March 6, Conference on ‘Visualisation of cell therapy meets clinical application’, Vienna.
Within the European community of cell imaging, novel imaging tools are crucial to the understanding of therapeutic effects to patients. The event will centre on three examples of the visualisation: ‘Visualising transplanted neural stem cells and tissue regeneration by magnetic resonance imaging’; ‘Imaging dendritic cell vaccinations in melanoma patients’; and ‘Monitoring of super paramagnetic iron oxide-labelled pancreatic islets in human liver by magnetic resonance imaging’.
http://www.encite.org/html/img/pool/ENCITE_ECR_final_programme_24012011.pdf
March 8, Fifth Workshop on Supporting Socio-ethically Intelligent Assistive Technologies Adoption, Brussels.
The event will focus on research challenges relating to the seamless adoption, integration and adaptation of companion robots as socially-aware assistive devices at home, or at work for enhanced life/work-style support, comfort and societal benefits.
The workshop is sponsored by the ‘Integrated cognitive assistive and domotic companion robotic systems for ability and security’ (Companionable) project, which is funded under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
The Companionable project is researching the synergy of robotics and ambient intelligence technologies, combined with the possibilities of a robotic companion working collaboratively within a smart home environment. The project brings together leading gerontologists, specialist elderly care institutions, and industrial and academic partners with an emphasis on cognitive robotics and smart-house capabilities.
http://www.companionable.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=8&Itemid=2
March 9, Pyrotechnics workshop, Nordvijk, the Netherlands.
The European Space Agency along with the European Space Research and Technology Centre are organising a pyrotechnics workshop. The one-day workshop will discuss the latest developments of pyrotechnics devices for use in space. Industry representatives, research centres and universities will present their latest work in the field. The workshop also aims to highlight the advances in new technology and its potential application in pyrotechnics.
http://www.congrex.nl/11m01a/
March 15, European Bioinformatics Institute Open day, Cambridge.
The event will be an opportunity for young scientists who are considering a career in bioinformatics, a PhD or a post-doctorate to find out more about opportunities at one of Europe’s main centres for bioinformatics.
Attendees will be able to learn about cutting-edge research projects, get an overview of one of the world’s most important collections of biological databases and tools, and be given time to talk one-to-one with the experts who develop and curate these services.
The European Bioinformatics Institute is a non-profit academic organisation that forms part of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. The institute is a centre for research and services in bioinformatics and manages databases of biological data including nucleic acid, protein sequences and macromolecular structures.
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/training/openday/
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