Science in the Triangle

Events taking place the week of Oct. 12 in the Research Triangle area that are open to the public:

Tuesday

Noon to 12:45 p.m.
SBIR/STTR training series
Webinar: Intellectual Property: Conception and capture (to include war stories of what not to do managing government-funded work)
Presented by Scott Merrell, Hutchison Law Group
More information here.

7 p.m.
Broad Street Cafe, 1116 Broad St., Durham
The Periodic Tables: Science on tap: The chemistry of beer
Presented by Triangle Brewing Co. and Brewmaster Store
More information here.

Wednesday

9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
111. T. W. Alexander Srive, Research Triangle Park
Keystone Room 1003AB
Seminar: Idenfication of genetic and epigenetic biomarkers of metal exposure and metal-induced disease using environmental toxicogenomics and systems biology
Speaker: Rebecca Fry

11 a.m. to noon
NIEHS
111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park
Rall Bldg. Rodbell B
Seminar: Unarmed but dangerous
Speaker: Tawana Williams, Wilson

4:15 p.m.
Raleigh Convention Center
BioProcess International Conference and Exhibition
ObamaCare: Stimulus Spending, System Reform and Market Change
Speaker: J.D. Kleinke, medical economist and author, Oxymorons: The Myth of a U.S. Health Care System
More information here and here.

Thursday

7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
N.C. Biotechnology Center
15 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park
Triangle Global Health Consortium breakfast discussion: Cloud computing for health system strengthening
More information here.

7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Embassy Suites, 201 Harrison Oaks Blvd., Cary
Triangle Business Journal symposium: Health care and you - what’s at stake?
Cost: $28
More information here.

10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
NIEHS
111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park
Rall Bldg. Room D450
Seminar: Environmental exposure to engineered nanomaterials as a potential cause of lung inflammation, fibrosis and cancer
Speaker: James C. Bonner, N.C. State University