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Learning, Skill Acquisition, Reading, and Dyslexia


Neural Signaling: Opportunities for Novel Diagnostic Approaches and Therapies


The Year in Immunology 2008


Addiction Reviews 2008


Environmental Challenges in the Pacific Basin

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Academy Spotlight

Science and Innovation Week
Planning Mexico City's High-Tech Future
NYAS brought together leaders in biomedicine, green energy, urban development, and innovation policy to discuss how science and technology could transform Mexico's capital. A new eBriefing documents the highlights.
eBriefing | posted Dec 1, 2008

Academy Events
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Dec 4, 2008 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Communicating Science in a Changing World: How the Past, Present, and Future of Communication Influences Scientific Priorities and Support
Speaker: Matthew Nisbet, American University
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Dec 8, 2008 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Organ Toxicity in Drug Development: Biomarkers and Novel Approaches
Speakers: Ellen Evans, Schering-Plough Corporation; Liang Guo, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.; Sally Hargus, Food and Drug Administration/CDER; Diwakar Jain, Drexel University College of Medicine; Thomas T. Kawabata, Pfizer Global Research and Development; William B. Mattes, The Critical Path Institute; John R. Senior, Food and Drug Administration/CDER; James Stoltz, Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Paul Watkins, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; James Weaver, Food and Drug Administration/CDER; Jinghai James Xu, Merck & Co. Inc.
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Dec 8, 2008 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Multimedia Instruction: Implications for the Future of Teaching through Technology
Speaker: Richard Velayo, Pace University
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Dec 8, 2008 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Moveable Feast of Economy and Biology: Thirty Years after Sex/Gender
Speaker: Kath Weston, University of Virginia
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Academy Conferences
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Dec 5, 2008 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Public Health and Human Rights: The Work Ahead of Us
Location: The New York Academy of Sciences, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich St. at Barclay St., 40th fl.
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Jan 26, 2009 - Jan 28, 2009
Biomarkers in Brain Disease
Location: Said Business School, Oxford University, UK
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Academy eBriefings
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Keynote Speaker: Sam Pitroda, Alvin Toffler, Jerry Hultin, Hugo Santana, Rajendra Pachauri, Harry Kroto, Robert Richardson, Rajeev Sethi, Robert Engle, Sherwood Rowland, Russell Read
Sponsored by: The New York Academy of Sciences
posted Dec 1, 2008
Speakers: Lakshmi Devi, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Jonathan Javitch, Columbia U.; Craig Lindsley, Vanderbilt U.; Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen, Temple U. School of Medicine; Geneviève Oligny-Longpré, U. of Montreal; Ken Valenzano, Amicus Therapeutics; Jonathan Violin, Trevena Inc.
posted Nov 26, 2008
Speakers: Paul Torcellini, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Paul Schwer, PAE Consulting Engineers; Clark Brockman, SERA
posted Nov 21, 2008
Moderator: Andrew Marshall, Nature Biotechnology
Speakers: Ralph Marcello, Deloitte Consulting LLP; Alan E. Smith, Genzyme; Robert A. Copeland, EpiZyme, Inc.; Cole Werble, The RPM Report; Peter Vaccari, FDA; Barbara B. Mittleman, NIH
Sponsored by: Science Alliance
posted Nov 4, 2008
Speakers: Marc Feldmann and Sir Ravinder Maini, Imperial College London; Lawrence Steinman, Stanford U.; Peter Lipsky, NIAMS; Peter Barnes, NHLBI
Sponsored by: Johnson & Johnson
posted Oct 29, 2008

Academy News
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Promising Researchers Honored with Second Annual New York Academy of Sciences Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists

Imprisoned Cuban Physician, Guatemalan Forensic Scientist Win NYAS Human Rights Award

Presidents of Cornell and Syracuse Universities, Mount Sinai Medical Center among New Members of NYAS Board of Governors



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