Global emergence and re-emergence of major infectious diseases is a growing and potentially gigantic world problem. A consequence of globalization is that events in one part of the world may rapidly impact on the local health status of multiple other world locations. This program bridges medical, biological, and geographical aspects of infectious disease epidemiology. This unique multidisciplinary Master course (held in English), which is given in collaboration with the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI), is designed for science/medical students with special interest in spread and control of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.
The application procedure is now open until April 15, 2009. For application documents and information material please email to: Magnus Johansson magnus.johansson@sh.se
The availability of complete genome sequences of an increasing number of species is having a major impact on novel biomedical approaches to human disease. Biomedical sciences and animal model system-based research will thus be of high significance for future human medicine.
The international Biomedical Genomics Master course is a collaboration between the School of Life Sciences at Sodertorn University and the Karolinska Institute Medical University, covering biological and medical aspects of genome sequence, gene expression and function in development, physiology and disease.
This unique biomedical Master course covers modern approaches to couple genes to diseases, and vice versa, e.g. translating genome structure and sequence into epigenetic regulation and gene function in cells, tissues and organs throughout animal development and in physiology. The course content is strongly based on animal model systems, e.g. D. rerio, C. elegans, and D. melanogaster. All courses are in English.
Applications are accepted now, until April 15, 2009. Applications after April 15 are accepted on a space availability basis. For application documents and information material please email to: Per Kylsten per.kylsten@sh.se
The zebrafish, an established model in developmental genetics, is gaining increasing popularity in the area of toxicology, both in research and potential regulatory applications. Particularly the use of embryos exhibits a number of advantages which make this model superior and/or complementary to others. Embryos are considered as alternatives to animal testing. While providing an ethically acceptable small scale analysis system they exhibit the complexity of a complete organism.
This is the first international workshop that aims to bring together scientist using the fish embryo model in the context of toxicology and teratology. Keynote speakers will provide insight in the latest advancements in high throughput analysis, toxicogenomics and regulatory acceptance as replacement for animal experiments. Oral and poster presentations by participants are welcome. Discussion groups will allow to identify major advantages, limitations and future research needs of the zebrafish embryo model and to establish collaborations.
The workshop is organised by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH. The registration is open now! We recommend to register as early as possible since the number of participants will be limited to about 120. You can register now but submit your abstract later (deadline 15. July 2010). For more information and details please visit our workshop homepage www.zebrafish-embryo.net.
Dr. Stefan Scholz
Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstrasse 15 / 04318 Leipzig / Germany
Stefan.Scholz@ufz.de / http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=2121
phone +49 341 235 1080 / Fax +49 341 235 1787
The relative simple nervous system of the zebrafish shares many fundamental similarities with other vertebrates, including humans. Even complex brain function, such as emotional, motivational and cognitive processes are conserved and can be robustly assesed in zebrafish. The combination of this behavioral repertoire with its ever increasing genetic tool box makes the zebrafish an attractive model to study the genetic and pathophysiological basis of neurological and psychiatric diseases.
This workshop aims to bring bring together experts in neurobiology and behaviour to identify priority areas for research and to forge collaborations.
The number of participants is limited.
For more information and to register please visit::
http://eshop.qmul.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=100&deptid=34
Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail to: sbcs-zebraconf@qmul.ac.uk
Submission deadline is August 1st, 2010
Additional talks will be selected from the abstracts.
We are looking forward to see you in September.
The organizing committee: Caroline Brennan, Laure Bally-Cuif, Stephan Neuhauss
Join us September 20-22, 2010 as we convene for the 5th Aquatic Animal Models for Human Disease Conference being held at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon.
This conference will provide investigators with a unique opportunity to exchange scientific information, identify research tools and opportunities, and encourage enhancement of the utility of aquatic models for studies of human disease.
The science: a range of presentations on recent discoveries from a variety of fields that are not typically covered in more specialized scientific conferences
The technology: introduction and discussion of technologies being developed using aquatic models
The resources: current resources available and identify resource needs of the research community essential to support advancement of a variety of animal models
The results: information within a broad range of disciplines involving various animal models, required methods and proven approaches
We are now accepting abstracts to be presented at the 5th Acquatic Animal Models for Human Research Conference. For more information, please read the Call for Abstracts. Abstracts are due by Monday, August 30, 2010 at 5:00pm PST.
The purpose of this course is to familiarize the participant with the fundamental principles of ornamental fish and aquatic invertebrates' management and medicine. This course is open to veterinarians and non-veterinarians alike. Attendees will learn about the following topics: water quality, recirculating aquatic systems, diagnostic techniques, environmental diseases, infectious diseases, neoplasia, therapeutics, anesthesia and analgesia.
http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/conted/fish.htm
State of the art imaging is crucial for most of today's biological and biomedical research. Advances in imaging technology enables us to produce excellent image data sets, yet the knowledge of adequate data mining tools is often lagging far behind.
This symposium sets out to initiate a platform for knowledge exchange in the field of image data extraction and image mining.
A preliminary program and registration information is available at: http://symposium.4imaging.de/
Organization:
Thorsten Schwerte: +43-512-507-6193, thorsten.schwerte@uibk.ac.at
Martin Offterdinger: +43-512-9003-70284, martin.offterdinger@i-med.ac.at
Dirk Meyer: +43-512-507-6280, dirk.meyer@uibk.ac.at
Applications are now opened to the IInd EMBO practical course on 3D Developmental Imaging, October 1-9, 2010 in Portugal.
This is an intensive course with seminars in advanced topics with top-researchers in the field, demonstrations from equipment vendors as well as extensive practical sessions where the students will develop their projects and use the equipment available.
Topics addressed in seminars and in practicals include:
Microscopy/imaging development; Fluorescence & GFP
Multidimensional (3/4D)Imaging
Confocal and Multiphoton Microscopy, OPT, SPIM/DSLM
MicroMRI/CT imaging
Analysis of cell movement and tissue morphogenesis
3D Image Processing and analysis
Publication of 3D images/movies
Students are encouraged to bring their own samples!
For more information check the website here: http://cwp.embo.org/pc10-37/index.html
Note that this is an highly competitive advanced course WITH ALL EXPENSES COVERED BY EMBO, except the airfares to and from Lisbon, which are the responsibility of the candidates. Additional financing for international travel costs will be available for candidates from underdeveloped countries.
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JUNE 15TH!!!
The Norwegian Zebrafish Platform and the Zebrafish Network Norway are pleased to welcome you to the 2nd Annual ZNN Conference and meeting the 29-31 October.
The co-organized "zebrafish.no phd course 2010" will take place 29 october- 5 November 2010.
Registration deadline is 30 September. Abstract deadline is 15 October.
For more information and registration, go to: http://zebrafish.no
(Organizers: Phil Ingham, Karuna Sampath & Christoph Winkler)
On: November 08 Monday 2010
Venue: TLL Auditorium, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore
Abstract and Registration deadline: 20th September 2010
For more information and registration, please see http://www.tll.org.sg/content/zebrafish-symposium
Organizers: Sharon Amacher, David Raible, Erez Raz
Every winter term starting in October the Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC) of Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany, offers the two-year international Master's programme "Molecular Bioengineering". It is taught completely in English. Applicants must hold a Bachelor's or an equivalent qualification in Biology / Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry / Biochemistry, Computer science, Materials science, Medicine, Nanotechnology or Physics.
The application procedure is now open, application deadline is 15 June 2008. The application forms and further information material can be found on the following website: http://www.biotec.tu-dresden.de/teaching.
Please visit our extensive website at www.zebrafish2011.org for further information on all aspects of the meeting.
Registration open from the 6th of September, 2010.
Very much looking forward to seeing you in Edinburgh,
Catherina Becker, Thomas Becker, David Lyons, and Liz Patton.
Ensembl is a joint project of the European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, funded mainly by the Wellcome Trust, with additional funding from EMBL and NIH-NIAID. These courses are coordinated by Xosé M Ferández (xose@ebi.ac.uk), member of the Ensembl team involved with user queries and workshops. Throughout the year we run a number of workshops, thus have developed a quite extensive 1-day course suitable for up to 30 people with a hands-on training aspect in Ensembl that should help the attendees get the most out of the system and apply it to their own projects. We are aiming to give this course once a month, and we are considering requests for this coming year (2005).
Workshop: "Access to genes and genomes with Ensembl"
We will introduce the latest developments on the website, emphasising tools for data mining. Practical exercises will assist the researcher in learning to get the best out of the data available, and some time will be allocated for participants to query the Ensembl team about issues derived from their own research. Short presentations followed by case studies.
Topics covered will be:
Pre-Requisites: Course participants should have some biology background to understand different kinds of genomic annotation presented within Ensembl.
The deal is that you have to pay for travel and accommodation for someone, but that is the only cost. For European travel this works out to be pretty cheap (especially as we are close to Stanstead and Ryanair prices are just silly). For US locations we would suggest both for your cost and the sanity of the helpdesk people that two or three near-ish (in US terms...) institutes organise a potential road-show.
The course requires an IT room of (say) 20 PC's with internet connection and a way for one of the machines to be projected. The course lasts one day and can be somewhat customised to the location. Usually one can have up to 2 people per machine.
If people are interested in this, please contact Xosé Fernández (xose@ebi.ac.uk) for more details and potential arrangements.