The intent of the meeting is to advance the overall field of cardiovascular development and congenital heart disease through the sharing of information and the facilitation of collaborative investigations. An additional goal is to aid the career development of students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty members by providing a forum...
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This is the largest cytokine conference in the world. Its goal is to bring together clinicians and basic scientists from academic and industrial laboratories with the purpose of understanding and treating diseases in which cytokines play a role.
The objective of this workshop is to bring together basic researchers, clinicians, epidemiologists, and bioinformaticians worldwide who are experts in liver cancer biology and genetics study to exchange state-of-the-art and late-breaking discoveries. This meeting will provide a forum for both intramural and extramural scientists for a better understanding of the...
The meeting will be organized in the form of a workshop and will consist of scientific lectures and poster presentations. The meeting will be spread over 2 days with eight speakers on each day. Each speaker will be allotted a 30-minute slot. We plan to publicize the conference by utilizing...
The objectives of the meeting are to bring together researchers in the field of ABC transporters to discuss advances in the field and new research findings. Presentations will include talks by students and postdoctoral scientists on their current research, overview presentations by leading researchers in the field, and poster presentations....
The meeting will review clinical manifestations and pathogenesis of cystic fibrosis (CF) liver disease. This should improve diagnostic criteria and treatment options.
Historically, RUNX workshops have led to new collaborations, stimulated the exchange of reagents and, more specifically, led to a unified nomenclature in the field. Although it is hard to predict what the precise outcome of this meeting will be, it is certain to move the field forward and increase collaborative...
The short-term goals of the workshop are to (1) identify and prioritize the most promising new agents for multicenter treatment trials for rare eosinophil-mediated disorders and (2) continue to foster collaborative relationships between multidisciplinary clinical and basic science researchers interested in eosinophil-mediated disease. It is anticipated that this will lead...
The major purpose of this meeting is to continue the spirit of solidarity established by the LSD investigators in the Lysosomal Disease Network and to design and initiate multicenter research to accelerate the progress in the treatment of these disorders. Additional Information: Conference Web Site
The main objective of Rare Disease Day 2009 is to raise awareness with policy makers and the public of rare diseases and of their impact on patients’ lives. Thus the aim of the day is to reinforce their importance as: (i) A public health priority For more information please download...
Description The top two priorities of this conference are training and the communication of cutting-edge science in the area of CAG triplet repeat disorders. The focus of this conference is on areas of rapid advancement and latest developments. Speakers have been selected for their expertise, recent contributions to the field,...
Description By bringing together a diverse group of experts in one location to focus on this disease, the meeting will be able to pool our knowledge to create goals for the future to determine the etiology, pathogenesis, and more rational, evidence-based therapeutic approaches. The first meeting on this topic, held...
Description By tradition, the work presented at a Gordon Research Conference is expected to be at the frontier of science and unpublished to ensure presentation of the most recent novel data. This format allows presentation of the most recent, “hottest” findings. No publication is permitted from these proceedings per Gordon...
Description It has been suggested that testicular cancer, cryptorchism, hypospadias, and poor semen quality share a common etiology and, as such, are members of a testicular dysgenesis syndrome (TDS). The etiology of these disorders is very poorly understood, however. Although testicular cancer is the most common cancer of young men...
Description Keystone Symposia meetings are designed to be intensely rigorous events that inspire highly interactive exchange, critical thinking, and discussion; cultivate a sense of community among all attendees; and foster enduring interactions beyond the meeting itself. Each meeting includes morning and evening plenary sessions and poster sessions; many include afternoon...
We cordially invite you to participate in the 8th Balkan Meeting on Human Genetics (8BMHG) that will take place in Cavtat, Croatia, May 14-17, 2009. We hope this meeting will continue the tradition of successful meetings of human geneticists in the region, offering a unique opportunity to establish and further...
8th Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia International Scientific Conference For more information, please visit www.hht2009.com
The 12th International Congress on NCL returns to Hamburg in 2009. The aim of this meeting is to facilitate and speed up exchange between expert scientists and physicians, but also to confront young researchers with the challenges of the largest group of degenerative brain diseases in young people. For more...
The “World Congress on Melanoma” and the “Congress of the European Association of Dermato-Oncology” (EADO) have become major interdisciplinary meetings for clinicians and basic scientists working in the challenging fields of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer. For the first time, both meetings will be held together as a Joint Meeting...
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