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Date: 2/22/2011
Time: 1:00 - 2:15 PM Eastern
Price: $179.00
Registration Deadline: 2/22/2011 10:00:00 AM
Registration For This Event Is Closed
This is the second webinar in the "Advanced Biosafety Webinar Series - Meeting the Challenges of Today's Research".
Genome-based research is already enabling medical researchers to develop more effective diagnostic tools, to better understand the health needs of people based on their individual genetic make-ups, and to design new treatments for disease. Genomics has the potential of offering new therapeutic methods for the treatment of some diseases, as well as potential applications in the food and agriculture sectors. This webinar will provide biosafety professionals with a very current view of genomic research techniques and unique challenges relating to potential exposure to both chemicals and synthetic DNA. This online event will cover: - Overview of genomics, including the changing landscape of reading and writing DNA.
- Overview of the Personal Genome Project and related regulatory issues.
- The manipulation and creation of DNA sequences for the creation of biological agents (i.e., synthetic DNA).
- Biological safety and regulatory issues related to genomics/synthetic DNA.
Alexander (Sasha) Wait Zaranek, PhD
Research Fellow in Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Director Informatics / Co-Founder, Personal Genome Project
Scientific Advisor / Co-Founder, Clinical Future, Inc. Sasha is a Research Fellow in Genetics in the George Church Laboratory at Harvard Medical School. Sasha co-founded the Personal Genome Project (Boston, MA) and led diverse efforts to enable scientists, clinicians and the general public to query vast genomic data sets using free and open source software tools. He also co-founded Clinical Future, Inc. (Boston, MA) where he provided core ideas to commercialize technologies co-developed with the Personal Genome Project (PGP) focusing on personal genomic medicine and encouraging preservation of open nature PGP tools for ongoing community oriented, co-development. Sasha earned a doctorate of Philosophy in Biophysics from Harvard University and a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. For Dr. Zaranek’s current list of publications click here. Ted Myatt, Sc.D., R.B.P.
Senior Scientist / Biosafety and Biological Hazards Practice Leader, EH&E Ted concentrates his practice on microbiology, exposure assessments of biological agents, biological safety, and investigations of infectious disease outbreaks. As part of his role at EH&E, he acts as a consultant to a number of IBCs, and serves as the biological safety officer and IBC member for Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Harvard Institutes of Medicine, both located in Boston, Massachusetts. - Biosafety Officers
- Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) members
- Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) managers/directors
The registration price ($179) provides you with access to ONE phone connection; an unlimited number of people may listen using the speaker function on your phone or a conferencing unit. Your registration also includes a recording of the event.
Note: The registration confirmation and all program materials will be sent to the email address provided.
To Register and Pay for this webinar by Credit Card : Go to the ONLINE Registration Page.
To Register and Pay by Check: Mail Registration Form and check made payable to Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc., Attn: Julie McCarthy, 117 Fourth Avenue, Needham, MA 02494. Special Discount!
Register for all 3 sessions listed below for $499 (one phone connection per session). - Use of Novel Viral Vectors in Neurobiological Research
January 25, 2011, 1:00 - 2:15 PM Eastern - Coping with Exponential Improvements in Reading and Writing DNA: Understanding the Safety and Regulatory Aspects of Genomic Research
February 22, 2011, 1:00 - 2:15 PM Eastern - Nonhuman Primates as Preclinical Models for HIV Vaccine Development: Challenges and Controversies
March 29, 2011, 1:00 - 2:15 PM Eastern
To register for all 3 webinars and receive the discount, contact Julie McCarthy at 800-825-5343 or at events@eheinc.com.
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