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Meetings & Events: 2008 Archive

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Symposium on Biological Complexity: Genes, Circuits and Behavior

January 10, 2008 - January 13, 2008
Recent advances in interdisciplinary neuroscience, La Jolla, California, US

Regulatory RNA in Biology and Human Health

February 2, 2008 - February 6, 2008
Miami Beach, Florida, US

ICCVAM Tenth Anniversary Symposium

February 5, 2008
Bethesda, Maryland, US

ICCVAM Workshop on Acute Chemical Safety Testing: Advancing In Vitro Approaches and Humane Endpoints for Systemic Toxicity Evaluations

February 6, 2008 - February 7, 2008
NIH Natcher Conference Center, Bethesda, Maryland, US

Biologic Scaffolds for Regenerative Medicine Fifth Symposium

February 15, 2008 - February 16, 2008
Phoenix, Arizona, US

Gene Networks in Animal Development and Evolution

February 15, 2008 - February 16, 2008
The National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, US

ISRTP Workshop: Conducting and Assessing the Results of Endocrine Screening

February 19, 2008 - February 20, 2008
Lister Hill Center Auditorium, Bethesda, Maryland, US

Nature Chemical Biology Symposium: Chemical Neurobiology

February 22, 2008 - February 23, 2008
New York, New York, US

NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Technical Reports Review Subcommittee Meeting

February 27, 2008 - February 28, 2008
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, US

2008 European Animal Welfare and Alternatives Awards

February 29, 2008
€30,000 award to European scientist in recognition of contributions to alternative methods R&D presented by Humane Society International and P&G at EUROTOX. Application deadline is February 29, 2008.

American Society for Neurochemistry 39th Annual Meeting

March 1, 2008 - March 5, 2008
San Antonio, Texas, US

NICEATM-ICCVAM Independent Scientific Peer Review: Validation Status of the Murine Local Lymph Node Assay (LLNA) for the Assessment of the Contact Dermatitis Potential of Chemicals and Products

March 4, 2008 - March 6, 2008
Bethesda, Maryland, US

Secretion and Transport in Normal and Diseased Pulmonary Epithelia

March 10, 2008 - March 11, 2008
Saarbrucken, Germany

International Foundation for Ethical Research: submission deadline for 2008 Graduate Student Fellowships for animal alternatives research

March 15, 2008

Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting

March 16, 2008 - March 20, 2008
Seattle, Washington, US

The 3Rs: From Fundamentals to Application

March 19, 2008
London, UK

RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology 6th Annual Symposium: Turning Neurons into a Nervous System

March 24, 2008 - March 26, 2008
Kobe, Japan

4th Annual Preclinical Development

March 26, 2008 - March 28, 2008
San Francisco, California, US

11th International Perspectives in Percutaneous Penetration

March 26, 2008 - March 29, 2008
La Grande Motte, France

Computational Cell Biology Meeting

March 26, 2008 - March 30, 2008
Hinxton, UK

12th Annual International Conference on Research in Computational Molecular Biology (RECOMB2008)

March 30, 2008 - April 2, 2008
Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Cell Toxicology

March 31, 2008 - April 4, 2008
One-week post-graduate course at Leiden University, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Joint Meeting of the British Societies for Cell and Development Biology

March 31, 2008 - April 3, 2008
Warwick University, UK

British Toxicology Society Annual Congress 2008

April 6, 2008 - April 9, 2008
Guildford, Surrey, UK

Metabolic Toxicology: From Pathway to Organism

April 9, 2008 - April 11, 2008
International Courses on Toxicology 2008. Coimbra, Portugal

Innovation for Sustainable Production

April 22, 2008 - April 25, 2008
Bruges, Belgium

INVITROM Symposium. Towards Better Reliable In Vitro Methods

April 22, 2008
Bruges, Belgium

Alternatives to animal testing: New approaches in the development and control of biologicals

April 23, 2008 - April 24, 2008
Dubrovnik, Croatia

EPAA Workshop: New perspectives on safety

April 28, 2008 - April 29, 2008
Brussels, Belgium

2nd Annual Systems Toxicology Symposium: Multiscale Modeling, from Molecules to Organisms

April 30, 2008 - May 1, 2008
Piscataway, New Jersey, US

Molecular Chaperones & Stress Responses

April 30, 2008 - May 4, 2008
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, US

ARDF Alternatives Research Grant Program

April 30, 2008
Grants for alternatives to the use of laboratory animals in research, testing, and education; eligible organizations include U.S. universities and non-profit research institutions. Application deadline is April 30, 2008.

NC3Rs/BBSRC Meeting: Engineering Tissue Alternatives to Animals

April 30, 2008
London, UK

2008 US EPA Science Forum

May 20, 2008 - May 22, 2008
"Innovative Technology: Key to Environmental and Economic Progress," Washington, DC, US

2nd Technical Workshop, The Phenion® Skin Model Technologies and their Applications

May 27, 2008 - May 28, 2008
Dusseldorf, Germany

Nanotechnology: Towards Reducing Animal Testing

May 28, 2008 - May 29, 2008
London, UK

8th World Biomaterials Congress

May 28, 2008 - June 1, 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands

NCR3s Workshop: Toxicokinetcs and the 3Rs

May 29, 2008
London, UK

Science Board to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

May 30, 2008
Gaithersburg, Maryland, US

Ninth Annual Virtual Cell Short Course

June 2, 2008 - June 4, 2008
Farmington, Connecticut, US

7th International Conference on Early Toxicity Screening

June 5, 2008 - June 6, 2008
Seattle, Washington, US

Environmental Endocrine Disruptors Gordon Research Conference

June 8, 2008 - June 13, 2008
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, US. Applications due by May, 18, 2008.

13th International Workshop on Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSARs) in the Environmental Sciences

June 8, 2008 - June 12, 2008
Syracuse, New York, US

Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Gordon Research Conference

June 8, 2008 - June 13, 2008
Hong Kong, China. Application due by May 18, 2008.

Applying Systems Biology

June 9, 2008 - June 11, 2008
San Francisco, California, US

Practical Methods in In Vitro Toxicology Workshop

June 10, 2008 - June 12, 2008
Gaithersburg, Maryland, US. A hands-on training course in in vitro methods.

Integrative Statistical Analysis of Genome Scale Data Course

June 11, 2008 - June 24, 2008
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, US
Application deadline: March 15, 2008

NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting

June 11, 2008 - June 12, 2008
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, US

SIVB: 2008 World Congress on In Vitro Biology

June 14, 2008 - June 18, 2008
Tucson, Arizona, US

13th Annual Live Cell Microscopy Course

June 14, 2008 - June 26, 2008
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cell Biology of the Neuron Gordon Research Conference

June 15, 2008 - June 20, 2008
New London, New Hampshire, US

21st Century Approaches to Toxicity Testing, Biomonitoring and Risk Assessment

June 16, 2008 - June 17, 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Microdosing in Drug Development: Current Status and Future Perspectives

June 16, 2008
Bad Homburg, Germany

Digital Imaging in Microscopy (Bio-Trac course)

June 17, 2008 - June 19, 2008
Bethesda, Maryland, US

ICCVAM Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods

June 18, 2008 - June 19, 2008
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, US

TERMIS-EU 2008 Annual Meeting

June 22, 2008 - June 26, 2008
Porto, Portugal

Barriers of the CNS Gordon Research Conference

June 22, 2008 - June 27, 2008
Tilton, New Hampshire, US

Computational Cell Biology Course

June 27, 2008 - July 17, 2008
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, US.
Application deadline March 15, 2008.

2nd International Congress on Stem Cells and Tissue Formation

July 6, 2008 - July 9, 2008
Dresden, Germany

The Toxicology Forum 34th Annual Summer Meeting

July 6, 2008 - July 10, 2008
Aspen, Colorado, US

CIRM Stem Cells in Predictive Toxicology Workshop

July 7, 2008 - July 8, 2008
Berkeley, California, US

Glia in Health & Disease

July 17, 2008 - July 21, 2008
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, US. Abstract Deadline: April 30, 2008.

EU Ecotoxicology Course. Molecular Methods and Biological Tools in Environmental Impact Analysis

July 18, 2008 - July 25, 2008
Lausanne, Switzerland

Society for Developmental Biology 67th Annual Meeting

July 25, 2008 - July 30, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Reduced Animal Testing

July 25, 2008 - July 26, 2008
Zurich, Switzerland

SETAC 5th World Congress

August 3, 2008 - August 7, 2008
Sydney, Australia

M&M 2008: Microscopy & Microanalysis

August 3, 2008 - August 8, 2008
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US

CELLutions Summit

August 11, 2008 - August 13, 2008
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

HUPO 2008: 7th Annual World Congress (proteome biology)

August 16, 2008 - August 20, 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands

28th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

August 17, 2008 - August 22, 2008
Birmingham, England

13th Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Histochemistry and Cytochemistry - Imaging of Cell Dynamics

August 23, 2008 - August 27, 2008
Gdansk, Poland

Network Biology

August 27, 2008 - August 31, 2008
Hinxton, UK

Contact Dermatitis: Blending Science with Best Practice

August 28, 2008 - August 30, 2008
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Stem Cells Europe

September 1, 2008 - September 3, 2008
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mechanisms of Early Differentiation

September 1, 2008 - September 5, 2008
Barsinghausen, Germany

European Society for Artificial Organs Annual Meeting: Towards Future Biomedical Technologies

September 3, 2008 - September 6, 2008
Geneva, Switzerland

Epithelial morphogenesis and diseases: BSCB Autumn Meeting 2008

September 8, 2008 - September 10, 2008
London, UK

Axon Guidance, Synaptogenesis & Neural Plasticity

September 10, 2008 - September 14, 2008
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, US

US National Toxicology Program Request for Information (RFI) on High Throughput Screening Approaches for Toxicology Public Meeting

September 11, 2008 - September 12, 2008
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, US

Biology of Signaling in the Cardiovascular System Workshop

September 11, 2008 - September 14, 2008
Hyannis, Massachusetts, US

Frontiers in Cell Migration; from Mechanism to Disease

September 16, 2008 - September 18, 2008
Bethesda, Maryland, US

2008 McKim Conference on Predictive Toxicology

September 16, 2008 - September 18, 2008
Duluth, Minnesota, US

Technology Day: New Scientific Impulses Towards 3R Alternatives

September 18, 2008
Brussels, Belgium

LINZ 2008: 15th Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing & 12th Annual Meeting of MEGAT

September 19, 2008 - September 21, 2008
Linz, Austria

3rd International Conference on Tissue Engineering

September 21, 2008 - September 26, 2008
Rhodes, Greece

ESTIV 2008

September 25, 2008 - September 28, 2008
15th International Congress on In Vitro Toxicology, Stockholm, Sweden

Germ Cells

October 1, 2008 - October 5, 2008
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, US. Abstract Deadline: July 9, 2008.

CASCADE Open Forum on Endocrine Disruption

October 2, 2008
Brussels, Belgium

EUROTOX 2008: 45th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology

October 5, 2008 - October 8, 2008
45th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology, Rhodes, Greece

Mitochondrial Biology in Cardiovascular Health and Disease

October 6, 2008 - October 7, 2008
Bethesda, Maryland, US

International Environmental Nanotechnology Conference: Applications and Implications

October 7, 2008 - October 9, 2008
Chicago, Illinois, US

ICCB 2008: 9th International Congress on Cell Biology

October 7, 2008 - October 9, 2008
Seoul, Korea

Deadline for 2009 SOT Awards

October 9, 2008

BioStar 2008, 3rd International Congress on Regenerative Biology and Medicine

October 9, 2008 - October 11, 2008
Stuttgart, Germany

Latest Advances in Drug Discovery Informatics (eCheminfo Community of Practice InterAction Meeting)

October 13, 2008 - October 17, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

eSI: ecopa Science initiative

October 16, 2008 - October 19, 2008
Alicante, Spain

Engineering 3d Model Tissues: Routes To Industrial Application & Reduced Animal Use

October 17, 2008
Leeds, UK

Immunocytochemistry, In Situ Hybridization & Live Cell Imaging

October 19, 2008 - November 1, 2008
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, US.
Application deadline: June 15, 2008.

Personal Care Products Council Science Week 2008

October 20, 2008 - October 24, 2008
Newark, New Jersey, US

1st International Conference on Dermatotoxicology

October 22, 2008 - October 25, 2008
Vaalsbroek, The Netherlands

Cell-Based Assays: Innovations in Reagents, Technologies & Screening

October 23, 2008 - October 24, 2008
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, US

The 2008 In Vitro Alternatives Forum - Spotlight on Ingredients

October 23, 2008 - October 24, 2008
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US

Integrated Testing Strategies for REACH: From Science to practical implementation

October 23, 2008 - October 24, 2008
Brussels, Belgium

HESI Genomics Applications in Safety Studies - Case Study Workshop

October 27, 2008 - October 28, 2008
Arlington, Virginia, US

INVITROTRAIN Topical toxicity Training Course

October 29, 2008 - October 31, 2008
Berlin, Germany

EPAA Annual Conference: Research into alternative approaches (3Rs) in regulatory testing: Are we on the right track?

November 3, 2008
Brussels, Belgium

CASCADE course on Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology

November 3, 2008 - November 7, 2008
Berlin, Germany

Computational & Comparative Genomics

November 5, 2008 - November 11, 2008
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, US.
Application deadline: July 15, 2008.

INVITROTRAIN Reproductive Toxicology Training Course

November 6, 2008 - November 7, 2008
Berlin, Germany

Environmental Nanoparticles: Science, Ethics and Policy

November 10, 2008 - November 11, 2008
Newark, Delaware, US

CAAT's TestSmart DNT 2

November 12, 2008 - November 14, 2008
Reston, Virginia, US

1st International Conference on Risk Assessment

November 13, 2008 - November 14, 2008
Brussels, Belgium

Neuroscience 2008. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting

November 15, 2008 - November 19, 2008
Washington, DC, US

Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America 29th Annual Meeting

November 16, 2008 - November 20, 2008
Tampa, Florida, US

2nd OSIRIS Expert Workshop: Integrated Testing Strategies for REACH

November 17, 2008
Brussels, Belgium

EPAA Workshop (WG 5): Workshop on Integrated Testing Strategies

November 19, 2008 - November 20, 2008
Ispra, Italy

SMi’s Cell-Based Assays Conference

November 19, 2008 - November 20, 2008
London, UK

NTP Board of Scientific Counselors Meeting

November 20, 2008 - November 21, 2008
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, US

21st Annual International Meeting of the Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology

November 24, 2008 - November 27, 2008
Fukuoka, Japan

EPAA Workshop: In vitro ADME in Safety Testing

November 24, 2008 - November 25, 2008
Dusseldorf, Germany

Speed and Safety in Drug Discovery

November 26, 2008
London, UK

9th Annual ecopa Workshop: Cosmetics Directive, REACH legislation and novel Directive 86/609: realistic 2009/2013 - factual status?

November 29, 2008 - November 30, 2008
Brussels, Belgium

Society of Toxicology of Canada (STC) Annual Symposium 2008. Toxicity testing tomorrow: What does the future hold?

November 30, 2008 - December 2, 2008
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Blood/Brain Barrier Physiology: Neural Boundaries and the Molecular Mechanisms of CNS Protection

December 1, 2008 - December 4, 2008
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, US. Abstract Deadline: September 12, 2008

1st Annual World Congress of Regenerative Medicine & Stem Cell

December 2, 2008 - December 4, 2008
Guangzhou, China

A New Biology for the 21st Century: US National Academy of Sciences Project

December 3, 2008 - December 4, 2008
Washington, DC, US

Drug Discovery and Development in the 21st Century

December 4, 2008
Symposium on alternatives to animal research and testing in drug discovery and development, London, UK

SRA Annual Meeting 2008 - Risk Analysis: The Science and the Art

December 7, 2008 - December 10, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts, US

TERMIS-NA 2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

December 7, 2008 - December 10, 2008
San Diego, California, US

US EPA Public Meeting to discuss options for Enhancement Programs: "'Resetting' the TSCA Inventory" and "Inorganic HPV Challenge Program"

December 8, 2008
Arlington, Virginia, US; Comments due by December 3, 2008

Cell Based Assays in Drug Development

December 8, 2008 - December 9, 2008
Washington, DC, US

New Horizons in Toxicity Prediction

December 8, 2008 - December 9, 2008
Cambridge, UK

American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting

December 13, 2008 - December 17, 2008
San Francisco, California, US