CBC

The mission of the Chicago Biomedical Consortium is to stimulate collaboration among scientists at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago that will transform research at the frontiers of biomedicine.

CBC-sponsored Events
October 29, 2010
Eighth Annual CBC Symposium
"Protein Folding and Misfolding in Health and Disease"

Registration and poster submission are now open:
To registrer click here.
(Registration deadline: October 22, 2010.)
To present a poster, submit your abstract here.
(Submission deadline: noon, October 8, 2010.)
To download symposium announcement (pdf) click here.
To view the preliminary program click here.

 

UChicago, UIC & NU Events

September 7, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UIC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
"Title TBA"
Sharon Schendel, Sanford-Burnham Institute

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
NU Microbiology-Immunology
"Modification of the Bacterial Cell Surface: Remodeling of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides"
M. Stephen Trent, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
UChicago Breast Cancer Seminar
"Identification and management of women at high risk of hereditary cancer: An industrial approach using computerized clinical decision support (CDS)"
Kevin S. Hughes, MD, Harvard Medical School

 

September 8, 2010
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UIC Department of Pharmacology
"Lysolipid Signaling in Cardiovascular Disease"
Susan Smyth, MD, PhD, University of Kentucky

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
UIC Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
"Genetic Basis for Circadian Control of Behavior and Energy Balance"
Joe Bass, Northwestern University

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
UIC College of Pharmacy
"Acid-Degradable Polymeric Materials for Nucleic Acid Delivery, Combined Optical Imaging and Gene Therapy, and Recovery of Proteins and Nucleic Acids"
Young Jik Kwon, PhD, University of California - Irvine

 

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