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13th Key Symposium 2016: Bioelectronic Medicine — Technology Targeting Molecular Mechanisms

 
  May 04, 2016  
     
 
Presented by: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Journal of Internal Medicine, and The New York Academy of Sciences , Location: The New York Academy of Sciences Conference Center, 250 Greenwich St., 40th Fl., 7 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 United States
September 21 - 23, 2016


Wednesday, September 21, 2016

5:00 PM

Registration and Poster Set-Up

5:30 PM

Welcome Remarks
Representative, Journal of Internal Medicine
Kevin J. Tracey, MD, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Representative, The New York Academy of Sciences

5:45 PM

Networking Reception and Poster Session

8:00 PM

End of Symposium Day 1

 

Thursday, September 22, 2016

7:45 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM

Welcome Remarks
Representative, Journal of Internal Medicine
Kevin J. Tracey, MD, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Representative, The New York Academy of Sciences

Session I: Defining Circuits

8:45 AM

Mapping Reflexes in Immunity
Kevin J. Tracey, MD, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

9:15 AM

Somatosensory Neurons in Bacterial Detection and Host Defense
Isaac Chiu, PhD, Harvard Medical School

9:45 AM

Optical Tools for Analyzing and Repairing Complex Biological Systems
Ed Boyden, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:15 AM

Networking Coffee Break

Session II: Clinical Updates

10:45 AM

Restoring the Balance of the Autonomic Nervous System in Rheumatoid Arthritis: From Preclinical Models to Patients
Paul Peter Tak, MD, PhD, Glaxo Smith Kline

11:15 AM

The Cholinergic Anti-inflammatory Pathway in the Gut: From Bench to Bedside
Guy Boeckxstaens, PhD, University of Leuven

11:45 AM

Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Bruno L. Bonaz, MD, PhD, Grenoble Faculty of Medicine and Hospital; Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience

12:15 PM

Networking Lunch

Session III: Brain Interfaces

1:30 PM

Cracking the Neural Code, Treating Paralysis, and the Future of Bioelectronic Medicine
Chad Bouton, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

2:00 PM

Sequencing the Connectome
Anthony Zador, MD, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Session IV: Molecular Sensing

2:30 PM

Towards Paper-Based Point of Care Affinity Proteomics
Helene Svahn, PhD, Royal Institute of Technology

3:00 PM

Networking Coffee Break

3:30 PM

Interrogating Neural Function with Optoelectronic and Magnetic Materials
Polina Anikeeva, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4:00 PM

Real-time Biosensors for Continuously Measuring Specific Biomolecules in Vivo
Tom Soh, PhD, Stanford University

4:30 PM

Organic Bioelectronics in Neuroscience and Infection
Agneta Richter-Dahlfors, PhD, Karolinska Institutet

5:00 PM

Closing Remarks

5:10 PM

End of Symposium Day 2

6:00 PM

Dinner Boat Cruise Around New York City
Advance Registration Required

 

Friday, September 23, 2016

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast

Session V: Cell Biology & Cancer

8:30 AM

Title to Be Determined
Tak W. Mak, MSc, PhD, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital

9:00 AM

Title to Be Determined
William Doyle, SB, MBA, Novocure

9:30 AM

Title to Be Determined
Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD, The Rockefeller University

10:00 AM

Networking Coffee Break

Session VI: Processing the Future

10:30 AM

Organic Bioelectronics and Electronic Plants
Magnus Berggren, MSc, PhD, Linkoping University

11:00 AM

Symmetries and Abstraction of Information from Vagal Nerve Recordings
Patrick Lincoln, PhD, SRI International

11:30 AM

Title to Be Determined
Peder Olofsson, MD, PhD, Karolinska Institutet

12:00 PM

Networking Lunch

Session VII: Funding the Field

1:00 PM

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and NIH Initiatives for Funding Research in Bioelectronic Medicine
Nick Langhals, PhD, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, U.S. National Institutes of Health

1:30 PM

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biologicial Technologies Office (BTO) Electrical Prescriptions (ElectRX) Program 
Douglas J. Weber, PhD, U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration

2:00 PM

Title to Be Determined
Gene Civillico, PhD, U.S. National Institutes of Health

2:30 PM

Closing Remarks

2:45 PM

Symposium Ends

 
 
Organized by: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Journal of Internal Medicine, and The New York Academy of Sciences
Invited Speakers:

Featuring

Peder Olofsson, MD, PhD

Karolinska Institutet

Kevin J. Tracey, MD

The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
website

Speakers

Polina Anikeeva, PhD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Magnus Berggren, MSc, PhD

Linkoping University
website

Guy Boeckxstaens, PhD

University of Leuven
website

Bruno L. Bonaz, MD, PhD

Grenoble Faculty of Medicine and Hospital; Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience

Chad Bouton

The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
website

Ed Boyden, PhD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Isaac Chiu, PhD

Harvard Medical School
website

Gene Civillico, PhD

U.S. National Institutes of Health

William Doyle, SB, MBA

Novocure

Jeffrey Friedman, MD, PhD

The Rockefeller University

Nick Langhals, PhD

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, U.S. National Institutes of Health
website

Patrick Lincoln, PhD

SRI International

Tak W. Mak, MSc, PhD

Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital

Agneta Richter-Dahlfors, PhD

Karolinska Instiute

Tom Soh, PhD

Stanford University
website

Helene Svahn, PhD

Royal Institute of Technology
website

Paul Peter Tak, MD, PhD

Glaxo Smith Kline

Douglas J. Weber, PhD

U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration
website

Anthony Zador, MD, PhD

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

 
Deadline for Abstracts: Friday, July 29, 2016
 
Registration:

Registration for this symposium is available online, by phone, by fax, and by email.

To register online, visit www.nyas.org/BioelectronicMedicine.

Phone (Toll Free in US only): 1.800.843.6927

Phone (US/Canada): 1.212.298.8640 

Fax: 1.212.298.3650

Emailcustomerservice@nyas.org

Dinner Boat Cruise

There will be a complimentary dinner boat cruise around New York City for symposium attendees on Thursday, September 22, 2016, departing at 6:00 PM. To attend the dinner boat cruise, this social event option must be selected during the registration process.

The final day to register and select this option is September 6, 2016.

Registration Pricing

 Before 08/22/2016After 08/22/2016Onsite
Member$350$400$450
Member (Student / Postdoc / Resident / Fellow)$150$200$250
Nonmember (Academia)$450$500$550
Nonmember (Corporate)$900$1,000$1,100
Nonmember (Non-profit)$450$500$550
Nonmember (Student / Postdoc / Fellow)$200$250$300

E-mail: customerservice@nyas.org
 
   
 
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