2013 Minority Science Programs (MSP) Research Symposium School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine September 23-24, 2013 4201 Natural Sciences II Presenters are graduate and undergraduate students that conducted research at UC Irvine, King's College London UK, UC San Francisco, Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University and Stanford University. These MSP students are participating in one of...

Together with Calit2, IGB is co-sponsoring and co-organizing the symposium on "Microbiome Connections to Health and Disease" on September 24, 2013 held at the Calit2 Building Auditorium. Please see attached poster for the detailed agenda. A microbiome is the collective genomes of the microorganisms that reside in an environmental niche. The term "microbiome" was coined...

2nd International Symposium on "Epigenetic Control and Cellular Plasticity" December 12-13, 2013 At the Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, Irvine, CA The capacity of the conference hall at the Beckman Center is ~200 people, so we invite you to register early. REGISTRATION: Please follow the link to the registration form for the...

Thursday, January 16, 11:00am Herklotz Conference Center “Radiation- and chemotherapy-induced cognitive dysfunction: Causes, consequences and treatments” Charles Limoli, PhD Professor of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, UCI Exposure of the CNS to treatments used to control the advance of cancer has been known to compromise cognitive function. Depending on disease state, treatments specifics and socioeconomic factors, cognitive...