Posted on September 29, 2010 by BioJobBlogger

Meeting Update: BioConference Live:Clinical Diagnostics

The fourth BioConference Live: Clinical Diagnostics meeting will be taking place on October 20-21, 2010.   This online-only, live, interactive virtual event will cover new technologies, best practices and other pertinent topics for Clinical Diagnostics professionals. Registration is free and all interested persons can attend!  The conference is accredited by the ASCLS American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science and Professional Acknowledgment for Continuing Education (P.A.C.E.).

Therapeutic areas to be covered include: Infectious Diseases, Cancer, Diabetes, Allergy & Immunology, Cardiology, Point of Care, Automation, Molecular Diagnostics, Hematology, Laboratory Testing, Stem Cells, Protein Arrays, and Clinical Chemistry.

Some of the featured speakers include:

  1. Alan Wu Ph.D., Chief of Clinical Chemistry & Toxicology & Prof. Laboratory Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital and University of California, San Francisco
  2. Steven Burrill, CEO Burrill & Company
  3. David Persing M.D. Ph.D., Chief Medical and Technology Officer, Cepheid
  4. Peter Gilligan Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology-Immunology UNC Hospitals
  5. Thomas Goodwin Ph.D., Project Scientist (NxPCM) and Director Disease Modeling & Tissue Analogues Laboratory NASA
  6. Steven Binder, Director Technology Development Bio-Rad Laboratories
  7. Brad Karon M.D., Ph.D., FCAP, FACB, Vice Chair of Education in the Department of Laboratory Medicine Mayo Clinic
  8. Alex Rai Ph.D., Director, Specialty Laboratory, Chief Scientific Officer, Center for Advanced Laboratory Medicine, Columbia University
  9. Robert Fitzgerald Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of California San Diego

Login will take place on October 20th and 21st between 9 AM and 6 PM EST.

Sign Up Now and have a chance to win an iPad if you refer a friend!

Until next time...

Good Luck and Good Learning!!!!!!!!

 

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Posted on May 18, 2010 by BioJobBlogger

BioConference Live Returns on June 2&3, 2010

Last year, the first BioConference Live event was held. For those of you who may not have heard about BioConference Live, it is a free, online biotechnology and pharmaceutical event that features keynote speakers and live presentations, a lobby and even a virtual exhibit hall. The success of the inaugural meeting has prompted the conference promoters to organize a second BioConference Live event which will be held on June 2 & 3.

The June event will feature over 50 live keynote and seminar presentations and include topics such as cancer research, drug discovery, cell biology, genomics, proteomics, lab automation, bioinformatics, and infectious diseases. Some of the featured speakers include:David Wolf M.D. NASA Astronaut, Steven Burrill CEO of Burrill & Company, Kevin Hrusovsky, CEO of Caliper Life Sciences, and Paul Schoemaker, Ph.D. Chairman and CEO Decision Strategies International, Inc. To view the complete BioConference Live agenda click here. For a complete list of speakers click here

To learn more, and register for free, visit http://bioconferencelive.com/. If you register, attend, and recommend 3 friends, you can win an iPad.

I hope to see you (sort of) at the conference.

Until next time….

Good Luck and Good Job Hunting!!!!!!

 

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