World Congress on Regenerative Medicine

October 18-20, 2007

Germany Congress Center Leipzig

WCRM General Information – www.regmed.org

Preliminary Program - http://www.regmed.org/scientific/overview.php

Microscopic Image Analysis with Applications in Biology

The automatic analysis of microscope imagery plays an increasingly important role in biosciences research. Novel imaging devices such as the confocal and two photon (or multi-photon) electron microscope, automated stages for electron microscopy, and higher resolution electron tomography enable researchers to image biological systems at the cellular and sub-cellular scale. These datasets pose a number of challenges that are very distinct from conventional clinical imagery in their size and abundance, the detail of relevant features and their statistics. Sophisticated algorithms are necessary to process such imagery and extract biologically relevant features and information. The design, development and application of such algorithms are the focus of this workshop.

The first international workshop on Microscopic Image Analysis with Applications in Biology, MIAAB 2006 was held in conjuction with MICCAI 2006. Based on the strong interest and high quality of the submissions we decided to hold this workshop as an independent one day event in 2007. Biological datasets pose a number of challenges that are very distinct from conventional clinical imagery in their size and abundance, the detail of relevant features and their statistics. Sophisticated algorithms are necessary to process such imagery and extract biologically relevant features and information.

Advancing the Science of Drug Discovery: Bridging Research & Development

SBS 13^th Annual Congress & Exhibition

Palais Des Congres de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
April 15 - 19, 2007

Session Topics

• Advances in Screening Technologies
• Biomarkers: From Bench to Clinic
• Compound Management: Challenges & Automation Solutions
• Enzyme Targets: Black Box or Whole Cell Assays?
• From Gene to Target: Functional Target Validation Strategies
• High-Content Cellular Screening
  (in partnership with the International Society for Analytical Cytology)
• Immunotherapeutics, mAbs & Translational Medicine
• Structural Biology: Underpinning Drug Discovery
• Systems Biology & High-Throughput Approaches to Screening Native Cells
• Target Biology & Screening: GPCRs
• Target Biology & Screening: Ion Channels
• Toxicity Profiling Using High-Throughput & High-Content Technologies
  (in partnership with Amphora Corp., the US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institutes of Health Chemical Genomics Center and the US National Toxicology Program)

Instructions for Authors
All abstracts must be submitted electronically. Submissions can be no more than 2000 characters including punctuation, spacing, returns, etc. Specific formatting requirements can be found on the submission form itself. Upon submission, authors give SBS the right to publish abstracts in any format before, during or after the 2007 Conference & Exhibition. Note: SBS requires an active e-mail address for communication regarding abstract status.

SBS Policy
Please be advised that only one poster submission per presenter is allowed. All poster presenters must be registered attendees or booth staff in order to present on site. This policy will be strictly enforced.

Deadlines
• Monday, November 6, 2006 – Oral Abstract Submission
• Friday, January 26, 2007 – Poster Abstract Submission (for inclusion in conference handbook)
• Monday, March 19, 2007 – Final date for submitting poster for onsite presentation

Abstract submission deadlines are firm in order to meet publication schedules. All submissions must represent original research not previously presented.

If you experience any problems submitting your abstract please contact the SBS office.

Office Hours: Mon - Fri, 8:00am to 5:00pm EDT.
Phone: +1 (203) 743-1336
email: abstracts@sbsonline.org

Northeast Regional Life Sciences Core Directors Meeting

You are invited to attend the first annual Northeast Regional Life Sciences Core Directors (NERLSCD) meeting, November 9-10, 2006, on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, NY. This will be a networking meeting for core directors and managers in the Northeast. The conference will provide an opportunity for core facility directors and managers to meet colleagues, to share technical advice, and to discuss the challenges and results of implementing shared research resources and technologies.

There will be an evening reception on Thursday, Nov. 9th, and an all day meeting on Friday, Nov. 10th. The morning agenda will consist of presentations on topics relevant to all core directors and managers. The afternoon agenda will have technology focused breakout sessions, each lead by a panel of experts, in which topics of interest will be discussed in a workshop setting among core directors and managers offering similar services. There will be workshop discussion sessions on DNA Sequencing and Genotyping, Microarrays, Real-time PCR, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry, Protein Production and Characterization, Flow Cytometry, Optical Imaging, and Bioinformatics and Bio-IT.

The meeting will include a poster session. All attendees are encouraged to submit a poster abstract. The purpose of this session is to provide a chance for core facility directors to present posters describing the activities and services their individual cores provide and to view what core services are available at neighboring institutions.

The poster abstract submission deadline is October 27, 2006. Abstracts should be submitted after registering for the meeting. In addition to the poster abstract, participants are encouraged to submit their full poster presentation in pdf format so that they can be included in a CD which will be distributed at the meeting. Submission of the poster pdf files does not need to be done at the same time as submission of poster abstracts. The deadline for submission of poster pdf files is November 3, 2006.

The meeting registration deadline is October 27, 2006. Registration to this meeting WILL BE LIMITED so please register early!