Upcoming Medical Conferences in Galveston

Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes and Platelets Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) is organized by Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) and will be held from Feb 23 - 24, 2019 at Hotel Galvez and Spa, Galveston, Texas, United States of America. Conference Description: The Gordon Research Seminar on Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes and Platelets is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas. The focus of this meeting is to bring together our understanding of the processes involved in the development of the megakaryocyte and platelet cell lineage and how these cells can contribute to health and disease. Submission of abstracts covering work from a range of topics including but not limited to megakaryocyte lineage development, platelet signalling, the role of platelets in disease and immunity, new therapeutic approaches to diseases involving the megakaryocyte lineage and new techniques to investigate platelet and megakaryocyte function are all welcome. This GRS meeting will provide young investigators a unique platform for presentation and active discussion of their latest and most innovative work. Researchers will be encouraged to discuss ongoing challenges and to develop an extensive international network to establish future collaborations between the fields of megakaryocyte and platelet biology. Through a Mentorship Component, this GRS will also provide young investigators with valuable career advice from experts who conduct basic and translational research both within and outside of academia. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes and Platelets Gordon Research Conference (GRC) is organized by Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) and will be held from Feb 24 - Mar 01, 2019 atHotel Galvez and Spa, Galveston, Texas, United States of America. Conference Description: The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on the Cell Biology of Megakaryocytes and Platelets is the premier scientific meeting focused on the biology of megakaryocytes and the platelets that arise from them. The program of this 8th biennial meeting was designed to highlight the latest developments in fundamental science, technological innovation, and the clinical progress in this field. Sessions will cover a diverse range of topics, including the basic biology and clinical application of platelet receptors and signaling pathways, megakaryocyte lineage development and disruptions in the bone marrow niche, novel ways to generate designer platelets and platelet-like particles for clinical use, studies that expand our horizon of what platelets and megakaryocytes can do, especially in the setting of immunity and inflammation, and cutting edge technologies to study these cells on a single cell level. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 Lysosomal Diseases Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) is organized by Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) and will be held from Mar 02 - 03, 2019 at Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas, United States of America. Conference Description: The Gordon Research Seminar on Lysosomal Diseases is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas. The focus of this meeting is to introduce young researchers to emerging advances in the lysosomal disease field. This meeting will cover a broad spectrum of research, from relevant discoveries in lysosomal basic biology and lysosomal pathogenesis to their translation to new treatment strategies for lysosomal disorders. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

2019 Lysosomal Diseases Gordon Research Conference (GRC) is organized by Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) and will be held from Mar 03 - 08, 2019 at Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas, United States of America. Conference Description: While critical for recycling effete structures and materials that allow essential macromolecules to be refashioned, the lysosome lies at the heart of the cell. By engaging in the most dynamic processes in cell biology, including endocytosis, exocytosis, and autophagy, and with a key role in nutrient sensing, the acidic lysosomal compartment is central to cellular homeostasis. Additionally, lysosomes are differentially positioned within the cell to provide unique functions that they support, and traffic between cell regions. These myriads of functionalities help explain the broad spectrum of pathologies induced when proteins important for normal lysosome function are impaired. This GRC sets out to embrace the research into lysosomal diseases in a manner that engages interdisciplinary researchers who focus on molecular and cellular pathogenesis and the development of tools to understand lysosome function; it will be a forum for those who harness this knowledge for therapeutic innovation - and those who desire a more comprehensive understanding of this intriguing organelle and its complex biology. This fifth GRC on lysosomal diseases will be held at the renowned GRC site: Galveston is a capacious venue with a grand hotel setting in coastal Texas. Here, like-minded scientists can share their work in a relaxed environment and celebrate the fascination and importance of an adventurous and burgeoning field of biomedical research. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Cartilage Biology and Pathology Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) is organized by Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) and will be held from Mar 16 - 17, 2019 at Hotel Galvez and Spa, Galveston, Texas, United States of America. Conference Description: The Gordon Research Seminar on Cartilage Biology and Pathology is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas. The primary focus of this student run and organized meeting is to bring together young investigators from a variety of geographic and scientific backgrounds to further our understand of cartilage biology from the perspective of development, normal physiology, and pathology. Over recent years, the link between cartilage/bone development and cartilage pathology has been reinforced by numerous groups. As a result, our understanding of human diseases afflicting bones, joints, and cartilage, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, skeletal deformities, and skeletal tumours, has advanced tremendously. However, these diseases remain a persistent socioeconomic burden on a global scale. This 2 day meeting will address these issues from multiple angles, with the hope of establishing a progressive dialogue and advancing the field through sharing of cutting edge data, and establishment of international collaborations. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Cartilage Biology and Pathology Gordon Research Conference (GRC) is organized by Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) and will be held from Mar 17 - 22, 2019 at Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas, United States of America. Conference Description: The Cartilage Biology and Pathology Gordon Research Conference is the meeting in the cartilage research field where cutting-edge new research advancement at the highest level is reported. The ninth edition of the GRC on Cartilage Biology and Pathology will be held in Galveston, Texas, in March of 2019. Two main objectives have been set: First, continue to make this conference the premier forum for excellence in cartilage research; Second, promote scientific exchange between trainees and seasoned cartilage researchers by complementing the GRC with the second GRS. To reach these objectives, we propose the following aims: • To continue to develop the strength and uniqueness of the conference by bringing together leading experts from cartilage research efforts. Speakers and other participants of the conference including developmental biologists, clinicians, and engineers who represent most areas of cartilage biology. This strength and uniqueness have been endorsed by most participants at previous conferences. • To promote a rich intellectual environment and to highlight the most recent and yet unpublished scientific, translational and clinical breakthroughs, based on which effective treatments for cartilage diseases can be made. • To provide a collegial and stimulating environment and opportunity for researchers across all career stages and disciplines to interact productively, share knowledge, innovative ideas, new resources and cutting-edge technologies of the essence to cartilage research. • To engage and nurture the new generation of investigators, by preceding the conference with a GRS dedicated to and organized by trainees, and by stimulating active participation of students, postdoctoral fellows, young investigators, minorities, and women throughout the conference. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Tropical Infectious Diseases Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) is organized by Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) and will be held from Mar 23 - 24, 2019 at Hotel Galvez and Spa, Galveston, Texas, United States of America. Conference Description: The 2019 Gordon Research Seminar on Tropical Infectious Diseases is a unique forum for junior scientists to receive mentoring, expand their professional network and exchange cutting-edge ideas on basic and translational bacterial, viral and parasitic disease research. Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their research projects in oral or poster presentations and to interact closely with senior scientist mentors throughout the meeting. The GRS will conclude with an interactive career panel featuring non-traditional career options that can arise from tropical disease research. Following the GRS, participants are encouraged to apply and attend the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Tropical Infectious Diseases, which will highlight major advances on the same topics. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Tropical Infectious Diseases Gordon Research Conference (GRC) is organized by Gordon Research Conferences (GRC) and will be held from Mar 24 - 29, 2019 at Hotel Galvez and Spa, Galveston, Texas, United States of America. Conference Description: The 2019 Gordon Research Conference on Tropical Infectious Diseases will present cutting edge research on the most prevalent and medically important tropical infectious and emerging diseases (TIEDs). This will be the sixth time that this particular GRC will be held, and it will have a thematic organization similar to that of the very successful conferences held in 2015 and 2017. The intent is to gather a multidisciplinary community of scientists and discuss cutting edge basic, field-based and translational research in TIEDs. The 2019 GRC will include disease-focused sessions from Innovation to Global Health Impact for tropical bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance, emerging and re-merging TIEDs with an emphasis in new advances related to host-parasite relationships, novel technologies leading to global impact and lessons learned from the bench to the clinic. For each session, invited speakers who are at the forefront of their respective fields will discuss how progress made at the bench is being translated to actions in the field, emphasizing interventions based on treatment, vaccination, or interrupting the transmission cycle in the vector or reservoir hosts. An important goal of the GRC is to attract junior scientists and graduate students, including those from disease endemic countries, to present their work in poster format and exchange ideas with leaders in the field. Following a successful format from the previous conference, there will be a 2-day Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) organized for senior doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers. Selected participants will give oral presentations and present posters in a setting that promotes networking and gears them towards the GRC that follows on the next day. There will also be a discussion panel organized during the GRS, on careers in science, and participants will have the opportunity to interact with the panel members during the GRS and GRC. The GRS will be an excellent opportunity for highly motivated junior investigators from disease endemic areas to develop collaborations with senior investigators and strengthen on-going research in their own countries. The Conference will be held in a historic seaside hotel in Galveston, Texas, which offers a quiet and relaxing environment in one of the best-preserved concentrations of Victorian architecture in the country. The presentations of cutting edge research, along with the programmed discussion sessions and opportunities for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, will serve to greatly enrich the community of multidisciplinary scientists working on TIEDs. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

9th Alstrom Syndrome International (ASI) Conference is organized by Alstrom Syndrome International (ASI) and will be held from May 02 - 06, 2019 at Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.

Texas Geriatrics Society (TGS) / Texas Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine - TMDA Annual Conference is organized by Texas Geriatrics Society (TGS), Texas Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine - TMDA and will be held from Aug 09 - 11, 2019 at Galveston, Texas, United States of America. Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.