Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Friday, July 05, 2013

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) co-sponsors Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops (CBW), which aim to train researchers on new technologies and the latest approaches being used in computational biology.

Montreal, Quebec
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology is the world's largest industrial biotechnology event for business leaders, investors, and policy makers in biofuels, biobased products, and renewable chemicals.

Toronto, ON.
Monday, June 17, 2013 - Tuesday, June 18, 2013

This workshop aims to provide participants some familiarity with the open source software environment R as an analysis tool for FCM data as they explore the fundamental concepts of taking their data to diagnosis and discovery.

Toronto, ON.
Monday, June 24, 2013 - Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The goal of this workshop is to provide procedures and analysis workflows for the analysis of microarray datasets.

Toronto, ON
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Alamut provides geneticists and researchers with sophisticated software for diagnostics, surveillance, and information sharing between, and across, all tiers of human genome research.

Webinar
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (CAGEF) are hosting a one hour web conference/webinar about the Proteomic Resources at CAGEF.

Toronto, ON.
Monday, July 08, 2013 - Tuesday, July 09, 2013

The workshop will cover many topics ranging from understanding metabolomics technologies, data collection and analysis, using pathway databases, performing pathway analysis, conducting univariate and multivariate statistics, working with metabolomic databases and exploring chemical databases.

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Monday, August 12, 2013 - Thursday, August 15, 2013

Join high profile speakers and colleagues to exchange knowledge, build collaborations and plan for future research during this 3 ½ day conference featuring over 45 sessions, keynote addresses, abstract presentations and social networking.

Sherbrooke, Quebec
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - Friday, September 27, 2013

Sherbrooke International Life Sciences Summit, is a not-to-be-missed event to get an overview of the life sciences industry and identify development perspectives.

Quebec City, Quebec
Wednesday, October 02, 2013 - Thursday, October 03, 2013

BioContactQuébec 2013 is a biopharmaceutical partnership symposium gathering over 300 participants.

Brussels, Belgium
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - Friday, October 18, 2013

Research Commercialisation is a new cross-discipline partnering event and will provide a platform for all those invovled in promoting university-industry-investor collaboration, technology transfer and start-ups.

Vienna, Austria
Monday, November 04, 2013 - Wednesday, November 06, 2013

BIO-Europe® is Europe's largest partnering conference, serving the global biotechnology industry.

Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - Friday, November 22, 2013

Incubating innovation and ingenuity

Toronto, Ontario
Friday, March 15, 2013

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and NeoVentures Biotechnology Inc. are hosting a one hour web conference/webinar about APTAMERS and the state of the technology.

Thursday, April 18, 2013 - Thursday, April 18, 2013

Classrooms across the country have an opportunity to ask questions and get answers from science experts, including past host of the Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet, Jay Ingram.

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and the Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function (CAGEF) are hosting a one hour web conference/webinar about the Proteomic Resources at CAGEF.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) hosted a 1 hour web conference/webinar about the most recent release of DAnCER – a database on genes and proteins involved in chromatin modifications, and their relation to human disease.

Friday, May 04, 2012

In the legal world we think we can meet challenges through law and litigation - for example human rights litigation - but to what extent is that true and what are the context and circumstances where law/litigation can really make a positive difference? And where is law simply used by vested interests to further inequities? This conference will bring together leading scholars, policy-makers, practicing lawyers and health care professionals to explore how law can address global health challenges and make real progressive change.

Thursday, November 01, 2012 - Thursday, November 01, 2012

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI), The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG, www.tcag.ca) and The Centre for Computational Medicine (http://ccm.sickkids.ca) are hosting a 1 hour web conference/webinar about MedSavant - a visual analytics platform for assessing the clinical significance of genomic data.

Wednesday, February 02, 2011

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) co-hosted a one hour webinar about the Reactome Pathway Database - a freely available, manually-curated resource of core biological pathways. This follow up webinar introduced the updated website and included case studies from various research groups.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) hosted a 1 hour web conference/webinar about Savant - a visual analytics platform for genomic data. Savant improves upon existing genome browsers in interface design and data presentation.

Thursday, October 06, 2011

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) hosted a 1 hour web conference/webinar about OpenFreezer – a free, open-source, web-based software application that maintains detailed and standardized documentation on common laboratory reagents and provides useful tools for their manipulation.

Wednesday, September 08, 2010

OGI and The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) partnered to co-host a 1 hour web conference/webinar about next generation sequencing services at the facility.

Thursday, December 09, 2010

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) partnered to co-host a 1 hour web conference/webinar about iRefWeb – a web-based interface to a large landscape of protein-protein interactions (PPI), consolidated from major public databases.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

OGI and The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) co-hosted a web conference/webinar about the Database of Genomic Variants (DGV) – a curated database that catalogues structural variation in the human genome.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) partnered to co-host a web conference/webinar about the Reactome Database – a resource of core pathways and reactions in human biology

Thursday, May 01, 2008 - Monday, September 01, 2008

OGI and The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) co-hosted a series of webinars about the North American Conditional Mouse Mutagenesis (NorCOMM) project - part of a global research initiative developing and distributing a library of mouse embryonic stem cell lines representing a disruption in every gene of the mouse genome.

Lake Louise, Alberta
Monday, April 22, 2013 - Friday, April 26, 2013

The first meetings in this series concerned methodology which was developed to find mutations/variations in DNA. When we fast forward on 20 years we find cheaper and cheaper methods being used to do the same faster and faster. This has required different and new technologies to (a) analyze the output from the sequences (b) methods to assign pathogenicity to variants (c) databasing, (d) pre-conception testing and (e) personal genomes. The content of this meeting has moved in this direction.

Banff, Alberta
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - Saturday, June 01, 2013

The conference is designed to provide intellectual stimulation, opportunities for networking, sharing of learning, and building of community for all individuals, whatever their background, who have an interest in ethical issues relating to health, the environment and the life sciences. All those interested in contributing to the bioethics conversation - from beginners to experts alike - are encouraged to attend for inspiration, renewal and discovery in one of Canada’s most breath-taking natural settings!

Medicine Hat, Alberta
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

The Economic Development Alliance of Southeast Alberta is partnering with the Medicine Hat College, Alberta Rural Development Network and Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede to host Renew West: Southern Alberta's 2012 renewable energy conference.
Renew West will feature experts in renewable energy, academia as well as industry. Currently keynote speakers Dr. Patrick Moore and Dr. Tim Weis have been confirmed.

Edmonton, Alberta
Wednesday, April 25, 2012

You are invited to attend this forum and to participate in the discussions arising from the information presented. At this year’s forum a number of research providers will present concluding results and discuss how they can be used to inform decision making with respect to the management of Mountain Pine Beetle. Progress of other projects will be presented and will provide an opportunity for attendees to gain an appreciation of the accomplishments of the Mountain Pine Beetle Ecology Program and through discussion, we intend to identify critical information gaps that can be addressed by future research.
The MPBEP relies on this type of input to ensure that research remains aligned with management needs and that we are working toward the achievement of provincial goals and objectives for healthy forests and a vibrant forest economy.

Edmonton, Alberta
Monday, April 30, 2012

This full-day, joint workshop will present the results from research conducted under two research programs and provide an opportunity for discussion between researchers, industry and government on how results can be applied to assessing and managing impacts and risks associated with effects of Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) attack on Alberta’s forests.

Calgary, Alberta
Saturday, September 29, 2012 - Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination is an exhibition of works by contemporary artists who are inspired by the fantastic stories and characters of myths, fairy tales and science fiction in which the boundaries between human and animal are blurred.

Banff, Alberta
Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - Friday, October 05, 2012

With an ever expanding Bioeconomy, decision-makers need up-to-date knowledge to develop strategies to manage this growth.

Calgary, Alberta
Monday, November 05, 2012 - Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) is the most comprehensive, multidisciplinary, multi-sector national forum on science, technology and innovation policy in Canada.

Vancouver, British Columbia
Sunday, February 24, 2013 - Tuesday, February 26, 2013

BioPartnering North America™ (BPN) is the only global life science conference in Canada.

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Monday, August 12, 2013 - Thursday, August 15, 2013

Join high profile speakers and colleagues to exchange knowledge, build collaborations and plan for future research during this 3 ½ day conference featuring over 45 sessions, keynote addresses, abstract presentations and social networking.

Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Friday, July 05, 2013

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) co-sponsors Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops (CBW), which aim to train researchers on new technologies and the latest approaches being used in computational biology.

Toronto, ON.
Monday, June 17, 2013 - Tuesday, June 18, 2013

This workshop aims to provide participants some familiarity with the open source software environment R as an analysis tool for FCM data as they explore the fundamental concepts of taking their data to diagnosis and discovery.

Toronto, ON.
Monday, June 24, 2013 - Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The goal of this workshop is to provide procedures and analysis workflows for the analysis of microarray datasets.

Toronto, ON
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Alamut provides geneticists and researchers with sophisticated software for diagnostics, surveillance, and information sharing between, and across, all tiers of human genome research.

Toronto, ON.
Monday, July 08, 2013 - Tuesday, July 09, 2013

The workshop will cover many topics ranging from understanding metabolomics technologies, data collection and analysis, using pathway databases, performing pathway analysis, conducting univariate and multivariate statistics, working with metabolomic databases and exploring chemical databases.

Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - Friday, November 22, 2013

Incubating innovation and ingenuity

Toronto, Ontario
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Aptamer technology will drive next generation of diagnostic and therapeutic platforms. NeoVentures Biotechnology Inc. has demonstrated that aptamer based diagnostic applications can compete directly with antibodies in commercial products.

Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 - Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The Toronto's Bioinformatics User Group (TorBUG) will be hosting another discussion session focused on career development and cutting-edge research ideas for graduate students and post-docs with the help of a leading researcher.

Toronto, ON
Wednesday, February 20, 2013 - Wednesday, February 20, 2013

The talk will focus on aspects of tumour dynamics, using colorectal cancer and glioblastoma as examples. Substantial evidence supports the concept that cancers are organised in a cellular hierarchy with cancer stem cells (CSC) at the apex.

Toronto, Ontario
Monday, February 25, 2013 - Thursday, February 28, 2013

Temperature control and sensitive handling are fundamental requirements of most life sciences products today. As the supply chain continues to increase in importance, the Canadian market is facing costly challenges resulting from evolving regulations and Federal laws protecting low retail drug costs.

Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - Wednesday, March 27, 2013

A presentation by Sara Diamond, President and Vice-Chancellor, OCAD University

Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Renowned Canadian epidemiologist Dr. Allison McGeer, who served on the front lines at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital during the SARS crisis, discusses the spread of infectious disease as depicted in Steven Soderbergh's pandemic thriller.

Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - Thursday, April 18, 2013

SMRT sequencing is a new DNA sequencing technology which is characterized by long read lengths and high consensus accuracy, regardless of the sequence complexity or GC content of the DNA sample of interest.

Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, April 25, 2013 - Thursday, April 25, 2013

Twenty-five of Canada’s leading scientists are hosting tables on interesting and exciting topics. Choose a subject and a scientist and spend the evening.

Toronto, ON.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - Wednesday, May 01, 2013

An interdisciplinary forum for scientists, engineers and technologists to discuss research and development of innovative tools that extend the bioanalytical capabilities of researchers.

Toronto, Ontario
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - Tuesday, April 30, 2013

At SickKids-hosted Café Scientifiques, science is on tap - bring your questions and join in the conversations!

Toronto, ON.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The event will feature presentations from 18 of the best ideas from Ontario's research centres.

Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - Friday, May 24, 2013

This workshop introduces the essential tools and strategies that are available through the free statistical workbench R.

Toronto, Ontario
Monday, May 27, 2013 - Friday, May 31, 2013

The CBW has developed a 5-day workshop covering the key bioinformatics concepts and tools required to analyze cancer genomic data sets.

Toronto, Ontario
Monday, May 27, 2013 - Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Canada's leading innovation-to-commercialization conference, showcasing leading-edge technologies, best practices and research in Ontario.

Toronto, Ontario
Monday, June 03, 2013 - Tuesday, June 04, 2013

The CBW has developed a 2-day course providing an introduction to RNA-seq data analysis followed by integrated tutorials demonstrating the use of popular RNA-seq analysis packages.

Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, June 05, 2013

The Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children cordially invites you to attend Being an Editor and the Editorial Process presented by Karen Carniol, Ph.D., Deputy Editor, Cell.

Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, June 06, 2013 - Friday, June 07, 2013

The CBW has developed a 2-day course covering the bioinformatics tools available for managing and interpreting high-throughput sequencing data.

Toronto, ON.
Monday, June 10, 2013 - Wednesday, June 12, 2013

The workshop is focused on the principles and concepts required for analyzing and conducting pathway analysis on a gene list from any organism, although focus will be on human and model Eukaryotic organisms.

Toronto, ON.
Friday, June 14, 2013 - Friday, June 14, 2013

D-MARK Biosciences, Integrated DNA Technologies, and The Mount Sinai Clinical Genomics Centre, are proud to bring you an all-day Next Generation Sequencing Symposium

Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, April 19, 2012 - Friday, September 07, 2012

The Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops is pleased to present its 2012 series of advanced bioinformatic workshops!

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Sunday, April 29, 2012

The conference builds on both the tradition of six Canadian Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical meetings and the success of four Canadian Human Genetics Conferences. This unique combination of expertise will promote scientific excellence and help with the development of collaborations both within - and between - the two areas of expertise.

Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, May 03, 2012 - Friday, May 04, 2012

The workshop will cover many topics ranging from understanding metabolomics technologies, data collection and analysis, using pathway databases, performing pathway analysis, conducting univariate and multivariate statistics, working with metabolomic databases and exploring chemical databases. Participants will be given various data sets and short assignments to assist with the learning process.

Toronto, Ontario
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Researchers from the Ontario Genomics Institute will lead open forum discussions of current scientific issues, while you find out how new drugs for cancer are developed, explore genetic mutations and heredity and extract DNA from a banana. Or enjoy hands-on demos and have your questions answered by our leading scientists.

Toronto, Ontario
Friday, May 18, 2012

Reducing the Health and Economic Burden of Chronic Diseases in Ontario: The Role of Biopharmaceuticals

Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, June 06, 2012

The Carbon Economy Summit is an exclusive one-day forum for business, environmental and government leaders focused on financial, environmental, and risk management performance in the low-carbon era.

Ottawa, Ontario
Monday, June 25, 2012 - Thursday, June 28, 2012

This joint conference is being organized and hosted by the Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology (University of Ottawa), The International Association for Protein Structure Analysis and Proteomics, and the China-Ontario BioAnalytic Consortium (COBAC).

Toronto, Ontario
Sunday, August 19, 2012 - Thursday, August 23, 2012

The International Conference on Systems Biology (ICSB) provides an annual authoritative overview of the latest developments in systems biology. ICSB 2012 will be centred on the University of Toronto campus in the heart of beautiful downtown Toronto.

Toronto, Ontario
Friday, October 19, 2012

Smart use of health data can reduce health care’s impending fiscal crisis, save lives through better research, and enable the use of mobile and smart phone technologies to improve medical diagnosis and revolutionize how doctors, patients and the health care system interact.

Join the Data Effect, and the leaders who are using data to re-shape the future of health care.

Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - Friday, October 26, 2012

Leaders in Innovation: AGILE is a new Executive Development Program focused on developing the business skills of scientists from across Canada whose work touches on genomic science strategies or related fields.

Toronto, ON.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Presented by UHN Bioethics, Princess Margaret Hospital and the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

Toronto, Ontario
Thursday, November 15, 2012

This year’s conference will build on the success of the previous three years with a focus on market access for medical technology.

Toronto, ON.
Saturday, November 24, 2012

A conference for medical laboratory technologists and technicians presented by the UHN Laboratory Medicine Program.

Ottawa, Ontario
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Join this celebratory event which will bring together a distinguished collection of some of the world’s foremost researchers in genomics to provide a critical look at scientific progress and achievements in disciplines such as evolutionary genomics, cancer, epigenomics, pharmacogenomics, biofuels, environmental remediation, fisheries & aquaculture, food security and safety, and more.

Ottawa, Ontario
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG), in partnership with StemCore Laboratories hosted a one-day training session in Ottawa on bioinformatics tools for interpreting gene lists from 'omics' data.

Toronto, ON
Friday, April 08, 2011

OGI hosted a one-day workshop focused on metagenomics and environmental microbiology. Ontario researchers were brought together to network and explore opportunities in this field including in the areas of bioremediation, biomonitoring and biomining.

London, ON
Friday, May 27, 2011

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG), in partnership with the London Regional Genomics Centre (LRGC), hosted a one-day training session in London on bioinformatics tools for interpreting gene lists from 'omics' data.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) Science with Industry workshop program presented a one-day symposium on commercializing an agriculture (plant or animal) product.

Toronto, Ontario
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) Science with Industry workshop program and MaRS Future of Medicine series joined forces to present a one-day workshop on molecular diagnostics.  Dx2010 Markers to Market brought together leading international researchers, regulatory representatives and entrepreneurs from the diagnostics sector to examine regulatory hurdles and commercialization challenges on the path from biomarker discovery to market for molecular diagnostics and prognostics.

Toronto, ON.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

OGI partnered with the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO) and the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) to host a workshop entitled: Barcoding – Towards a DNA PDA which featured focused discussions on the creation of an integrated DNA barcoding device to enable rapid, accurate and inexpensive on-site identification of any species.

Toronto, Ontario
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

OGI and Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT) co-hosted a symposium entitled ‘Engineering the Future – Synthetic Biology’ which focused on advancements, opportunities and challenges in the field of synthetic biology.

Toronto, Ontario
Monday, June 02, 2008

OGI and Invitrogen co-hosted a symposium entitled ‘Genome 2.0: New frontiers in epigenomics’ that addressed epigenetic regulation of gene expression with a special focus on chromatin biology, DNA methylation, non-coding RNAs and technology development.

Toronto, Ontario
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

OGI and The Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG) co-hosted two sessions on bioinformatics tools for "Pathway and Network Analysis” including Cytoscape and GeneMANIA.

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) co-sponsors Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops (CBW), which aim to train researchers on new technologies and the latest approaches being used in computational biology.

Montreal, Quebec
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - Wednesday, June 19, 2013

The BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology is the world's largest industrial biotechnology event for business leaders, investors, and policy makers in biofuels, biobased products, and renewable chemicals.

Sherbrooke, Quebec
Thursday, September 26, 2013 - Friday, September 27, 2013

Sherbrooke International Life Sciences Summit, is a not-to-be-missed event to get an overview of the life sciences industry and identify development perspectives.

Quebec City, Quebec
Wednesday, October 02, 2013 - Thursday, October 03, 2013

BioContactQuébec 2013 is a biopharmaceutical partnership symposium gathering over 300 participants.

Esterel, Quebec
Sunday, April 21, 2013 - Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Genetics (CIHR-IG), in collaboration with the Canadian Gene Cure Foundation (CGCF), is pleased to sponsor the Second Annual Canadian Human and Statistical Genetics Meeting.

Montreal, Quebec
Friday, May 11, 2012 - Friday, May 11, 2012

Quebec City, Quebec
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 - Thursday, October 04, 2012

BioContact Québec 2012 is a biopharmaceutical partnership symposium gathering over 800 participants.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Thursday, September 27, 2012 - Friday, September 28, 2012

Through a series of presentations by prominent scholars and panel discussions featuring key decision makers, this timely event will draw substantive conclusions and provide future direction for decision makers in the Canadian health care system.

Brussels, Belgium
Thursday, October 17, 2013 - Friday, October 18, 2013

Research Commercialisation is a new cross-discipline partnering event and will provide a platform for all those invovled in promoting university-industry-investor collaboration, technology transfer and start-ups.

Vienna, Austria
Monday, November 04, 2013 - Wednesday, November 06, 2013

BIO-Europe® is Europe's largest partnering conference, serving the global biotechnology industry.

Lyons, France
Sunday, March 24, 2013 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013

BIOVISION, an independent non-profit organization, brings together key decision makers from the academic, private, policy-making and civil society sectors, to translate innovative ideas into actionable solutions for the benefit of citizens.

Canberra, Australia
Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - Friday, April 05, 2013

CBA has invited world-class researchers in this exciting and rapidly expanding field to participate in a conference and series of small group workshops on Biodiversity Genomics with the aim to expose the broad community of biodiversity scientists to these recent advances and their application to diverse organisms.

Chicago, Illinois
Monday, April 22, 2013 - Thursday, April 25, 2013

Thousands of companies from around the world and all industry segments will be at BIO, ready to build strategic partnerships. Attend the Global Event for Biotechnology and you will reap the benefits of an efficient four days!

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - Thursday, May 16, 2013

The conference is organized by the Great Lakes Bioinformatics Consortium to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of research findings and methods.

Boston, Massachusetts
Thursday, April 19, 2012 - Friday, April 20, 2012

This conference will address the latest developments in pre-clinical and clinical trials of stem cell therapy, regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, cancer stem cells, stem cell reprogramming, and regulatory policies. The conference will also address the business opportunities and challenges coming out of recent advances in stem cell technology.

Hay on Wye, Wales
Sunday, June 03, 2012

Nobel Laureate James Watson, author of The Double Helix, will give the 2012 Telegraph Hay Festival's annual science lecture, in a talk chaired by novelist Ian McEwan.

Yokohama, Japan
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - Saturday, June 16, 2012

This is the 10th Annual Meeting for the International Society for Stem Cell Research.

Boston, Massachusetts
Monday, June 18, 2012 - Thursday, June 21, 2012

Las Vegas, Nevada
Monday, July 02, 2012 - Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Biomarkers-2012 is comprised of 11 tracks and 58 sessions designed to offer comprehensive sessions that address current issues in Biomarkers & Clinical Research.

Rotorua, New Zealand
Sunday, September 02, 2012 - Thursday, September 06, 2012

ABIC 2012 will be a mix of high-impact plenary and streamed sessions. The programme themes will be centred on the key drivers of change.

Uppsala, Sweden
Thursday, September 20, 2012 - Friday, September 21, 2012

Biobanking has become hot, and rather quickly. The technology, the claims and the investments are increasing, but what is the value we are chasing? The route from a human biological sample and registry data to real benefit for patients and public health is complex. Many activities make up this route: funding, ethical review, sample and data collection, storage, bioanalysis and bioinformatics. Each is intended to add value, but how do we make sure we see and increase the benefits?

Boston, Massachusetts
Wednesday, October 03, 2012 - Friday, October 05, 2012

This conference covers the key issues facing clinical genetics, personalized medicine, molecular diagnostics, and consumer-targeted DNA applications. It provides a unique outlet where all voices can be heard: pro & con, physician & consumer, research & clinical, academic & corporate, financial & regulatory.

Montgomery County, Maryland
Monday, October 22, 2012 - Tuesday, October 23, 2012

TTS Ltd., the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Johns Hopkins University Technology Transfer are pleased to announce that the 2012 edition of the TTS North America takes place at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins University in Montgomery County, Maryland.

New Orleans
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - Friday, November 02, 2012

MEEGID is a wide-ranging conference that deals with the molecular evolution of all pathogens: viruses, pathogenic bacteria, fungi, parasites and prions.

San Francisco, California
Tuesday, November 06, 2012 - Saturday, November 10, 2012

The ASHG Annual Meeting is the largest human genetics meeting and exposition in the world. This year’s meeting is expected to attract over 6,000 scientific attendees, plus nearly 200 exhibiting companies. ASHG members and leading scientists from around the world are selected to present their research findings at invited, platform, and poster sessions.

San Francisco, California
Monday, November 12, 2012 - Thursday, November 15, 2012

The RECOMB Conference on Regulatory and Systems Genomics is one of the premier annual meetings for computational and experimental scientists in the areas of regulatory genomics and systems biology.

Boston, Massachusetts
Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - Thursday, November 29, 2012

This year's two-day conference will once again bring the most current updates on Personalized Medicine and how recent experience may guide and inform the policies, plans and actions of stakeholders among government, academe and the private sector. Widely considered the premier event in the field, the conference attracts over 600 national and international thought leaders.

London, England
Tuesday, December 04, 2012 - Thursday, December 06, 2012

As the bridge between genotype and phenotype, the field of epigenetic research has enormous potential to progress diagnosis and therapy in oncology and the wider disease spectrum.

Bethesda, Maryland
Thursday, December 13, 2012 - Friday, December 14, 2012

Laboratories use more energy and water per square foot than other building types. As our laboratories age and equipment becomes obsolete, we have the opportunity to replace the equipment with more energy efficient models and implement energy saving technologies and strategies to ‘green’ our facilities. Reducing our energy consumption will reduce utility costs, preserve more funding for science, and benefit the environment by reducing emissions such as greenhouse gases.