BioHouston

BIO-Europe 2008

Tue, 13 May 2008 21:50:23 GMT

BIO-Europe 2008 Start Date: 17-Nov-08 0:00 AM End Time: 19-Nov-08 0:00 AM Location: m:con Congress Center Rosengarten Speaker: Event Details: BIO-Europe brings together international decision-makers from the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and financial sectors, offering networking opportunities, workshop participation, and private, pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings. Investment and collaboration opportunities developed in prior BIO- Europe conferences have produced many highly successful business partnerships. Highlights include: State-of-the-art partnering software that enables participants to select the most suitable potential partners. The system - industry-specific, web based and interactive - is uniquely suited for the needs of biotech and pharma companies. Selected biotechnology, mid-sized & big pharmaceutical companies present their products/technologies and corporate missions in 15 minute presentations. High level faculty on panels and workshops, in...

Texas Life Science Conference

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:54:07 GMT

Texas Life Science Conference Start Date: 5-Nov-08 0:00 AM End Time: 7-Nov-08 12:00 PM Location: The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Houston, TX 77030 Speaker: Event Details: The Texas Life Science Conference is Texas premier venture conference, the most comprehensive showcase of cutting edge research and innovative entrepreneurs in the state. The 2008 conference will build on the 2007 format, highlights of which include: 50 companies and technologies presented to over 315 conference attendees ranging from industry luminaries and key venture capitalists to leaders of emerging biotech companies, research scientists, and entrepreneurs Over $6 billion in current funds represented by attending investors The Michael E. DeBakey Life Science Award for the Texas undiscovered life science company with the highest potential to commercialize an important product You...

16th Annual BioPartnering Europe

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:05:42 GMT

16th Annual BioPartnering Europe
Start Date: 12-Oct-08 0:00 AM
End Time: 14-Oct-08 12:30 PM
Location: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
Speaker:

Event Details:

BioPartnering Europe (BPE) was first held in London in 1993 as a partnership between the U.S. Commercial Service and Technology Vision Group LLC to bring about closer ties between American and European biotechnology companies. From the beginning, BPE has attracted the support of leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, financial and service companies who have all contributed to making this one of the leading independent partnering events in the world. BPE has a high rate of sponsor retention, which signals its prominent role in the annual conference calendar for many industry leaders.

More details to come soon.

For registration and more information, click here.

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

Broad Sanctuary, Westminster

London United Kingdom

BioContact Qubec 2008

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:07:46 GMT

BioContact Québec 2008
Start Date: 1-Oct-08 0:00 AM
End Time: 3-Oct-08 12:00 PM
Location: Château Frontenac, Quebec, Quebec G1R4P5
Speaker:

Event Details:

BioContact Québec 2008 will make available private meeting rooms for one-on-one sessions. These meetings will be offered in consecutive 30-minute periods. Senior representatives from presenting biopharmaceutical companies and our strategic partners will be on hand for biopartnering sessions.

This year’s event will offer four presentation sessions (Block I - IV). More than 150 biopharmaceutical companies, coming from Canada, the United States, Asia and Europe, will be presenting in different sectors of activities (diagnostics, therapeutics and services) and disciplines such as:

Cancer
Cardiology
Drug Delivery Systems
Endocrinology / Metabolism
Genomics / Proteomics
Immunology / Infectiology
Medical Technologies
Neurobiology
Services
Virology
Others

For more information and to register, click here.

Château Frontenac

1 rue des Carrieres

Quebec, Quebec Canada G1R4P5

2008 Annual Luncheon

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:57:19 GMT

2008 Annual Luncheon
Start Date: 11-Sep-08 11:30 AM
End Time: 11-Sep-08 1:30 PM
Location: Crystal Ballroom at the Rice Hotel, Houston, TX 77002
Speaker: Dr. Elsa Murano

Event Details:

2008 Annual Luncheon

Dr. Elsa Murano

Texas A&M University

Come hear Dr. Elsa A. Murano discuss her vision on the future of Texas A&M and the University's role in shaping the life sciences industry in our region.

September 11, 2008

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

The Crystal Ballroom at The Rice

909 Texas Ave.

Houston, TX 77002

Crystal Ballroom at the Rice Hotel

909 Texas Ave.

Houston, TX USA 77002

BioPharm America 2008

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:10:44 GMT

BioPharm America 2008 Start Date: 9-Sep-08 0:00 AM End Time: 10-Sep-08 0:00 AM Location: Grand Hyatt Hotel, Atlanta, GA 30305 Speaker: Event Details: BioHouston has partnered with BioPharm America 2008 to provide BioHouston members a $200 discount off the registration fee. To receive the BioHouston Member discount, simply add the text BioHouston Member in the comments field of the online registration page. BioPharm America is where biotech industry partnerships get started. Based on the same winning formula used in EBD Group’s distinguished European partnering conferences BIO-Europe and BIO-Europe Spring®, BioPharm America is expected to become the premier stand-alone bio-pharma partnering event in North America. With a clear focus on generating one-to-one meetings for attendees, BioPharm America offers an unrivalled opportunity for participants across the entire biotech value-chain to identify and enter into strategic relationships. As part of the EBD family of events,...

Associate Advisory Board Meeting

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:20:55 GMT

Associate Advisory Board Meeting
Start Date: 20-Aug-08 0:00 AM
End Time: 20-Aug-08 0:00 AM
Speaker:

Event Details:

This bi-monthly meeting open to all of the Associates of BioHouston reviews volunteer committees and subcommittees of the Associates Board, offers guidance and direction to the Organization, reviews upcoming events, and offers all Associates the opportunity to network among those interested in the life sciences in the Houston region.

For more information, please contact Keisha Curtis at 713.979.9212.

Advances in Tissue Engineering 2008

Fri, 02 May 2008 15:17:39 GMT

Advances in Tissue Engineering 2008 Start Date: 13-Aug-08 0:00 AM End Time: 16-Aug-08 0:00 AM Location: Rice University - Duncan Hall, Houston, TX 77005 Speaker: Event Details: Advances in Tissue Engineering 2008 16th Annual Short Course August 13 through 16, 2008 Rice University, Houston, Texas Focusing on advances in the science and technology of tissue engineering and featuring leading scientists from Rice University, the Texas Medical Center, industry, and other institutions. The course will survey the latest knowledge and technologies in the world of patient-specific therapeutics - from transplantation of cells and tissues to artificial organs. COURSE FEATURES The latest on patient-specific therapeutics featuring speakers from academia, medical research, and industry. Topics will include cell adhesion, adhesion molecules, growth factors, extracellular matrix analogs, polymer scaffolds, cell transplantation, nanobiotechnology. Other topics...

Short Courses in Biotechnology

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:23:44 GMT

Short Courses in Biotechnology
Start Date: 8-Aug-08 9:00 AM
End Time: 8-Aug-08 4:00 PM
Location: University of Houston M. D. Anderson Library, Houston, TX 77004
Speaker: Speakers

Event Details:

Biotech Clinical Development

And

Bio-Manufacturing Practices

University of Houston M. D. Anderson Library

4800 Calhoun Rd.

Houston, TX US 77004

Breakfast Forum

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:12:05 GMT

Breakfast Forum Start Date: 6-Aug-08 7:30 AM End Time: 6-Aug-08 9:00 AM Location: M. D. Anderson South Campus Research Building II, Houston, TX 77054 Speaker: Event Details: Why Choose to Attend this Breakfast? The Relationship of Psychology and Neuroscience in the Decisions We Make Our featured speaker for the August Breakfast Forum is Read Montague, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, Director of the Human Neuroimaging Lab and Director of the Center for Theoretical Neuroscience. Dr. Montagues work focuses on computational neuroscience - the connection between the physical mechanisms present in real neural tissue and the computational functions that these mechanisms embody. Dr. Montague is the author of a provocative book that explores the psychology and neuroscience behind the decisions we make on a daily basis titled, Why Choose This Book: How We Make Decisions. Is your organization a BioHouston member? Click here to...