Georgia Life Sciences Summit Sets Record for Attendance.ATLANTA -- The 7th Annual Georgia Life Sciences Summit achieved another milestone, setting records for attendance and program excellence. More than 750 professionals attended the October 3 Summit at the Georgia World Congress Center The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta. It is the fourth-largest convention center in the United States at 1.4 million ft2 (130,000 m2) and hosts more than a million visitors each year. and a record 60 companies exhibited. More than 100 scientists participated in the poster competition from universities and companies throughout the state. Five winners were selected and each received a $500 prize. Graduate school students from Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. also made business plan presentations for start-up companies they founded. The 2007 Summit, whose theme was Growing Georgia's Bioeconomy, featured more than 40 speakers exploring trends and issues in biomedicine biomedicine /bio·med·i·cine/ (bi?o-med´i-sin) clinical medicine based on the principles of the natural sciences (biology, biochemistry, etc.).biomed´ical bi·o·med·i·cine n. 1. , medical devices, agricultural biotechnology, food nutrition and biofuels. Keynote speakers were Rhona Applebaum, Ph.D., Chief Regulatory Officer at The Coca-Cola Company; David Mott, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MedImmune; Russell Medford, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of AtheroGenics and GBP GBP In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the British Pound. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. Chair; and Gerald Steiner, Executive Vice President, Commercial Acceptance, Monsanto. Panel discussions focused on global healthcare, medical devices, emerging life sciences companies, pharma-biotech partnering, plant and animal biotechnology and biofuels. The afternoon science program highlighted advances in cancer research. The Summit also featured the release of Shaping Infinity, The Georgia Life Sciences Industry Analysis 2007. The 44-page report was produced by the University of Georgia's Selig Center for Economic Growth in cooperation with Georgia Bio. Among the findings is that the number of life sciences establishments in Georgia increased by an impressive 38.3 percent between 2001 and 2006, compared to a 13.8 percent average growth rate for all other industry sectors. The report is posted on GaBio's website at www.gabio.org. Printed copies are available free of charge by contacting GaBio's Maria Thacker: maria.thacker@gabio.org; 404-920-2042. Winners of the poster competition were: Vladimir Belozerov of Emory University School of Medicine: A Novel HIF HIF Hypoxia Inducible Factor HIF Heavy Ion Fusion HIF Housing Inspection Foundation HIF Hammarby Idrottsförening (Swedish sport team) HIF Hey, It's Free (website) Inhibitor Blocks Glioma glioma /gli·o·ma/ (gli-o´mah) a tumor composed of neuroglia in any of its states of development; sometimes extended to include all intrinsic neoplasms of the brain and spinal cord, as astrocytomas, ependymomas, etc. Growth Through a Non-canonical Modulation of the Hsp90 Pathway Sarah Cork of Emory University: Furin-Mediated Cleavage of Brain Angiogenesis Inhibitor 1 (BAI n. 1. a language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan. Noun 1. Bai - the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Dali region of Yunnan Baic 1) Produces Vasculostatin-40, a Novel Secreted Anti-angiogenic Molecule Heather Bara of Georgia Institute of Technology: Tissue Engineering a Pancreatic Substitute Based on Recombinant Enteroendocrine Cells Christopher Thompson of Georgia Institute of Technology: Peptide Toxins Active Against Chloride Channels: A New Field Emerging Richard Carpenedo of Georgia Institute of Technology: Microsphere-Mediated Delivery of Retinoic Acid to Embryoid Bodies Alters Embryonic Stem Cell Embryonic stem cells (ES cells) are stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of an early stage embryo known as a blastocyst. Human embryos reach the blastocyst stage 4-5 days post fertilization, at which time they consist of 50-150 cells. ES cells are pluripotent. Differentiation About Georgia Bio Georgia Bio is a private, non-profit organization whose members include 290 companies, universities, research institutes, government groups and other business organizations involved in the research and development of life sciences products to improve healthcare, agriculture, bioenergy and industrial production, environmental management and biodefense. |
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