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Rare Diseases and Scientific Inquiry print and web versions available
2013 International Vasculitis Symposium Philadelphia – July 12-14, 2013
Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center
Symposium on Best Practices in Clinical Study Design for Rare Diseases
RoPR Arrives! AHRQ Launches Registry of Patient Registries (RoPR)
Social Security Announces New Compassionate Allowances Conditions
NIH Launches Collaborative Program with Industry and Researchers to Spur Therapeutic Development
Upcoming Conferences
Omics Technology and Perinatal Research
Summer 2013
Gordon Research Conferences CAG Triplet Repeat Disorders and the associated Graduate Research Seminar
Saturday, June 22, 2013 -
Friday, June 28, 2013
NIAID - Dengue Vaccine Initiative Consultation on Dengue Vaccines
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 -
Friday, June 28, 2013
Smith-Lemli Opitz and other Inborn Errors of Cholesterol Synthesis
Thursday, June 27, 2013 -
Saturday, June 29, 2013
3rd International Workshop on Phosphodiesterases: Their Genetics and Human Disease (PDE2013)
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 -
Saturday, July 13, 2013
8th International Eosinophil Society’s Biennial Symposium
Saturday, July 13, 2013 -
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Clinicopathologic Overlap Between Rare Eosinophilic Disorders: Implications for Clinical Trial Design
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Gordon Research Conference Cell Biology of Metals
Sunday, July 28, 2013 -
Friday, August 02, 2013
Third International Meeting on Genetic Syndromes of the Ras/MAPK Pathway
Friday, August 02, 2013 -
Sunday, August 04, 2013
The 2nd International Congress on Pathogens at the Human Animal Interface (ICOPHAI): One Health for Sustainable Development
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 -
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Genomic Nursing Science Blueprint Workshop
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 -
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Urea Cycle Disorders Satellite Symposium to the 12th ICIEM
Sunday, September 01, 2013 -
Monday, September 02, 2013
Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders
Monday, September 02, 2013 -
Saturday, September 07, 2013
Novel Molecular Mechanisms of Neuromuscular Disease: Implications for Therapy
Monday, September 16, 2013 -
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Developing an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda for Genetics of Birth Defects
Monday, September 16, 2013 -
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
The 10th Annual North American Genetic Analysis of ABC Transporters Workshop
Thursday, September 19, 2013 -
Friday, September 20, 2013
US-Brazil Human Immunology Conference
Thursday, September 19, 2013 -
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Rational Approaches to the Management and Control of Neurocysticercosis Based on Recent Advances
Fall 2013
Calcific Neurocysticercosis, Inflammation and Epileptogenesis
Fall 2013
Advances in Chediak-Higashi Disease
Fall 2013
Idiopathic CD4 Lymphocytopenia: It’s Time for Answers
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Animal Models and Personalized Medicine
October 2013
Autoimmune Retinopathy (AIR) Workshop: From Diagnosis to Treatment
October 2013
International Leptospirosis Society (ILS) Meeting 2013 (bi-annual)/ (Especially encouraging new and young investigators from US to attend)
Tuesday, October 08, 2013 -
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Joubert Syndrome Biennial Conference: Advancing Translational Ciliopathy Research, Enhancing Clinical Care
Monday, October 21, 2013 -
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Erdheim-Chester Disease International Medical Symposium
Thursday, October 31, 2013
6th International Meeting on Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 -
Friday, November 15, 2013
Emerging Molecular Markers in Uveal Melanoma and Implications for Treatment
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Applying Chromatin Biology to Understand Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
January 2014
Mobile Genetic Elements and Genome Evolution
Sunday, March 09, 2014 -
Friday, March 14, 2014
International Consensus Conference to Develop Improvement Criteria for Juvenile Dermatomyositis and Adult Dermatomyositis and Polymyositis: Workshop to Define Minimal Clinical Improvement and Major Clinical Response
Monday, June 09, 2014 -
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Williams Syndrome: International Scientific and Professional Conference
July 2014
NPKUA’s 2014 National Conference: Making PKU History
Thursday, July 10, 2014 -
Sunday, July 13, 2014
DNA Polymerases: Biology, Diseases and Biomedical Applications
Sunday, August 31, 2014 -
Thursday, September 04, 2014
12th International Conference on Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Sunday, October 12, 2014 -
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Support for Conferences
General information regarding investigator-initiated conference grants (R13) and conference cooperative agreement (U13) awards.