Jan 20, 2009• 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM From Idea to IPO: The Technology Venture Course (13 week course) Instructor: David Anthony, 21 Ventures LLC Sponsored by: Science Alliance A course for those in science and technology who want to know how to take the right idea from the bench to the marketplace. The class will meet one day per week over a 13-week period. There is a registration fee, and the course is open to both current NYAS members as well as nonmembers. Register Now
Jan 21, 2009• 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Powering Up Cities for Plug-In Hybrids Speakers: Mark Duvall, Electric Power Research Institute; Arthur Kressner, Con Edison; Richard Drake, NYSERDA. Moderator: Bernard Tuchman Sponsored by: Green Science and Environmental Systems, a PS&E program and Environmental Sciences Section An enormous investment is now being made to develop and produce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) to help shift on-road transportation away from petroleum. This meeting will explore what New York City must do to smooth the transition to PHEV. Register Now
Jan 22, 2009• 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM New York Structural Biology Discussion Group- 4th Winter Meeting Speakers: Paramjit Arora, New York University; Ewa Folta-Stogniew, Yale University; David Gadsby, Rockefeller University; David F. Green, Stonybrook University; Ya Ha, Yale University; Steve Hubbard, New York University; Jin Kim Montclare, Polytechnic University; Crina Nimigean, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Rajesh Kumar Prakash, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; David Provasi, Mount Sinai School of Medecine; Daniel Schmidt, The Rockefeller University; Vinzenz Unger, Yale University Sponsored by: The New York Academy of Sciences This full day meeting will include short talks and a poster session featuring local structural biologists. There will be an evening reception after the meeting has finished. Register Now
Jan 26, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009 Biomarkers in Brain Disease During this two-day meeting, international experts will gather to discuss the latest advances in biomarker technologies and biomarker development for brain disorders, as well as the logistical, regulatory, and funding challenges experienced by scientists working on clinical trials for biomarkers. Register Now
Jan 26, 2009• 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 'Working' in Cuba: the Politics of Anthropological Research in Contemporary Cuba Speakers: Elise Andaya, SUNY Albany; Todd Ochoa, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Andrea Queely, Tulane University Sponsored by: Wenner-Gren Foundation and Anthropology Section The Academy's Anthropology Section is the crossroads for four-field anthropology in the greater New York area. Register Now
Jan 27, 2009• 1:00 PM - 5:15 PM Accelerating Drug Development with Innovative Discovery Platforms Speakers: David Bearss, SuperGen, Inc.; Randall Peterson, Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital; Thomas Chan, ArQule, Inc.; Richard Friesner, Columbia University Sponsored by: Biochemical Pharmacology Discussion Group and Predictive Toxicology Discussion Group The application of several innovative drug discovery platforms designed to shorten the time from target validation to identification of drug leads will be described in this symposium, with an emphasis on targeted therapeutics designed to attack genetic alterations that drive the onset and progression of disease. Register Now
Jan 28, 2009• 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Systems Neuroscience and Brain Circuitry Speakers: Dmitri Chklovskii, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Janelia Farm); Roger D. Traub, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center; Jonathan D. Victor, Weill Cornell Medical College
Sponsored by: Systems Biology Discussion Group This meeting will open a conversation with leading neuroscientists about their own research, and how it pertains to the plausible goals of Systems Neuroscience. Register Now
Jan 29, 2009• 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM High Resolution Microscopy and Imaging for Biological Materials Speakers: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, National Institutes of Health; Maribel Vazquez, The City College of the City University of New York; Charles D. Humphrey, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sponsored by: The New York Academy of Sciences and Soft Materials, a PS&E program This meeting of the Soft Materials Discussion Group will cover advances in microscopy and other imaging techniques for biological applications. Register Now
Feb 2, 2009• 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Genome Integrity Discussion Group Meeting Speakers: Virginia Zakian, Princeton University; Simon Powell, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Rodney Rothstein, Columbia University Medical Center; Timothy Bestor, Columbia University Medical Center; Brian Chait, The Rockefeller University Sponsored by: Genome Integrity Discussion Group
The Genome Integrity Discussion Group presents meetings featuring talks by graduate students, post-docs, or laboratory heads from the tri-state area with an emphasis on new and emerging data. Register Now
Feb 3, 2009• 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM NY Area C. elegans Discussion Group Meeting Organizers: Jane Hubbard, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine; Shai Shaham, The Rockefeller University; Cathy Savage-Dunn, Queens College, CUNY.
Speakers: Daniel A. Colón-Ramos, Yale University; Ya Fu, Albert Einstein College of Medicine;
Carolina Ibáñez-Ventoso, Rutgers University; Maria-Halima Laaberki, Columbia University.
Sponsored by: The New York Academy of Sciences The NY Area C. elagans Discussion Group presents meetings featuring talks by graduate students, post-docs, or laboratory heads from the tri-state area with an emphasis on new and emerging data. Register Now
Feb 4, 2009• 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Zero Net Energy Building: Reality or Fiction? The "Near" Zero Building Moderator: Chris Garvin, Cook & Fox Architects Sponsored by: Green Buildings, a PS&E program This is the second of a 4- part series focused on achieving zero net energy in buildings. Renewable energy technologies, global best practices, and how to retrofit existing buildings are just a few of the topics to be covered this year. We will see examples of completed projects that strove for zero net energy. Register Now
Feb 10, 2009• 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM Nutrient Sensing: When You Hunger for More! Speakers: James H. Brown, University of New Mexico; John A. Hanover, NIDDK; Shai Shaham, The Rockefeller University; Ruth E. Ley, Cornell University; Gary J. Schwartz, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Randy J. Seeley, University of Cincinnati Sponsored by: Diabetes and Obesity This highly interdisciplinary symposium brings together 6 outstanding scientists with disparate backgrounds and perspectives, yet with synergistic knowledge, contributing to our understanding of excessive caloric intake. Register Now
Feb 12, 2009• 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Test Your Tongue! The Science of Taste Speakers: Linda Bartoshuk, University of Florida Center for Smell and Taste; Harold McGee, food science writer Sponsored by: Science & the City Eating and food have become two of the most popular lifestyle topics of our culture. A well known chef/food writer and the nation's leading scientist on taste look at our understanding of the science of taste and the chemical underpinnings of flavors, foods, beverages, and other edibles. Register Now
Feb 19, 2009• 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Lyceum Society: Science Turns to a Morphological Analysis Speaker: Hillel A. Schiller Sponsored by: The New York Academy of Sciences All Lyceum meetings (except December) are Brown Bag lunches. Brown Bag: 11:30 am; Lecture & Discussion: 1pm to 3 pm. Register Now
Feb 19, 2009• 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Introduction of Legal Writing Skills for Scientists Interested in Patent Law Alan Morrison, Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP
Sponsored by: The New York Academy of Sciences and SciEduNet Legal writing skills are critical for the professional advancement of patent lawyers. Alan Morrison will address legal writing for those considering careers in intellectual property. Register Now
Feb 23, 2009• 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Semiotics of the Dead Body: Reflections on Forensic Anthropology Speaker: Zoe Crossland, Columbia University Sponsored by: Wenner-Gren Foundation and Anthropology Section The Academy's Anthropology Section is the crossroads for four-field anthropology in the greater New York area. Register Now
Feb 23, 2009• 7:00 PM Scents and Sensibility: The Science of Smell in Everyday Life Speakers: Avery Gilbert & Stuart Firestein Purchase College partners with the New York Academy of Sciences and Science & the City to bring public science events to Westchester County in 2009! The first event in this semester-long series features two world-renowned olfactory experts illuminating the cultural history of scent and the science of smell.
Feb 24, 2009• 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM RNAi: A New Class of Biological Therapeutics Speakers: Steven Dowdy, UCSD School of Medicine; Brett Monia, Isis Pharmaceuticals; Cy Stein, Yeshiva University; Tod Woolf, Rxi Pharmaceuticals; Garry Menzel, Regulus Therapeutics; Art Levin, Levin BioScience; Kent Kirshenbaum, New York University Sponsored by: Biochemical Pharmacology Discussion Group and RNAi Discussion Group This symposium will discuss the opportunity to harness the RNAi pathway to silence disease-causing genes, and in particular the development of therapeutics directed against targets that are otherwise not addressable with current medicines. Register Now
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