James V. Neel Distinguished University Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics
University of Michigan

Professor of Biochemistry
Ingram Professor of Cancer Research
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Pathology and Immunology
Washington University of St. Louis

Professor of Immunology
Duke University

Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Frank Wister Thomas Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Associate Professor, Anatomy and Structural Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Assistant Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Assistant Professor, Immunology Program, The Wistar Program

Virology Laboratory and Vector Core Section
Vaccine Research Center
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

"Addressing Viral Diversity in Vaccine Design for AIDS and Influenza"

Genentech, Inc.

Recent approaches to drug discoveries focus upon the better understanding of the biochemical pathways that govern the pathogenesis of diseases at a molecular level. Previous studies have shown that malignant cells of many cancers expressed on their surface in high density, a genomic product VPAC1 combined for vasoactive intestinal and pituitary adenylate cyclase activating peptide. These finger prints, the receptors, encode G protein, involved in cell proliferation, differentiation and cell survival. On benign or normal cells, only a few VPAC1 receptors are present. We therefore hypothesized that targeting VPAC1 using a specific biomolecule labeled with a positron emitting radionuclide will permit us not only to image early cancers of the breast (BC), prostate (PC) and lung (LC), but will also distinguish benign lesions from malignant masses. Early data shall be presented.

Register here: http://sciencecenter.cal.basecampbusiness.com/node/410241

Presenter: Mathew L. Thakur, Ph.D
Title: Director, Laboratories of Pharmaceutical Research & Molecular Imaging
Professor of Radiology and Radiation Oncology
Affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University

EOP's STEM Diversity Career Expo
May 31, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Washington, DC
Admission is free, but pre-registration and business dress is required: www.eop.com/stemexpo

EOP's STEM Diversity Career Expo is for members of minority groups, women, and people with disabilities (including wounded warriors) in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) career disciplines. Join us at our Washington, DC, STEM Career Expo to meet Fortune 500 companies and government agencies looking to recruit new talent (including National Credit Union, Next Era Energy, Raytheon, Silver Sponsor, Microstrategy, U.S. Navy PEOIS, US Navy Strategic Systems, Norfolk Southern, National Security Agency, and many more. You must pre-register online in order to attend the event: http://www.eop.com/stemexpo. Admission is free. You must be at least 18 years of age and dressed in business attire. Bring numerous resumes to give potential employers.

If you are interested in being considered by employers but cannot attend the event, please still pre-register, choosing the indication that you will not be able to attend, so that your resume may be included on a CD-ROM distributed to the attending organizations.

The expo will take place at the Ronald Reagan International Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Hosted by Equal Opportunity Publications, Inc. Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society and Women In Technology International (WITI).

The orientation is designed to provide resources and support to help you make a smooth and efficient transition into the Perelman School of Medicine. Our objectives are that upon completion of the program you will:feel welcome to the Perelman School of Medicine;understand the Perelman School of Medicine's past, mission and vision for the future;understand the Perelman School of Medicine's organizational and reporting structure;be able to identify relevant functional departments, their contact names and numbers;be able to identify the resources that are available to support you as a Perelman School of Medicine employee.This orientation is designed specifically for your experience at the Perelman School of Medicine. You are also encouraged to attend the general University's orientation when invited.

****Registration is free but is mandatory and will be limited to 150 participants.****

The Center for Genetics and Complex Traits (CGACT) of the University of Pennsylvania will host a one-day conference on Genetic Epidemiology and Statistics: Methods and Applications in the Next Generation Sequencing Age, on May 17, 2013 at the Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel.

The 2013 Mid-Atlantic Genetic Epidemiology and Statistics (MAGES) Conference is primarily intended to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scientists from the Mid-Atlantic regions working in the fields of statistical genetics and genetic epidemiology, but is open to participants from everywhere. The forum will provide an opportunity for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students working in these fields to convene and review new developments in these areas of research. The program will feature three sessions with three invited speakers each and allow ample time for formal as well as informal discussion. The aim is to facilitate exchange of ideas and promote interactions and collaborations among participants.

The 2013 MAGES Conference is sponsored by the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB) of the University of Pennsylvania. Registration is free but is mandatory and will be limited to 150 participants. For further information and to register for the conference please visit the website: http://www.med.upenn.edu/magesconference or contact Katherine Toder: ktoder@mail.med.upenn.edu or 215.898.8511.