The Organic Topical Group holds three-four meetings a year at the New York
Academy of Science as part of the “Chemical Biology Discussion Group”.
These meetings are regularly attended by 70-80 students postdoctoral fellows
and faculty members from the Tri-state area schools including members of
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, City College, Columbia, Hunter College,
NYU, Polytechnic, Princeton, Rockefeller, Sloan Kettering, Stony Brook, and
Yale University. These meetings are highlighted on the web pages of
ACS Chemical Biology and Nature Chemical Biology. Following meetings
were held in the 2007-2008 academic year:
Jun 2, 2008 • 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Chemical Biology Discussion Group: Special Year-End
Meeting
Keynote speaker: Michael Famulok, Universität Bonn.
Short Presentations by: Yu Liu, New York University; Phillip Effraim, Columbia
University; Elizabeth George Cisar, The Rockefeller University; Justin Cisar,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; Liz Harker, Yale University; Keith
Baessler, Stony Brook University
Feb 27, 2008 • 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
The Design of Molecular Systems: Implications
for Regenerative Medicine
Speakers: Joel P. Schneider, University of Delaware; Vincent P. Conticello,
Emory University; David A. Tirrell, California Institute of Technology
Nov 8, 2007 • 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Innovative Approaches to DNA Sequencing
Speakers: Linda Reha-Krantz, University of Alberta; Jingyue Ju, Columbia
University; Ido Braslavsky, Ohio University; Patrice Milos, Helicos Biosciences
Corporation