) 18th -22nd April 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1815.html - VetHealth Global 2009 Delta Prince Edward, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island October 6-8, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3738.html - ERA-EDTA ReGeNet Course in Genetic Epidemiology in Chronic Kidney Disease Research European School of Genetic Medicine , EuroMediterranean University Centre of Ronzano, Bologna (Italy) 2009-03-30-2009-04-01 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1814.html - Bioinformatics & Systems Biology for Molecular Biologists European School of Genetic Medicine, Bertinoro di Romagna 22nd-26th March 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1813.html - International Workshop in Genetics, Medical Technologies & Health Policies European School of Genetic Medicine & Johns Hopkins University, Bologna SAIS Center, The Johns Hopkins University SAIS Bologna Center, Bologna (Italy) 6th-8th March 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1812.html - Pharma Licensing Event PharmaVenue PharmaVenue, Mirasierra Suites Hotel Madrid (Spain) May 11-12 , 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3737.html - DIA's 3rd Annual Conference on Drug Discovery and Clinical Development in India: Scientific, Regulatory, and Social Frontiers Drug Information Association, Renaissance Mumbai Hotel & Convention Centre, Mumbai, India. Feb 25 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3736.html - Clinical Testing Submissions The Center for Professional Advancement, 90 Minute Accredited Online Training March 10, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EST) http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1811.html - 8th Annual Biological Production Forum 2009 Swissotel, Dusseldorf 24th-26th June 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3735.html - 2nd Bioinformatics Satellite Workshop on Stem Cell Data U Rostock, ; Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Pauwelsstrasse 20, 52074 Aachen 2009-03-26 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1810.html - Testing for Skin Irritation, Corrosion and Sensitization: Compliance with REACH and the 7th Amendment The Center for Professional Advancement, 90 Minute Accredited Online Training March 5, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EST) http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1809.html - Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases Abcam, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico March 3-6, 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3732.html - Antigenic Variation and Immune Evasion Fondation Mérieux, Les Pensières, Annecy. France 2009-03-30/2009-04-01 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3731.html - BITS '09 - Sixth Annual Meeting of the Bioinformatics Italian Society University of Genova, Casa Paganini, Genova, Italy 18-20 March 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3730.html - Critical Limits, Monitoring and Corrective ActionsA HACCP Review The Center for Professional Advancement, 90 Minute Accredited Online Training March 12, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EST) http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1808.html - Implementing GEP (Good Engineering Practices) in the Pharmaceutical, Bio-Pharmaceutical, and Medical Device Industries The Center for Professional Advancement, 90 Minute Accredited Online Training March 24, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EST) http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1807.html - 18th International Workshop of the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies de Duve Institute and Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Universite catholique de Louvain, Brussels, BELGIUM 21-24 April, 2010 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/meetings/3729.html - From Functional Siloxanes to Performance Enhancing Applications The Center for Professional Advancement, 90 Minute Accredited Online Training April 14, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EST) http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1806.html - Effective Clinical Data Acceptance Testing The Center for Professional Advancement, 90 Minute Accredited Online Training February 19, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EST) http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1805.html - Lyophilization 101: Scale-Up, Cycle Transfer, and Sonic Water Vapor Flow The Center for Professional Advancement, 90 Minute Accredited Online Training February 3, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (EST) http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1804.html - Joint EMBL/Genomatix Workshop on mRNA-Seq and ChIP-Seq Comprehensive Methods for Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany 09 - 10 March 2009 http://hum-molgen.org/meetings/courses/1803.html - Post event (free) http://hum-molgen.de/cgi-bin/meetings.pl?login Registry of Biomedical Companies (1308 active entries) http://hum-molgen.org/companies/ Mailing List Administration (Join or leave the list) http://hum-molgen.org/subscribe-na/ Feedback contact admin@hum-molgen.org Advertise at HUM-MOLGEN http://hum-molgen.org/flyer/advertise.pdf contact FS Zollmann (dialogue@hum-molgen.org) __________________________________________________________________________ Bio-IT World Conference & Expo April 27-29, 2009, World Trade Center, Boston, MA http://www.bio-itworldexpo.com Since its debut in 2002, the annual Bio-IT World Conference & Expo has established itself as the premier event showcasing the myriad applications of IT and informatics to biomedical research and the drug discovery enterprise. The 2009 program will feature best practice case studies and joint partner presentations relevant to the technologies, research, and regulatory issues of life science, pharmaceutical, clinical and IT professionals. This year's event features keynote presentations by Chris Dagdigian, Founding Partner and Director of Technology, BioTeam, Inc.; Clifford Reid, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Complete Genomics, Inc.; and Eric E. Schadt, Ph.D., Executive Scientific Director, Genetics, Rosetta Inpharmatics/Merck Research Labs. Spanning three days, the meeting includes six concurrent conference tracks dedicated to IT Infrastructure & Operations; Informatics for Genomic Medicine; Predictive and in silico Science; Computational Chemistry; Clinical and Medical Informatics; and eHealth Solutions. Detailed information about the event can be found at the event website: http://www.bio-itworldexpo.com __________________________________________________________________________ -- | INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION FORUM IN HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS | HUM-MOLGEN - http://hum-molgen.org | (C) 1994-2009