Vancouver is the host of the 9th International Conference on Frontotemporal Dementias (ICFTD), which will take place at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, from October 23 – 25, 2014. Drs. Ian Mackenzie and Howard Feldman will co-organize the meeting with assistance from the University of British Columbia, Division of Continuing...
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Marriott, Key Center, Cleveland, OH The specific aims of the 2014 American Society for Matrix Biology Biennial Conference are: 1.) Advancement of the matrix biology field: The foremost objective of ASMB2014 is to provide a national forum of excellence for fundamental and translational aspects of matrix biology, i.e. to serve as...
The International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference (IPNC) is a highly regarded, prestigious biennial scientific meeting that was established in 1978 to facilitate open scientific exchange among scientists working on Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis. The IPNC attracts attendees from academic and industrial settings, private research foundations, and government public health institutions...
The Office of Rare Diseases, National Institutes of Health, together with the Human Genetics Section, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology (part of the National Cancer Institute’s Center for Cancer Research) is announcing the 11th Annual North American ABC Meeting to be held at Frederick National Laboratory (FNL) in Frederick, Maryland. ...
Beaver Hollow Conference Center, Java Center, NY The goals of the Economic Considerations in the Development of Therapies for Neuromuscular Disease are: 1.) To provide an informal environment away from competing activities for the interaction/ development of collaborations among established investigators and between senior and new/junior investigators, and to present a...
Building 45, NIH Campus, Bethesda, MD The goals of the Erdheim-Chester Disease International Medical Symposium will be to facilitate collaboration among the international ECD medical community that will work toward: (1) Sharing knowledge across specialties, (2)Developing standard treatment protocols, and (3)Implementing cross-institutional scientific studies Contact: Juvianne Estrada-Veras, M.D., (301) 594-2952 [email protected]
George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX The Mechanistic and Therapeutic Insights into Skeletal Biology Learned from the Study of Rare Bone Diseases Workshop Summary: To date, nearly 500 unique rare bone diseases have been described, which in the aggregate affect 1 in 5,000 live births, and...
DNA Polymerases: Biology, Diseases and Biomedical Applications Conference 2014 DNA Polymerases: Biology, Diseases and Biomedical Applications Conference 2014 will be the third specialized meeting on DNA polymerases. The first meeting was held in 2010 in Ascona, Switzerland and the most recent meeting was held in 2012 in Madrid, Spain. Similar...
The 2014 Gordon Research Conference on Mechanisms of Epilepsy and Neuronal Synchronization will present state-of-the-art, unpublished findings related to basic mechanisms of epilepsy, current translational studies and synchronization of neuronal activity in cerebral networks. The meeting will bring together prominent investigators, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows for 5 days in...
Anticipated goals and use of results of the NPKUA’s 2014 National Conference: Making PKU History: 1) To present and evaluate the latest medical advances and treatment options in PKU, including the NIH and ARHQ recent efforts in evaluating PKU gaps in treatment. 2) To offer a scientific platform for discussion between...
The Usher Syndrome Coalition presents the Third International Symposium on Usher Syndrome in conjunction with the Sixth Annual Usher Syndrome Family Conference in Boston, Massachusetts at Harvard Medical School’s Joseph B. Martin Conference Center. The two-day Symposium on July 10-11 will be a scientific forum where the world’s leading...
The 14th International Professional Conference on Williams Syndrome will bring together outstanding individuals from diverse disciplines who are committed to furthering the knowledge of Williams syndrome. The most up to date information and findings will be presented over two days (June 30 at 1:30 PM to – July 1, 2014)...
The goals of the New Directions in Biology and Disease of Skeletal Muscle conference are to: (1) provide a unique forum for presentation and sharing of unpublished data, (2) promote collaboration between industry and academic investigators, (3) provide an interactive forum for clinical trial planning and outcome measure development, (4) facilitate...
The main objective of the Scientific and Medical Conference about Barth Syndrome is translation of scientific advances discussed at this Conference into therapy for rare diseases like BTHS. The strategy is to assemble interested physicians/researchers to communicate experimental results and clinical findings and stimulate new work, collaborations, and publications. This Conference...
We are delighted to announce Cilia 2014, an international meeting on cilia and cilia biology, which is to be held on the Institut Pasteur campus in Paris town centre from 18th to 21st November 2014. Since 1993, a great number of major discoveries in cilia biology have emerged from...
We are proud to announce the “11th International VHL Symposium”, that will be held in Madrid from Thursday 23th to Saturday 25th, October 2014. Biannually it brings together leading basic and translational researchers and clinicians involved in the treatment and follow-up of patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease. These meetings help...
A convention of the LUPUS EUROPE member countries takes place once a year in a different country. This year the Convention will take place in Helsinki, Finland
The French Angelman Syndrome Association (AFSA), organize the Third Angelman Syndrome International Meeting, which will take place at the Institute for Myology, inside La Pitié Salpétrière hospital in Paris (France) on 17 October 2014 and the AFSA National Meeting, in FIAP Jean Monnet in Paris, on 18 and 19 October...
Dysmorphism and radiological signs can be good diagnostic handles for a number of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). The course will focus on these clinical aspects of IEMs. The venue is Manchester, U.K., home of the Willink Biochemical Genetics Unit and one of the leading centres for clinical dysmorphology. We...
The meeting follows a tradition initiated in 2012, when the founding conference with the same focus – established by Days of Molecular Medicine – was held at Palais Liechtenstein in Vienna. For the second time, the meeting will bring together high-profile scientists from around the world and will focus on...