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IRB Barcelona organizes the Barcelona BioMed Conferences, an international forum in which to debate cutting-edge research in biomedical sciences
The Institute for Research in Biomedicine launches the Barcelona BioMed Conference Programme, starting in October 2006. These conferences will bring together leading researchers to present and discuss breakthroughs in the fields of biomedicine.
Each of these meetings will involve around 20 speakers, selected from among leading international researchers, and about 40 additional participants. IRB Barcelona strives to create a highly focused think-tank atmosphere for a small and select group of attendees. The registration will be free and the participants will be selected on the basis of their scientific experience.
There are five Barcelona BioMed Conferences programmed between October 2006 and October 2007:
NMR in Drug Discovery
19-21 October 2006
Chairs: E. Giralt (IRB Barcelona/UB, Barcelona, Spain), M. Pons (IRB/UB, Barcelona, Spain), M. Pellechia (The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA)
RNAi: Basic biology to clinical impact
11-13 December 2006
Chairs: R. Eritja (IRB Barcelona/CSIC, Barcelona, Spain), G. Hannon (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA)
The regulation of chromatin functions
26-28 March 2007
Chairs: F. Azorin (IRB Barcelona/UB, Barcelona, Spain), T. Kouzarides (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Center, Gurdon Institute, London, UK)
Inflammation and Chronic Disease
25-27 June 2007
Chairs: C. Caelles (IRB Barcelona/UB, Barcelona, Spain), M. Karin (University of California, San Diego, CA, USA)
Stem cells and cancer
1-3 October 2007
Chairs: E Batlle (IRB Barcelona/UB, Barcelona, Spain), H. Clevers (Hubrecht Laboratory, Utrecht, the Netherlands)
The information, programme, topics to be considered, list of invited speakers, registration form and other detailed information about each of these conferences will be updated regularly at the site BARCELONA BIOMED CONFERENCES.
The Barcelona BioMed Conferences are organized by the IRB Barcelona with the collaborations of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation (FBBVA).
About IRB Barcelona
The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
