March 17: 2014 Nobel-Pauling Bio Symposium ( 3 to 9 pm)

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

///Forwarded information for MIT Postdocs (non MIT event; message 
received from Richard Shannon, email: Rich at pauling.us):
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/Alex Pauling would like to invite MIT postdocs to attend this life 
science symposium on March 17 (3 pm to 9 pm)./
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/Hope they can come to meet and learn from experts from academia, 
biotech & pharma. /
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/Many Thanks, RS/
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2014 Nobel-Pauling Biotech Pharma Symposium (March 17, 2014)
Theme:
1. microRNA: opportunity and challenges
2. mitochondrial toxicity and potential target for therapeutics
3. Panel discussion: academia vs. Biotech pharma industry for science 
discovery
Goal: to give students, post-docs and scientists the opportunity to 
speak and learn from experts from academia, biotech & pharma at no charge.
Date: March 17, 2014 (Monday)
Time: 3 pm to 9 pm
Location: Boston (Shown only to confirmed attendees, Boston)
Pre-registration is required (www.Nobel-Pauling.org 
<http://www.nobel-pauling.org/>) but seminar fee is $ 0.
We are looking for sponsors to cover dinner for speakers, students & 
postdocs
The Nobel-Pauling Biotech Symposium is to honor the life and work of Dr. 
Linus Pauling who has won two Nobel Prizes; in 1954 for Chemistry, and 
in 1962, for Peace.  Our goal is to promote life science research by 
building bridges between academia, Government and industry and among the 
US, Europe and Asia.  We hope to strive to bring innovators, inventors, 
investors, leading scientists and executives together to mix 
cutting-edge science with business and to stimulate thought for new 
innovation and global collaboration.
Confirmed Speakers are:
Dr. James Falls, GSK;
Dr. Rounak Nassirpour, Pfizer;
Dr. Bing Xia, GSK;
Dr. Pavan Kumar, Eisai;
Dr. Grace Wong, ActoKine Therapeutics
Dr. Prasun Mishra; NIH;
Prof Muller Fabbri; USC;
Prof Lorenzo Sempere, Van Andel Res. Inst;
Prof Robert Lee, OSU, Ohio;
Prof Taosheng Chen, stjude.org
Prof Ban-An Khaw, NEU;
Prof John Pezacki, Univ of Ottawa;
Prof Jana Jandova, Univ of Arizona;
Prof Nagendra Yadava, Pioneer Valley Life Sci Inst.
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