The mission of the Chicago Biomedical Consortium is to stimulate collaboration among scientists at Northwestern University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Chicago that will transform research at the frontiers of biomedicine.
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FUTURE EVENTS
May 18, 2013
UChicago Conte Center
2nd Annual Brain Awareness Day
May 23, 2013
UIC Chicago Drug Discovery Consortium Symposium
Novel Approaches and Assays in Drug Discovery
May 29, 2013
CBC Scholars Program
"Loop Connections" Seminar
May 31, 2013
NU Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery (CMIDD)
3rd Annual Symposium on ALS and NeuroRepair
June 5, 2013
NU Physical Sciences-Oncology Center 2013 H Foundation Basic Science Symposium
The Dynamic Nucleus of the Cell: Chromatin, Chromosomes and Disease
June 6, 2013
UChicago Institute for Biophysical Dynamics Symposium
Science@theInterface 2013:
Biological Self-Organization and the Cytoskeleton
June 16-20, 2013
UIC College of Dentistry Conference
A Legacy in Oral Biology
July 22-26, 2013
Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC)
6th Annual CBC Summer Workshop in Proteomics and Informatics
October 11, 2013
11th Annual CBC Symposium
Exploring Human Biology with Small Molecules
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CBC Scholars "Loop Connections" Seminar at NU
This CBC Scholars-organized "Loop Connections" Seminar will feature Michael Jewett, PhD (NU) and Jared Lewis, PhD (UChicago) and will be held at NU Evanston Campus on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 3:30pm.
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The CBC Summer Workshop in Proteomics and Informatics
CBC invites students, staff, and faculty to participate in our 6th annual hands-on Summer Workshop in Proteomics and Informatics at the CBC/UIC Mass spectrometry Metabolomics and Proteomics Facility July 22-26, 2013. This intensive workshop will offer a theoretical and practical introduction to tandem mass spectrometry proteomics, including the key experimental methods and computational tools needed to pursue analysis of complex proteomic samples. Registration begins April 22, 2013. Attendees will be selected on June 17th. Limited seats available. Please see workshop announcement for full details of the registration process.
Today at NU, UChicago & UIC
TODAY is Saturday, May 18, 2013
10:00 AM
UChicago Conte Center
Ravi Allada, Ph.D., Larry Young, Ph.D. and Margit Burmeister, Ph.D., University of Chicago
2nd Annual Brain Awareness Day
NEWS Highlights
April 30, 2013
CBC Scholars share their research at the Fourth Annual Scientific Exchange
On April 17, 2013, CBC Scholars assembled at the Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago for the Fourth Annual CBC Scholars Scientific Exchange. There, the Scholars presented ‘snapshots’ of their dissertation projects, generating a pastiche of amazing Chicago biological research.
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April 12, 2013
CBC Junior Investigator Wins Major Cancer Research Award
Sadie Wignall, PhD, CBC Junior Investigator and Assistant Professor of Molecular Biosciences in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, won a prestigious Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award.
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April 5, 2013
A boost for biotech startups
The recent Chicago Sun-Times article, “A boost for biotech startups”, discusses how the uniquely collaborative research environment, pioneered by the CBC and fostered by the Chicago Innovation Mentors, is beginning to impact the Chicago-area biotech scene.
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