This unique international conference will provide a platform for all pharmaceutical scientists, internists and primary care physicians to discuss and learn about important international breakthrough developments in drug discovery and on new therapeutics. The focus of the conference will be on the interdisciplinary fields of drug discovery, drug therapy and translational medicine. A similar series of conferences have been held by the organizers in the UAE over the last several years. These events have been highly successful and many top international scientists, including over 22 Nobel Laureates, have presented their work.

http://www.ddtwc.com/index.php

Plant metabolism is the foundation of our global food. Plants are the primary source of calories and essential nutrients for billions of individuals globally and provide a dizzying array of non-essential compounds that also have profound impacts on human physiology. Plant metabolism is unparalleled in its chemical complexity and has been a rich source of medicinal compounds for millennia, many of which are still used directly, or as derivatives, to treatment of a wide range of diseases and degenerative conditions in humans. In the past decade plants have also been proposed carbon sources for renewable liquid fuels and industrial feedstocks. As society continues to ask more and more of plants it becomes increasingly clear a better fundamental understanding of plant metabolism is required to enable rational and predictable metabolic engineering to meet the myriad of proposed plant uses. The 2013 Plant Metabolic Engineering GRC will highlight new advancements in (i) genome and transcriptome sequencing to access previously recalcitrant, taxonomically restricted areas of specialized plant metabolism, (ii) approaches integrating metabolomics, quantitative genetics and deep sequencing/genotyping of natural and structured populations to understand the basis of natural variation in plant metabolism, and (iii) topical areas of plant metabolism being targeted to positively impact the human condition. Some short talks will also be selected from poster abstracts submitted as part of the registration process. Junior scientists, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students will present their work in poster sessions and interact with global leaders in the field of plant metabolic engineering. The collegial atmosphere of this conference, extended discussion sessions and informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, provides a unique forum for interactions across disciplines.

http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2013&program=plantmetab

Symposium Subjects:

• Profiling in Proteomics, Metabolomics, Biomedicine and Clinics.
• Profiling in Genomics
• Profiling in Environmental Analysis
• Profiling in Food Science
• Statistics and Informatics for Profiling
• Technological Advances in Profiling
• Sample treatment for Profiling
• Monitoring

http://www.isprof2013.com/

Improved understanding of animal energetics and protein metabolism will be required for sustainable animal production. For the 4th International Symposium on Energy and Protein we anticipate over 300 attendees from all over the globe (see program details, coming soon on http://isep.ucdavis.edu). The ISEP meeting will highlight significant new research, with invited speakers and oral and poster communications by participants. The 4th Symposium will focus on the effort of combining fundamental research with applied research and practical applications. Energy and protein metabolism and nutrition cannot be addressed separately and a better and deeper understanding of nutrient metabolism and nutrition can be achieved only by integrating the outcomes of scientists making research on different aspects. We will also showcase California science and hospitality; accompanying person tours are planned.

http://isep.ucdavis.edu/