Translational Medicine meetings & conferences

Accelerating Translational Neurotechnology: Fourth Annual Aspen Brain Forum

September 18 - 20, 2013 Aspen Meadows Resort

Presented by The Aspen Brain Forum Foundation, Science Translational Medicine, and the New York Academy of Sciences

Neurotechnology encompasses electrical, chemical, and medical devices and products that can interact with or intervene in the activity of the central nervous system. These technologies include neuroprosthetics, neuroengineering, neuroimaging, optogenetics, neuromodulation, and neural stem cell therapies. Translating neurotechnologies from the laboratory into clinical and commercial products has been an arduous process. Yet many of these new tools show great potential to revolutionize the treatment of neurological diseases and disorders including depression, pain, headache, epilepsy, neuromuscular disease, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and traumatic brain injury.

Through a series of plenary sessions, panel discussions, and interactive breakout groups, this 2.5-day international conference shall explore innovative scientific, clinical, and organizational models for advancing the translation of neuroscience research into technology that can dramatically improve diagnosis and treatment of neurological and psychiatric disease. Participants will also examine the ethical and regulatory challenges in translating neuroscience research, and the potential economic impact of their clinical application.

This conference includes a breakout session. During registration, you will be asked to choose a work group based on your area/disease of interest. Please pick your first and second choices for this session. You may also write in an alternate topic. We will create additional groups if there is sufficient interest. Registrants will receive an email with work group details several weeks prior to the conference.

Choices include: Parkinson's Disease, Major Depression and other Mood Disorders, Chronic Pain, Alzheimer's Disease, or Traumatic Brain Injury.

10th International Symposium on Selenium in Biology and Medicine 2013

September 14th to 18th, 2013 Berlin, Germany

3 years after the last Symposium, the splendid conference organized by Prof. Nobuyoshi Esaki and his team at Kyoto University, Japan, we are ready to prepare for the 10th International Symposium in Berlin, entrusted and supported by the International Scientific Organizing Committee. Submit your most attractive Selenium-related research for oral or poster presentation, encourage your fellow researchers to join you and us for this exciting event and provide your young investigators with adequate stimulation and support to experience the international Selenium research community gathering at this rewarding symposium. This conference continues a longstanding series of excellent international cutting edge symposia on basic, translational, clinical, nutritional and pharmaceutical research on the role and biochemical function of the essential trace element Selenium and its biologically active components. Most of these act in form of selenoproteins, selenium-containing biomolecules such as modified RNAs, pharmaceutical and nutritionally relevant compounds supporting both animal and human health.

Key topics of the meeting will be:

-- Biosynthesis and function of selenoproteins

-- Selenium and human health

-- Selenium in animal health

-- Selenium in prokaryotes

-- Selenium analytics

-- Selenium in plants

-- Selenium and reactive oxygen species

The meeting will be structured by plenary and parallel oral sessions. In addition, short oral presentations, poster sessions and a technical/analytical/industry exhibition will be organized.

Scientific Secretariat: Prof. Dr. Josef Köhrle Institute of Experimental Endocrinology; Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Augustenburger Platz 1; 10117 Berlin, Germany Tel.: +49 (0)30-450 524022 E-mail: elke.abdel-karim@charite.de

International Society of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics 7th Annual Scientific Meeting (ISNN 2013)

October 5-8, 2013 Quebec City, Canada

Discover the latest findings on nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics as they relate to obesity, aging, cancer, diabetes and its cardiometabolic factors, inflammation and oxidative stress as well as translation into nutrition and personnalized medicine.

Session Themes

• Obesity, healthy body weight: implications for weight management

• Nutrigenetics of aging and cancer

• Inflammation and oxidative stress

• Type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic risk factors

• Translation of “omics” into clinical practice

Conference secretariat

INAF – Université Laval
Pavillon des Services – Suite 1705
2440 Hochelaga Blvd.
Québec QC Canada G1V 0A6

Tel: 418-656-2131 x12564
Fax: 418-656-5877
info@isnn2013.org

3rd International Neural Regeneration Symposium

In conjunction with the 5th International Spinal Cord Injury Treatments and Trials Symposium

October 10th to 15th, 2013 Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China

INRS2013 is an international symposium organized by Chinese Rehabilitation Medical Association and Neural Regeneration Research (Press), aims to promote scientific exchange and collaboration for scientists and clinicians in neural regeneration research field internationally.

Following the tradition of previous meetings, INRS2013 will cover numerous aspects within the area of neural regeneration research, particularly those related to inflammation and neuroprotection, glial scar and neural regeneration, Neural repair and regeneration after spinal cord injury, stem cells and neural regeneration, translational medicine in neural regeneration, as well as alternative medicine and neural regeneration.

INRS 2013 Secretariat
Postal Address: P.O. Box 1234 Shenyang, China
Tel: +86 138 0499 8773; 187 0409 5273
E-mail: conference@nrronline.org
Website: http://www.inrs-nrr.org/

2013 International Symposium on Biological Engineering and Natural Sciences (ISBENS)

26-28 July 2013 Bangkok, Thailand

The 2013 International Symposium on Biological Engineering and Natural Sciences (ISBENS) will take place on 26-28 July 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. The aim of this symposium is to create a forum for academics, experts, researchers and postgraduate students to share their experience and to exchange novel ideas in the domain of biological engineering and natural sciences.

Contact Information

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact us with no hesitation.We are here to help out with more information.

Organiser:

Higher Education Forum
Address: 12-1 F., No. 129, Sec. 1, Fuxing S. Rd.,
Taipei Taiwan
Phone: 886 2 27401498
e-mail: isbens@isbens.org

2nd Joint Meeting of the International Bone and Mineral Society and the Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research

May 28-June 1, 2013 Kobe, Japan

10th International Conference of the Society for Integrative Oncology

Translational Science in Integrative Oncology: “From Bedside, to Bench, to Best Practices”

Sunday, October 20, 2013 - Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Vancouver, BC, Canada

Presented by the Society for Integrative Oncology and Co-Sponsored by the University of British Columbia Division of Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine and the University of British Columbia School of Nursing.

The conference will include keynote speakers, plenary and concurrent sessions, and workshops that will highlight the latest research evidence, methodological issues, and dialogue in the field of integrative oncology.

Society for the Study of Reproduction 46th Annual Meeting

22–26 July 2013

Hosted by Réseau Québécois en Reproduction (RQR)

Montréal, Québec, Canada

5th Annual Health Literacy Research Conference

October 28-29, 2013 National Academy of Sciences Washington, D.C. 

The Health Literacy Annual Research Conference is an interdisciplinary meeting for investigators dedicated to health literacy research.  It is an opportunity to advance the field of health literacy, a method to raise the quality of our research, and a venue for professional development.

Our aim is to attract a full range of investigators engaged in health literacy research including those involved in a broad array of public health, health services, epidemiology, translational, and interventional research activities

Probiotics, Prebiotics, and the Host Microbiome: The Science of Translation

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 | 7:45 AM - 6:00 PM The New York Academy of Sciences

Presented by The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science at the New York Academy of Sciences and The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics

In the past decade, researchers have observed a strong convergence of prebiotics, probiotics, and the microbiome in areas of host physiology such as the immune system, metabolism, and neurological function. This 1-day conference will serve as a neutral forum to critically examine the potential population-wide economic and public health benefits of translating this research into innovative functional foods and biotherapeutics for a broad spectrum of conditions including obesity, diabetes, inflammatory and gastrointestinal disease, and malnutrition. Participants will apply the rigorous standards of evidence-based medicine and evidence-based nutrition to evaluate and outline novel research and policy strategies to advance the incorporation of prebiotics- and probiotics-based applications to improve public health.