Just to let my readers know that I have opened up this blog so that Dr Claire Morgan and Dr Gail Whiting can also place posts here. They can give you more insight into what is happening with Euroscicon on a day to day basis. I will continue to contribute to this blog as usual and also, on a more personal level , to my new blog on Nature Network - http://network.nature.com/blogs/user/shara
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About Me - Dr Shara B.A. Cohen
I have been interested in science for longer than I care to remember, being a member of the British Association of Young Scientists from the age of 15. In the 80's I studied Applied Biology (BSc-1985) and went on to focus on Immunology (PhD-1989). I then took my research to New York for a few years, returning to the UK in 90's where I became a senior scientist, university lecturer and head of a research group. I left mainstream science on the birth of my first daughter in 2000 and established and currently manage Euroscicon . I also founded and oversee Mums in Science. I have over 100 scientific papers, books and book chapters and have been active in bringing science to the non-scientist, by written communications and television. I am also a scientific consultant and sit on several advisory boards. I live in London with my husband, two daughters and two cats If you want to know even more about me (why?) please click here
About My Work
I run a company called Euroscicon which specializes in producing unique Life Science Events. Our meetings offer scientists a valuable opportunity to move forward with current research, methodological and technical developments, with a good mix of high quality talks from both academic speakers and companies. I also established the popular science portal - Mums in Science - for busy mums who work or have worked in any area of science (and am currently the Chief Executive Officer). More information about Euroscicon and Mums in Science can be found in the right hand column My sites
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Saturday, June 9
Thursday, February 7
New site for PhD students
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Thu 07 Feb 2008 12:36 PM GMT
EuroSciCon have launched an interactive website for PhD students and people thinking of embarking on a PhD. Called 'Purely Phd', this site contains lots of useful information and relevant links. more »
Wednesday, January 23
Spring meetings from EuroSciCon
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Wed 23 Jan 2008 12:50 PM GMT
EuroSciCon (www.euroscicon.com) announce more CPD accredited meetings for you this Spring. Read on for more details... more »
Friday, January 11
Book now for IHC meeting - places nearly half price until Jan 20th
by
Dr Claire Morgan
on Fri 11 Jan 2008 09:57 AM GMT
Just to let you know, the early registration deadline for EuroSciCon’s ‘Improving Immunohistochemistry’ meeting is January 20th so if you want to attend, do book now and you'll be paying nearly half price! This CPD accredited meeting is being held on 25th April 2008 at the University of Westminster, London. more »
Thursday, December 6
International line-up for Elispot meeting
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Thu 06 Dec 2007 01:07 PM GMT
There is an international line-up of speakers at EuroSciCon's 'ELISPOT technology: Newer tricks' meeting on 8th July 2008 at BioPark Hertfordshire. This CPD accredited meeting will discuss the advances made in ELISPOT technology including the range of cytokines that can be measured, as well discussions on assay development and applications to both basic and clinical research.
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Monday, December 3
Ever thought of setting up a biotech business?
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Mon 03 Dec 2007 10:50 AM GMT
David Wallder (CEO, Wallder Consulting Ltd) has agreed to speak at EuroSciCon's 'How can I spin out my research and become a company?' meeting on 14th March 2008. If you are considering setting up your own company then this is the event for you! The deadline for early registration is fast approaching so book now and save £££s. more »
Tuesday, November 27
Get CPD points at EuroSciCon meetings
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Tue 27 Nov 2007 12:49 PM GMT
Do you need to boost the number of points in your CPD scheme? All of EuroSciCon's meetings give 6 CPD points from the IBMS. Furthermore, register before the early registration deadlines and save £££s. more »
Thursday, November 22
Feedback for our Dendritic Cells meeting on 16th Nov 2007
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Dr Gail Whiting
on Thu 22 Nov 2007 10:45 AM GMT
The meeting “Understanding dendritic cells and their ability to regulate immune responses” held on 16th November 2007 at the BioPark brought together a great mix of participants to discuss the roles of different DC subsets in immunoregulation.
Delegates commented on the very interesting presentations and said that the meeting was well put together with an excellent panel of speakers and talks following logically after one another and plenty of opportunities to talk to the other scientists, especially those prominent in the field. more »
Wednesday, November 21
Early registration deadlines approaching for 2008 meetings
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Wed 21 Nov 2007 01:09 PM GMT
EuroSciCon have now released their meetings calendar for 2008. For some, the early registration deadlines are fast approaching so to get half price registrations do register as soon as possible. more »
Friday, November 16
Surviving as a woman in science - read the feedback here
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Dr Gail Whiting
on Fri 16 Nov 2007 10:00 AM GMT
The “Surviving as a woman in science” meeting held on November 2nd at the BioPark brought together women from many different scientific backgrounds and at different stages in their careers to hear some inspirational talks and to discuss the stategies for combining a career with family commitments and to succeed in achieving their goals. more »
Thursday, November 15
View the feedback for the "Internal Ribosomal Entry Site: Advances and applications" meeting
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Dr Gail Whiting
on Thu 15 Nov 2007 10:00 AM GMT
There was a great line up of speakers for the recent meeting “Internal Ribosomal Entry Site: Advances and applications” held on Oct 23rd at the BioPark, Hertfordshire.
The meeting brought together experts studying the mechanism of action of IRES elements and their role in translational control of viral and cellular protein synthesis, to review the latest research in this area. The biotechnological exploitation of these elements, for example in gene therapy and protein expression vectors was also discussed. more »
Monday, November 5
Buy meeting proceedings and save £100!
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Mon 05 Nov 2007 11:20 AM GMT
EuroSciCon announce that for a limted period of 3 months their books of proceedings will be reduced to £25. After this period the cost will go up to £125.. So if you were thinking of buying a copy, do it now and save £100! These books are highly informative as they contain contributions from the speakers at each meeting. This written record is ideal for use as reference. more »
Part-time and permanent positions available with EuroSciCon
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Mon 05 Nov 2007 11:17 AM GMT
Euroscicon are looking to expand their ‘day management team’ and require enthusiastic people to front their registration and technical assistant roles. The positions are flexible and hours are 8:30 to 5:30 on the days that you choose to work. No experience required and full training is given. What we do want is enthusiasm and the ability to work in a team and to take on responsibly. more »
Wednesday, October 24
Impressive line-up for bacteriophage meeting
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Wed 24 Oct 2007 03:17 PM BST
Professor Maggie Smith (Institute of Medical Sciences,University of Aberdeen) will be speaking at EuroSciCon's 'Bacteriophages: Nature and Exploitation' meeting on 22nd February 2008. The topic of her discussion will be 'Novel anti-phage systems in bacteria' . The line-up for this meeting is looking great more »
Friday, October 19
Molecular Farming meeting, 50% off registration
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Fri 19 Oct 2007 01:13 PM BST
The early registration deadline for EuroSciCon's (www.euroscicon.com) 'Molecular Farming - plant biologicals' meeting on January 29th 2008 is tomorrow! But don't worry if you miss this deadline, you can get 50% off the registration fee if you just enter the following code more »
Tuesday, October 16
Genomics and Chemical Space - meeting feedback
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Dr Gail Whiting
on Tue 16 Oct 2007 01:53 PM BST
We held a really interesting and topical meeting “Genomics and Chemical Space: a new locus for drug discovery” last Friday, October 12th 2007.
This meeting dealt with the concepts of ‘biological space’ – structural genomics and computation – and ‘chemical space’ – identifying fragments and how they interact and how these may be exploited to identify potential drug targets and drug molecules. more » Friday, October 5
Companion Animal Disease meeting - Delegates Feedback
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Dr Gail Whiting
on Fri 05 Oct 2007 02:39 PM BST
The meeting was well received by the delegates although it was a shame that the meeting wasn’t better attended as there was an excellent range of talks including advances in cancer medicine, obesity, hypertension and kidney disease, immunodeficiency and potential applications of stem cell therapy. more »
Wednesday, October 3
Feedback for Toll-like receptors meeting on Sept 25th
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Dr Gail Whiting
on Wed 03 Oct 2007 01:58 PM BST
We had a very good meeting "Toll-like receptors - Investigating innate immunity & infection" on September 25th 2007. All the feedback received was very positive and we also had a lot of good comments from the delegates. The content and the standard of the speakers’ presentations were particularly appreciated.
The delegates said "Great meeting. Many thanks", "Meeting was an ideal size with time to think about the presentations – not information overload!", "Well organised and informative", "Good scope of presentations, well organised", "Very nice choice of topics. Euroscicon did a really good job organising speakers and producing information". more »
Tuesday, October 2
Launch of Jobshare UK
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Tue 02 Oct 2007 03:05 PM BST
The UKRC is delighted to announce that JobshareUK at www.jobshare-uk.com went live on 17th September. Because we recognise that it can be especially difficult to find flexible or part-time work in the sectors of science, engineering, technology and the built environment, RETURN became a partner in JobshareUK, with Equals One & Encore Recruitment and Working Families. The aim of JobshareUK is to offer quality flexible working and job share opportunities across the SET sectors in a wide variety of positions across the UK.
Register to find out more more »
Get 50% off the registration fee for genomics meeting
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Tue 02 Oct 2007 11:26 AM BST
There is still time to book a place at our 'Genomics and Chemical Space: a new Locus for Drug Discovery' meeting on 12th October 2007. Even though the early registration deadline has passed, EuroSciCon are offering 50% off the registration cost. more »
Tuesday, September 25
Great line-up for dendritic cell meeting
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Tue 25 Sep 2007 01:00 PM BST
Dr Jagadeesh Bayry (Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers¸ France) will be speaking at our 'Understanding dendritic cells and their ability to regulate immune responses' meeting on November 16th 2007 more »
Friday, September 21
Blood Brain barrier meeting - Feedback from our delegates
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Dr Gail Whiting
on Fri 21 Sep 2007 10:52 AM BST
We held a fascinating meeting this Summer which brought together experts researching the physiology and the pathology of the Blood Brain Barrier to the BioPark Hertfordshire on July 17th 2007. I've posted the feedback that we received from our delegates here. Please feel free to add your comments if you were at this event (or if you did not attend, let us know what you would like from this sort of meeting). more »
Proteomics and biomarker meeting, November 23rd
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Fri 21 Sep 2007 10:12 AM BST
There is a great line-up of talks at EuroSciCon's 'Proteomics: advances in biomarker discovery' meeting on 23rd November 2007.
''This meeting examines the use of proteomics in the identification of biomarkers using a variety of old, new and developing technologies'', Meeting Chair - Dr Ayesha De Souza, St. George's Hospital, London more »
Wednesday, September 12
Special offer for companion animals meeting
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Wed 12 Sep 2007 01:32 PM BST
EuroSciCon are offering 5 places for only £99 each at their 'Companion Animal Disease: research, diagnosis and treatment' meeting on Friday, September 28, 2007. The meeting is CPD accredited and will be held at BioPark Hertfordshire. more »
Tuesday, September 11
"Technological advances in understanding host responses to parasites and parasite manipulation of host responses" - the feedback
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Dr Gail Whiting
on Tue 11 Sep 2007 10:00 AM BST
Dear readers, please find the feedback for the Parasitology meeting “Technological advances in understanding host responses to parasites and parasite manipulation of host responses” which we held on 29th June 2007 at the BioPark, Hertfordshire. more »
Monday, September 10
Want to know more about Toll-like receptors?
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Mon 10 Sep 2007 10:16 AM BST
Just a quick reminder about EuroSciCon’s 'Toll-like receptors - Investigating innate immunity & infection ' which is coming up on 25 September 2007 at The BioPark, Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City. more »
Monday, July 2
Two more books
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Mon 02 Jul 2007 10:11 AM BST
We are happy to announce that we have produced two more books of proceedings for our meetings. Order them here... more »
Monday, June 18
End of year meetings from EuroSciCon
by
Dr Claire Morgan
on Mon 18 Jun 2007 12:57 PM BST
Autumn will be a busy time for us at EuroSciCon; there are lots of meetings for us to run! The early registration deadlines are approaching so book now before the Summer holidays and save yourself some money! All are being held at BioPark Hertfordshire, a research and development centre located between Cambridge, Oxford and London (Central London is just 30 minutes travel by train). more »
Monday, June 11
Book now for Toll-Like Receptors meeting
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Dr Claire Morgan
on Mon 11 Jun 2007 12:44 PM BST
EuroSciCon are holding the following meeting, 'Toll-like receptors - Investigating innate immunity & infection' on 25 September 2007 at The BioPark, Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City. If you are interested in this subject do come along. The early registration deadline is approaching (June 20th) so book now. more »
Tuesday, May 8
DNA micro arrays: from profiles to biology-1st May- the FEEDBACK
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sharaco
on Tue 08 May 2007 09:15 PM BST
Unfortunately I couldn’t make the meeting on May 1st, but I hear it went very well. I was told that The Chair (Prof Schoenmakers) was very helpful and gave a nice introduction at the beginning of the meeting. All the speakers gave good presentations and were confident speakers. All the feedback about the content very good. more »
Monday, April 2
Another Euroscicon Press release from Claire
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sharaco
on Mon 02 Apr 2007 01:00 PM BST
Following the success of their proceedings for their “Glycomics: Challenges and Technologies” meeting, EuroSciCon have produced another book of proceedings for their recent 'Identifying T cell subset phenotype and function' meeting more »
Sunday, April 1
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