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RTP Week Ahead, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1

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25th International Festival of Raleigh starts Fri. October 1st

Monday, September 27

A New Era of Development Assistance: Problems and Opportunities

4:30 - 6:00pm

Sanford, Rm. 04, Duke Global Health Institute

Led by Charles MacCormack, CEO of Save the Children. This is part of the Rethinking Development Policy Lecture Series.

Tuesday, September 28

BioNetwork Course: Riboprinter Microbial Characterization

8:00am (Tues. 9/28) - 5:00pm (Thurs. 9/30)

BioNetwork Capstone Center, BTEC 250, 850 Oval Drive, Centennial Campus, Raleigh, 27695

Focuses on the operation of the Riboprinter, propriety instrumentation used to quickly and accurately charaterize and identify bacterial isolates in the pharmaceutical and other FDA-regulated industries. Lectures address the biology enabling operation of Riboprinter. Lab sections provide the students wiht hands-on experience. (2.4 CEUs)

NIEHS Seminar: Computational Genomics of Gene Regulation

11:00am - 12:00pm

NIEHS, Rall Bldg, Room D450

Speaker: Dr. Xiaole Shirley Liu - Harvard University. From Liu: High throughput genomics technologies brought a paradigm shift to gene regulation studies, but they also created challenges on data analysis. In this talk, I will highlight two studies conducted in my lab to show how computational and statistical algorithms could help remove the noise in the data, provide informative results, and help design efficient experiments.

Wednesday, September 29

CED 2010 Entrepreneurship Symposium

8:00am - 1:00pm

Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Entrepreneurship is Everywhere! Every sized-company, every job function, every industry: Learn how to be an entrepreneur that drives innovation. Agenda as follows at link.

Thursday, September 30

2010 Molecular Biotechnology Research Symposium

8:00am - 5:00pm

McKimmon Center 1101 Gorman Street Raleigh, NC 27606

A symposium featuring presentations (poster and oral) by graduate students enrolled in the Molecular Biotechnology Training Program (MBTP) followed by an afternoon session at which distinguished speakers from NC State, the RTP area, and the nation discuss the latest developments in life sciences and biotechnology. Free!
10:00 - 11:00am
NIEHS, Rall Bldg. Room D450
Series: LMC SEMINAR SERIES Speaker: Thomas P. Zwaka, M.D. - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. (Open to the Public)

Friday, October 1

25th International Festival of Raleigh

4:30pm (Fri. 10/1) - 7:00pm (Sun. 10/3)

Raleigh Convention Center, 500 South Salisbury Street; Raleigh, NC 27601

The Festival is a key component of the Triangle’s cultural and artistic offerings with over fifty different ethnic groups participating. Attractions include great international food, cultural exhibits, ethnic crafts and lessons as well as bazaars with varieties of international items for sale. Two stages feature global dance performances and music, and the kid’s corner offers fun for young citizens of the world. Join us for an entertaining, informative and delicious event, and discover the world of Raleigh!

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To view a complete calendar of RTP community events, please visit the Science in the Triangle calendar.

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