The meeting will be of interest to anyone who is currently using phages in their research work or who might be interested in the potential application of phages for basic biology, and applied topics such as bacterial diagnostics, vaccine development and phage therapy..   more »

The agenda for this meeting is under construction. If you are interested in speaking at this event please contact meetingsproducer@euroscicon.com. The meeting chair will be Dr David Whitehouse and the event has CPD approval.   more »

After Euroscicon's very successful 'Molecular Farming - plant biologicals' event in 2008, we are pleased to announce this follow up event which will be chaired again by Professor Julian K-C. Ma, Hotung Chair of Molecular Immunology, St. George's, University of London, UK. The meeting will have CPD approval   more »

After our very successful Developments in cell culture technology to enhance cell growth in vitro meeting that took place May 2008,we are pleased to announce this follow up which will again be chaired by Dr Stefan Przyborski. The meeting has CPD approval.   more »

"Huge technological advances have been made recently in the genomic and post-genomic analyses of pathogens and disease. To exploit these advances for the production of successful recombinant vaccines we need strategies to select appropriate molecules and to deliver them appropriately to stimulate protective immune responses. This meeting (which has CPD approval) will explore both candidate discovery and the tools for delivering vaccines effectively". Meeting Chair: Dr Alasdair Nisbet, Moredun Research Institute, UK.   more »

"This meeting will provide an update on phenotypic and functional aspects of regulatory T cells, aiming to inform, educate and entertain. Presentations will be delivered by world-class leaders in their respective fields and a lively discussion will follow each series of talks. Coupled with the pleasant ambience and modern facilities of the venue, this event promises to be one not to be missed" Meeting Chair: Dr Oliver Garden,The Royal Veterinary College & Imperial College London, UK. The meeting has CPD approval.   more »

The Women in Physics Group of the Institute of Physics is delighted to announce that the third annual £1000 prize, sponsored by Shell, will be awarded to the winner of the Very Early Career Woman Physicist of the Year at a special event on the afternoon of Wednesday 27th May.   more »

The agenda for this event is under construction. If you have any queries or are interested in speaking at this event please contact meetingsproducer@euroscicon.com. The meeting has CPD approval.   more »

"Once you can produce it in a flask, what next? The focus of this meeting will be on techniques for the bioproduction of usable quantities of biologic materials, specifically recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, cytokines viruses and other secreted cellular products from eukaryotic cells. Topics covered will include expression systems, mammalian vs. insect vs. other, constituitive vs. transient expression, cell culture medium considerations and culture devices for scale-up that can be used in any laboratory. This meeting should show the fastest pathway from discovery to proof of principle and the production of 100 mgs to several grams of product" Meeting Chair: Dr John J.S. Cadwell, President and CEO, FiberCell Systems Inc, USA. The meeting has CPD approval.   more »

Book a place at our Elispot meeting and find out about different applications, standardization and validation of Ellispot and new developments. The meeting has CPD approval.   more »

This half-day workshop will give you the tools to increase your day-to-day resilience, optimism and confidence. It will help you manage the stress of constant change more effectively by giving you the power to confront life’s obstacles and adapt to workplace challenges, emerging as a stronger, more flexible and successful individual as a result.   more »

The aim of this meeting is to provide an overview of these three families of receptors and provide the most recent advances in the area of innate immune pattern recognition. Chairs: Dr Martha Triantafilou/Dr Kathy Triantafilou, University of Sussex, UK   more »

The conference will focus on how gender management enters into the modernisation process that is currently being carried out at universities and research institutions in many countries. It will also address the role schools play in making science an attractive career choice.   more »

Our events are for smart, talented and educated women of all sectors who are keen to learn from others, make vital contacts and build a supportive network in order to develop personally and professionally.   more »

The chair of our meeting on 19th June this year, will be Dr Richard Williams. The meeting includes many well renowned speakers...   more »

This meeting will explore the new technological advances and research currently being undertaken to irradicate these neglected diseases and discuss the greater implications these will have to global public health". Meeting Chair: Professor P.K. Das, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands . The meeting has CPD approval. THE FEE FOR THIS MEETING HAS BEEN REDUCED BY 30% (if you have not already registered).   more »

This popular annual event, now in its 6th year, is dedicated to the technique of immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridisation. “This exciting meeting has been created to merge the need for technical-based updates in the areas of immunohistochemistry, clinical histopathology and in situ hybridisation. Academic speakers from each area of research will give technical presentation of 30 minute duration interspersed with 15 minute scientific contributions from commercial speakers”. Meeting Chair: Dr Will Howat, Cambridge Research Institute, Cancer Research UK. The meeting has CPD approval.   more »

Are you measuring or want to measure cytokines ?, trying to optimise your technique or do you want just to make sure you are going about it the right way? This meeting aims to summarise some of the options open to you and to discuss which techniques best suit your requirements. A series of presentations from experts working in the academic, clinical and commercial sectors will compare recent developments in technologies ranging from relatively “low-tech” assays such as ELISA, Elispot and bioassays through to the “high-tech” platform technologies of various multiplex cytokine detection systems. Their use in basic science, R&D and translational research will be discussed. The meeting has CPD approval and the early registration deadline is 20th April 2009. If you book this event you will get 30% off the EARLY REGISTRATION FEE for registration to the partner ELISPOT FOLLOW UP EVENT which will take place on the 15th Oct 2009   more »

This one-day meeting aims at providing the audience with a comprehensive overview and in-depth comparison of currently available research tools, including array-, bead- or massive parallel sequencing-based platforms as well as experimental considerations in relation to expression-, genomic-,and epigenetic-profiling. Illustrated by real-life examples, various internationally acknowledged speakers will provide the attendee with critical experimental design parameters. Pitfalls associated with specific technologies as well as their solution will be discussed extensively.This meeting has CPD approval and the early registration deadline is April 20th 2009.   more »

The deadline for early registration for the meeting on 'Human Autoimmune Disease' is 20th March and for abstracts, the 10th March. If you book early for the this meeting, you will also get 50% off the early registration fee for the meeting on Efficient Cytokine Detection: the way forward.'   more »

This conference , which takes place on the 12th March, has great speakers and interesting workshops...   more »

EuroSciCon are delighted to announce that the following meetings are CPD accredited. Attendance at each meeting will give you 7 CPD credits   more »

Just a reminder that the early registration deadline for EuroSciCon's 'Identifying T Cell Subset Phenotype and Function in Parasite Infections' meeting is January 20th.   more »

As the early registration deadline for this meeting has now passed EuroSciCon are offering a special discount for registration.   more »

View the agenda for EuroSciCon's ‘Nanotoxicology: Health & Environmental Impacts’ meeting on February 27th here. This meeting will be Chaired by Dr. Shareen H. Doak, University of Wales Swansea, UK. It has CPD accreditation.    more »

The agenda for EuroSciCon's ‘From Menace to Marvel: Nitric Oxide in Health and Disease’ meeting on March 20th 2009 has been finalised. Professor Ian Megson (UHi Millenium Institute, Inverness, UK), who will be speaking at this event has a few words: ‘Since its discovery in the 1980s, nitric oxide (NO) has been heralded as a major breakthrough in disease prevention and management. However, the promise and expectations have not yet been delivered with respect to new NO donor drugs on the market and we are still heavily reliant on drugs that have been in use for decades. One possible reason for the lack of development in this area is the lack of specificity of many NO donor drugs and their global impact, as opposed to local activity.’ His talk will explore some possible solutions to tackle targeted NO delivery for use in a number of cardiovascular conditions.   more »

EuroSciCon are delighted to announce that their ‘Elispot technology: the latest tricks’ meeting on Thursday October 15 2009 will be Chaired by Professor Paul Lehmann. Professor Lehmann is a widely respected T cell immunologist who introduced and patented image analysis for ELISPOT   more »

Who is the target audience? • Professional women who want to be more decisive and proactive in their decision making processes and become more comfortable with risk-taking.   more »

February 20th is the early registration deadline for our 'Improving Immunohistochemistry' meeting. After this date the fees double so get in quick! This popular meeting is now in its 6th year and is being held on April 24th 2009 at the Institute of Child Health, London.   more »

There is still time to book a place at EuroSciCon's ‘Nanotoxicology: Health & Environmental Impacts’ meeting on February 27th 2009. Professor Wolfgang G. Kreyling (Helmholtz Zentrum München Research Center for Health & Environment; Institute of Inhalation Biology, Focus Network Nanoparticles and Health, Germany) will be discussing the health implications of nanoparticles. The deadline for abstract submissions is December 10th 2008.   more »

December 20th is the reduced price deadline for registering for EuroSciCon's ‘From menace to marvel: Nitric oxide in health and disease’ meeting. This CPD accredited meeting is being held on March 20th 2009 at BioPark Hertfordshire, UK and will be Chaired by Dr. Alan Wallace (AstraZeneca, UK). So before you become embroiled in Christmas present buying and work dos, take a moment to book your place!   more »

EuroSciCon are delighted to be holding a meeting devoted to tropical disease research. Professor P.K. Das (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ) will Chair the event.   more »

This exciting meeting has been created to merge the need for technical-based updates in the areas of immunohistochemistry, clinical histopathology and in situ hybridisation. Academic speakers from each area of research will give technical presentation of 30 minute duration interspersed with 15 minute scientific contributions from commercial speakers.   more »

This meeting will focus on the comparative aspects of allergy research, clinical diagnosis and therapy in humans and animals. Abstracts are welcomed.   more »

This is a 2-day ‘hands-on’ workshop to teach the principles of qPCR, focusing on the practical steps required to design, set-up, validate and analyse real-time qPCR assays.   more »

There is still time to book a place at our 'Coaching for Scientific Managers' workshop on September 26th. Be quick! We have some places for £99 each to be given on a first come first served basis.   more »

The early registration deadline for our 'Recent advances in Flow Cytometric techniques and instrumentation’ meeting is August 20th. This meeting which is being held on November 14th has an impressive line-up of speakers who will discuss a wide range of applications and new deveopments within the field of flow cytometry. Imaging flow cytometry, Flow Cytometric Use of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), dielectrophoresis cytometry and automation will be among the topics.   more »

This meeting, being Chaired by Professor Michael J. Day, focuses on the comparative aspects of allergy research, clinical diagnosis and therapy in humans and animals   more »

Who is the target audience? · Professionals in SET moving into sales, consultancy or other client-facing roles.   more »

Scientists have long used models of human autoimmune diseases for their research. Animal models are a very important and often essential element. To hear about the latest findings come along to this meeting.on Friday June 19 2009 at The BioPark Hertfordshire. It will be Chaired by Dr. Richard Williams, Imperial College London, UK   more »

Scott Reid PhD (Institute for Animal Health, UK) will describe the practical steps taken to use real-time RT-PCR (rRT-PCR) as a front-line laboratory diagnostic tool for foot and mouth disease at EuroSciCon's 'PCR Perfection: Insider Tricks' meeting.   more »

Dr. Richard Hobday will be discussing the importance of sunlit environments at EuroSciCon's Infection prevention in hospitals meeting on November 21st   more »

EuroSciCon invite you to attend their 'Visualising Cellular Function in vivo' meeting on October 24, 2008 at The BioPark, Hertfordshire. Book now and save £££s!   more »

The UKRC is holding the first of a series of themed networking events designed to support networks that exist to help women in SET. The first event will feature a talk and discussion around sustainability and funding from a voluntary sector perspective   more »

When Linda Babcock, a professor at a US university, asked why so many male graduate students were teaching their own courses and most female students were assigned as assistants, her dean said: "More men ask. The women just don't ask."   more »

Tuesday 4th March 2008, 5 p.m. Followed by reception.

University Museum of Natural History. Free ...   more »

Who is the target audience? • Professionals with employee management responsibilities   more »

Who is the target audience? · Professionals working in Science, Engineering and Technology fields who aim to be more successful at work whilst having a happy and fulfilled personal life   more »

Who is the target audience? · Professional women working in Science, Engineering and Technology who aim to be more confident and successful within their careers.   more »

Who is the target audience? · Professionals working in Science, Engineering and Technology who aim to be more confident and successful within their careers.   more »

This sounds a lot of fun. Apparently the filming of the first part is likely to take place over 10-14 days in January in South Africa -- nice work if you can get the time for it! Obviously there are not many people who will qualify, so do go for this if you can.   more »

Dr Hilary Jones from York University will lead a session on covering letters. She is the Skills Development Co-ordinator/Teaching Fellow in the Department of Biology. Please bring any covering letters you have written with you. She will also be able to answer some questions on aspects of working / studying in the University.   more »

Who is the target audience? * Professionals working in Science, Engineering and Technology fields who aim to be more successful at work whilst having a happy and fulfilled personal life.   more »

Women in business cannot afford to miss the forthcoming National everywoman Conference. Held in London on Wednesday 14 November, with the support of Natwest and IBM, the conference will include key note speeches and workshops with some of Britain’s most inspiring business role models   more »

Working Families is the UK’s leading work-life balance organisation. They help and give a voice to working parents and carers, whilst also helping employers create workplaces which encourage work-life balance for everyone. Their autumn conference, Great Expectations, is taking place on Wednesday 17th November and they have asked me to pass this invitation onto members of the womenintechnology network.   more »

You are invited to attend all or part of Equalitec’s major conference "Knowledge and Skills for a Digital Future" to be held at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (Savoy Place, London) on the 6th and 7th of September   more »

This meeting of the Women in IT Forum meeting will focus on: *the legal framework and challenges employees and employers are facing *the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) view on equal pay *and last but not least the comparison between last year's and this year's Intellect survey findings   more »

Annette Williams, Director of the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (UKRC) is one of the keynote speakers at the Positi+ve Energy Day on July 10 which will see the launch of a new network for women employees within the energy industry.   more »

Jan West, the MentorSET manager has a few places remaining on a free personal development course on Friday. Please email her if you wish to attend.   more »

The workshop continues a series of events organised as part of the Equalitec project to promote ITEC careers to women. It brings together industry, educational institutions and women to help learn about emerging directions and career opportunities in this exciting area of ITEC. There is no charge for this workshop.   more »

Both of these workshops are full day courses (running from 10am to 4pm) and will take place at the womenintechnology offices which are very near Liverpool Street Station in central London. Places are limited to a maximum of 12 people for each course   more »

A meeting aimed at postgraduate researchers and students who would like to learn more about possible research careers in the areas of tropical medicine and international health.   more »

Please join us to discuss recent progress in Europe and to meet others involved in supporting and promoting women in science in Europe and the UK. European Platform of Women Scientists aims to make us better understand the role we can play in the research policy debate and how to fully benefit from these opportunities by bundling our powers and forces. http://www.epws.org/index.php Tuesday 19 June 2007, 1-3pm at The Atlee Suite, Portcullis House, Westminster, London. RSVP: Joanne Baker: baker.jo@gmail.com Light lunch provided.   more »

Women scientists discuss dilemmas and difficulties facing women in science, work-life balance and the process they went through to start their own business.   more »

Topics expected to be covered include: Motivation, need for statistics; Populations and Samples; Uncertainty and Variability; Distributions; Types of Data; Summarising Data (mean, median, standard deviation, standard errors, proportions,) Hypothesis Testing; Type 1 and Type 2 error; P values; Confidence intervals; Superiority, Non-Inferiority; Sample Size Determination (Power, Delta); Avoiding Bias – Randomisation and Blinding; Populations – Safety, ITT, PP; Basic Statistical Methods: T-test, chi-square test ;Covariates and Subgroups; Comparing Treatments (differences in means, odds ratios, relative risk, absolute risk difference etc); More sophisticated statistical methods (ANCOVA, logistic regression, )   more »

This Course is for those who have few, if any, formal qualifications, and who have an interest and some skills in IT and computers.   more »

This course is for anyone, from established researchers who need to prepare for a possible grilling on Newsnight, to students who would like to learn the secrets of communicating concisely and effectively with non-specialists. The techniques covered here apply to interviews with both print and broadcast media and are also useful for job interviews.   more »

The project is funded through the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission and aims to support female scientists to prepare for appointment procedures for a professorship in six different countries of the European Research Area.   more »

Science fiction often tells us more about social attitudes and anxieties than science itself, and can be a spur for debate about everything from genetics to consciousness, from war to climate change. Sci fi can move people to engage in science, inspiring young people to become scientists, and encouraging the general public to debate the consequences of science for society. It can also frighten us, making us wary of new technology and its unintended consequences. Is this all to the good, or does sci fi skew our understanding of science?   more »

The WiSETI Annual Lecture will be held on Wednesday 2nd May. Professor Wendy Hall, CBE, FREng., Professor of Computer Science, University of Southampton is giving the lecture entitled: "Towards a Science of the Web: the Power of Networks." The lecture to be chaired by the Vice Chancellor will take place between 5.00 - 6.00 pm in The Palmerston Lecture Theatre, Fisher Building, St John's College, St John's Street.   more »

Following on from the success of the womenintechnology Personal Brand workshops, I'm pleased to announce that the next womenintechnology training session will take place on Friday 11th May 2007.   more »

Gain insights into how to effectively plan and develop your career, View career development from an employer's perspective, Hear details of DTI sponcered research investigating how recruitment activities actually operate, Ask your burning questions during a panel session, Network with other attendees.   more »

Have you ever wondered why you seem to relate better to some people than others? Why some of your colleagues seem to be on your wavelength whereas others have very different thought processes and styles. Have you ever asked yourself "Why don't they get it?" when an idea, conclusion or plan of action seems obvious to you?   more »

Experience first hand how science is reported by spending 3-8 weeks on a summer placement gaining experience of working within ...   more »