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Past Events
August 9 - 10, 2010
Symposium Chair: Congressman Steve Israel (2nd District, New York, US House of Representatives)
Expert panels will discuss business opportunities and challenges in new energy technologies, and entrepreneurs will pitch their business plans to a panel of investors and financial industry experts.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 | 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM
The 13th Annual Summer Meeting will be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and includes presentations by local researchers, a poster competition, and an evening reception. Registration is free, and transportation will be provided.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 | 8:15 AM - 5:30 PM
Despite vast advances in biomedical research and technology, the medical school curriculum has remained mostly static for the past half century. This goal of this conference is to highlight innovative new models for physician training motivated by advances in science and technology, and to consider how to more closely link basic science and clinical training.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Uldis Blukis, PhD
The Lyceum Society is comprised of the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Speakers: Benjamin Bottner (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez (Sloan Kettering Institute), Ah-Ram Kim (SUNY Stonybrook) and Andrew Tomlinson (Columbia University)
The New York Area Drosophila Discussion Group meetings includes four presentations by graduate students and post-docs selected from area laboratories by the program committee, with an emphasis on new and emerging data.
Saturday, June 12, 2010 | 8:15 AM - 3:30 PM
Organizers: Linda Duffy (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH), Tri Duong (Texas A&M University), Marguerite Klein (Office of Dietary Supplements), Dan Levy (FDA), Mary Ellen Sanders (Dairy and Food Culture Technologies), and Howard Young (National Cancer Institute)
This symposium will facilitate the exchange of ideas regarding labeling and substantiation of claims for probiotics and discuss ways to translate and communicate research results in a trustful way to the consumer and health professionals.
Friday, June 11, 2010 | 7:30 AM - 6:45 PM
Organizers: Tri Duong (Texas A&M University), Marguerite Klein (Office of Dietary Supplements), Mary Ellen Sanders (Dairy and Food Culture Technologies), Howard Young (National Cancer Institute) and Kathy Granger (The New York Academy of Sciences)
An increased understanding of mechanisms and effects of probiotic activity will enable scientists to develop probiotic products to improve nutrition, treat diseases, or deliver vaccines.
Thursday, June 10, 2010 | 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Speakers: Mark Gerstein (Yale University), Avi Ma’ayan (Mount Sinai School of Medicine), and Stefano Monti (The Broad Institute)
Systems Biology tools such as modeling, algorithms and machine-learning techniques are used to unravel the complexity of regulatory networks, analyze genomics data, perform integrative surveys and mine protein and gene regulatory networks.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Speakers: Jerry Hultin (Polytechnic Institute of New York University), Irving Wladawsky-Berger (Levin Institute), Jim Singer (A.T. Kearney), and Garrick Utley (Levin Institute)
For two years, Innovate New York has examined key sectors of NYC's innovation economy. What are the lessons learned and next steps?
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Speakers: Lisa B. Marshall and Marc A. Wolfe (MarshallWolfe)
In both academia and industry a large part of professional success depends on the important ability to build and maintain your professional network. This interactive seminar will teach skills for effective networking.
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 | 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Keynote Speaker: Bill Jorgensen (Yale University)
The Chemical Biology Discussion Group brings together chemists and biologists interested in learning about the latest ideas in this rapidly growing field, and provides a forum for lively discussion and collaborations between chemists and biologists.
Monday, June 7, 2010 | 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: Richard D. Kolodner (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California San Diego)
The Genome Integrity Discussion Group presents meetings featuring talks by graduate students, post-docs, or laboratory heads from the tri-state area with an emphasis on new and emerging data in the area of chromosome biology and function.
Thursday, June 3, 2010 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speakers: George Church (Harvard Medical School) and Robert Green (Boston University School of Medicine)
Join Genomics pioneer Dr. George Church and Alzheimer's disease genetics leader Dr. Robert Green for an exclusive VIT (Very Important Teacher) reception at the 2010 World Science Festival. This event will be held at NYU's Kimmel Center, Rosenthal Pavilion, 60 Washington Square Park South.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Naomi Oreskes (University of California)
The History and Philosophy of Science Section of the New York Academy of Sciences holds multiple meetings covering a wide range of topics within the field.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speakers: Alan Alda, Lisa Randall, Michael Tuts, and Emma Sanders
Alan Alda moderates as Harvard's Lisa Randall, who is widely considered one of the world's top physicists, joins Columbia physicist Michael Tuts, and CERN writer Emma Sanders. Celebrating the US launch of an elaborate new pop-up book that depicts the ATLAS Experiment, they will explain the science happening at the Large Hadron Collider.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Speakers: Enikö Kramár (University of California, Irvine), Feng Liu (Pfizer), Bruce McEwen (Rockefeller University), and John Morrison (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Estrogens play a role in memory processes, yet molecular mechanisms and the role of estrogen receptors remain unclear. This meeting discusses estrogen signaling for memory formation and advances in dissecting out the pathways underlying these effects.
Monday, May 24, 2010 | 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Organizers: Doris Bucher (New York Medical College), Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)
Influenza viruses such as H1N1 continue to pose a major global public health problem, so understanding their pathogenicity and transmission is crucial. This symposium will revisit the 2009 outbreak and examine strategies against future outbreaks.
Thursday, May 20, 2010 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker: Lynn Vergano
The Lyceum Society is comprised of the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker: Matt Ridley
Join Science & the City as we host the noted science journalist and zoologist Matt Ridley for a talk about optimism, human progress, and prosperity based on his new book, The Rational Optimist.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010 | 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Organizers: Sarah Schlesinger (The Rockefeller University), Yegor Voronin (Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise) and Jennifer Henry (The New York Academy of Sciences)
Challenges in developing a vaccine against HIV / AIDS infection include genetic diversity of the virus, and predictive models of infection. This symposium tackles each challenge in turn, and covers other mechanisms to reduce HIV transmission.
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