The conference Assay Development & High Throughput Screening will take place on June 22-23, 2006 at the Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel in San Francisco, CA. The event will focus on new development in Cell Based Assays and HTS Screenings (New reporter systems, High contents screening, Channels, Yeast: genetic and enzymatic), In vitro Assays and Screening, Applications in Drug Discovery (Target identification and validation, Biomarkers and Diagnostics application), and Data collection and management. Presentations will be given from organizations such as Merck, Eli Lilly, Roche, Pfizer, AstraZeneCa, Amgen, Chiron, GE Global Research Center, Serono and many more. For more information contact Rania Hafez at raniah@gtcbio.com

The 10th Annual Proteomics Conference: Beyond Genome will take place on June 19-21, 2006 at the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, CA. The conference will feature programs on Protein Biomarkers for Cancer; Tissue Proteomics-Based Cancer Biomarker Discovery; Analysis of Peptides Associated with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Integrating Genomic and Proteomic Data for Biomarker Discovery; Virtual Mass Spectrometry and the Discovery of Biomarkers; Comparative Proteomics and Genomics Studies for the Discovery of HIV Biomakers; New Proteome Profiling Approaches; High-Throughput Molecular Dissection of an Age Supressing (Klotho) Signaling Pathway using a siRNA Kinome Library and Protein Microarrays; Molecular Network Analysis using Reverse Phase Protein Microarrays for Patient Tailored Therapy; Global Profiling of Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Activity with Ultra-Sensitive ChemiCal Probes; and Proteomics for Target Identification/Validation. The keynote speakers will include: Dr. Pearl S. Huang, Vice President, Biology, Oncology and Proliferative Disease at GlaxoSmithKline, and Dr. Ellen G. Feigal, Director, Medical Devices and Imaging, The Critical Path Institute.

BayBio2006 will be held on June 15, 2006 from 8:00am – 5:00pm at San Mateo Marriott, 1770 South Amphlett Blvd., San Mateo, California 94402. The conference will highlight the Bay Area’s strength in life sciences product development and commercialization.

The UCSC Extension in Silicon Valley will teach a course on Personalized Medicine: Scientific, Regulatory and Business Dimensions from 8:30 to 5:00 p.m. June 15-16th at the USCS extension classroom campus in Cupertino, CA. The instructors for this course will include: Audrey Erbes, Ph.D., a life science business development and marketing consul

The BIOCOM June Breakfast will be held on June 14, 2006 from 7-9 a.m. at the LaJolla Mariott in San Diego, CA.

The workshop Introduction to FPLC – Theory and Practice will be held June 10, 2006 at Ohlone College Campus in Fremont, CA. The workshop offers an understanding of Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) in a research or industrial setting. Includes the theory of protein purification, the wide range of research, analytical and preparative use, instrumentation used for FPLC, Calibrating and maintaining the instrumentation, analyzing data and interpreting results.

The second event in the Women’s Technology Cluster Life Sciences Breakfast Series, Conducting Clinical Trials Abroad, will be held on June 8, 2006 at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, 50 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA. Increasingly, life science companies are conducting their clinical trials outside of the US. This trend has its attractive upsides for companies in terms of cost, speed and potential funding opportunities, but it also brings unique issues to the clinical trial process and US government approach. Hear the advice, successes and failures from four experts with experience conducting trials abroad. Speakers will include: Elizabeth Song, PhD, Vice President, Business Development, EGeen International Corporation; Scott Harris, MS, RAC, Regulatory Affairs / Drug Development Consultant; Maria Mei-Lai Chiam, BPharm, MBA, Nucleus Network; and Claire Kinlaw, PhD, President, Developmental Products, Inc.

The Third Annual Bay Area Symposium on Modulatory Small RNA’s will be held on June 8, at 2006 Byers Auditorium, Genentech Hall, UCSF Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA.
The symposium will explore the rapidly expanding field of RNA-modulated gene expression including miRNAs, RNAi, antisense, RNA editing, splicing, viral RNA function, and oligonucleotide-based applications.

The IBF Conferences International Business Forum presents The 17th Annual Venture Capital Investing Conference to be held June 7-9th, 2006 at The Renaissance Stanford Court San Francisco, CA. This is the Premier Industry Gathering for Venture Capitalists & Institutional Investors, and boasts an unparalleled history with regard to quality of program and seniority of speakers and attendees.

The seminar From Idea to Company — How to Finance, Structure and Protect your Fledgling Life Sciences Company will be held on June 6, 2006 at Cooley Godward, LLP, 3175 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, CA. The seminar will address how to set up your new life sciences company from the idea stage, to angel funding, venture financing, stock options, intellectual property protection, technology transfer, licensing terms, dealing with big pharma, and employment issues. The seminar is free but space is limited. RSVP.