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Application-Driven AI Symposium

admin — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:38:59 +0000

The Wyss Institute’s inaugural Application-Driven AI Symposium brought together investors and leaders from pharma, biotech, tech, and academia to explore how AI is reshaping the life sciences. Building on the Wyss’s new AI DataHub and Translational AI Catalyst, this symposium highlighted how tightly integrated data, engineering, and biology are powering a new generation of innovation and…

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Symposium: Engineering Cancer Cell Immunotherapy

Ana Carolina Villar de Jimenez — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:00:05 +0000

Cancer immunotherapy has emerged as a major component of cancer treatment. This symposium aims to catalyze new approaches to anti-cancer immunity in settings where it is currently limited by bringing together bioengineers, cancer immunologists, and oncologists. Featured topics Mechanisms of Protective Tumor Immunity Glenn Dranoff, M.D. Novartis Single-cell sequencing of T cells in food…

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Regenerative Medicine Symposium

Jessica Leff — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 14:12:28 +0000

Join and hear from keynote speakers David Mooney of the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and Melody Swartz of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at University of Chicago along with graduate student presentations in the field of regenerative medicine and transplant. Symposium e-booklet will be sent prior to the event to those registered. The theme of the event is advances towards…

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Developmental & Regenerative Biology Program Annual Symposium

Jessica Leff — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 14:42:06 +0000

The Harvard Stem Cell Institute presents the Annual Developmental & Regenerative Biology Program Symposium. Wyss Founding Director Don Ingber will be one of the speakers. The other speakers will be Hanna Mikkola (UCLA), Mark Fishman (HSCI), and Amy Shyer (Rockefeller).

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4th Oslo Epigenetics Symposium

Jessica Leff — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 17:58:24 +0000

The conference brings together leading scientists in the field of Epigenetics. Our goal is to highlight the latest advances in epigenetics, nuclear architecture and chromatin regulation. The symposium will start with a public lecture by Ting Wu, Wyss Institute Associate Faculty member.

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Max Bergmann Symposium 2020

Jessica Leff — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 15:36:42 +0000

The Max Bergmann Symposium 2020 will take place at the Steigenberger Hotel in the historic city center in Dresden, Germany. The meeting will include talks by leading scientists from around the world. The event aims to offer a cross-disciplinary perspective on molecular self-assembly and self-organization. The central topics are: Wyss Faculty members Joanna Aizenberg and William Shih will be…

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Harvard Medical School Genetics Symposium on Climate Change

Jessica Leff — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 14:04:08 +0000

The 2019 Symposium of the Consortium for Space Genetics will be dedicated to Earth because, after all, Earth is in Space. Its focus will be climate change and the potential of genetic technologies to halt or reverse it, ameliorate the consequences of it, and prepare the living world for the extreme conditions that will arise because of it. Indeed, many of the leaders who have spearheaded humanity’…

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29th Annual Irwin M. Arias Symposium: Bridging Basic Science and Liver Disease

Jessica Leff — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:46:18 +0000

Join our distinguished panel of leading biomedical scientists and physicians who share an interest in liver biology and disease as they build a bridge between basic science and liver disease. This year’s Symposium features many Massachusetts researchers presenting on the exciting and pivotal research happening in our own backyard. This all-day event is held annually to honor Irwin (Win) Arias.

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The Warren Alpert Foundation Prize Symposium – Optogenetics: Illuminating the Path Toward Casual Neuroscience

Jessica Leff — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:01:06 +0000

In honor of Edward Boyden, Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, Gero Miesenböck for the development of optogenetics as a way to control the activity of specific circuits in the nervous system, to determine their function and ultimately to control them to treat neurological and psychiatric disorders. This event is hosted by The Warren Alpert Foundation and Harvard Medical School. Visit warrenalpert.

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The Diabetic Lower Extremity Symposium: From Innovation to Therapy

Jessica Leff — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 14:56:23 +0000

Diabetic foot problems significantly impair the quality of life of diabetic patients. Each year in the United States, these complications lead to more than 750,000 new diabetic foot ulcers and 70,000 lower extremity amputations. This extraordinary one and a half day symposium will promote better understanding of the unmet management needs of Diabetic Lower Extremity (DLE) complications and the new…

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