LabRoots and the Cell Biology Planning Committee are pleased to announce the 4th Annual Cell Biology Virtual Event, providing an opportunity to discuss recent discoveries in biological research, advancements in techniques, and tool developments in cell research.
Cell Biology 2020 Virtual Event will continue to create a valuable platform for inspiring global and interdisciplinary collaboration in a virtual environment, to study cells – their physiological properties, structure, the organelles they contain, environmental interactions, life cycle, division and death, on a microscopic and molecular level.
This years event will include the following tracks and topics:
Our virtual conference allows you to participate in a global setting with no travel or cost to you. The event will remain open 6 months from the date of the live event. The webinars will be available for unlimited on-demand viewing. This virtual conference also offers increased reach for the global microbiology community with a high degree of interaction through live-streaming video and chat sessions.
Like the 2019 conference, this event will be produced on our robust platform, allowing you to watch, learn and connect seamlessly across all desktop or mobile devices. Equipped with gamification and point system, you can now move around the entire event, earning points for a chance to win one of LabRoots' most popular T-shirts.
Call for Posters — Virtual poster sessions offer the opportunity to present data to a global audience via a PDF poster and video summary, and discuss results with interested colleagues through email. Plan now to have your poster included in the 2020 Cell Biology Virtual Event. Submission is free. Submit your abstract here.
Continuing Education
LabRoots is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program. By attending this event, you can earn 1 Continuing Education credit per presentation for a maximum of 30 credits.
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POSTER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Virtual poster sessions offer the opportunity to present data to a global audience via a PDF poster and video summary, and discuss results with interested colleagues through email. Posters should be submitted as a PowerPoint file. Presentations should incorporate illustrative materials such as tables, graphs, photographs, and large-print text. This content is not peer-reviewed. Submission is free.
SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT
Enter the following information to this Submission Form:
All submitted abstracts will be reviewed and decisions regarding acceptance will be made as abstracts are received. You will be notified within one week of receipt about acceptance. Further details and registration materials will be provided at that time. You do not have to be present in order to have a poster displayed. Only those abstracts approved by LabRoots may display posters at this event.
If accepted, you will also have the opportunity to record a 3-5 minute summary video for each poster. LabRoots will work with each individual to create these videos. Video links and email contact information will be included on each poster displayed.
Questions? Email Posters@LabRoots.com
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Prof. Benedetta Bussolati obtained her medical degree at the University of Torino (Italy) and her PhD on Physiopathology of the Renal Insufficiency at the University of Parma (Italy). She currently holds the position of Associate Professor of Nephrology at the University of Torino and director of a Research group at the Molecular Biotechnology Centre. Dr. Bussolati has extensive experience in studies of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine that include characterization of various stem cell types and their potential use for tissue regeneration. She is actually focusing on the role extracellular vesicles as therapeutic tools for modulating tissue regeneration, angiogenesis and tumor vasculogenesis. She is founder and president of the Italian Society of Extracellular Vesicles (EVIta).
John J.S. Cadwell received his degree in pharmacology from the University of Miami in 1981 studying excitation/contraction coupling mechanisms in skeletal muscle. He spent additional time at the University of Nottingham and the National Institute of Medical Research at Mill Hill, U.K.. In 2000 he founded FiberCell Systems Inc., a company specializing in the develop and supply of laboratory scale 3-D capillary hollow fiber bioreactors. He is also founder of FiberCell Laboratories, the research and development arm for FiberCell Systems. He has over 10 publications in the field and three patents relating to hollow fiber systems and has presented talks on various related topics at meetings around the world.
Steve Caplan received his PhD from the Lautenberg Center for Tumor and General Immunology at the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, in 1998. He trained as a postdoctoral fellow between 1998 and 2003 at the National Institutes of Health, before accepting a faculty position in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska in 2003. Dr. Caplan is currently a Professor and Vice Chair for Administration, and serves as the Director of the UNMC Advanced Microscopy Core Facility, as well as the Research Institute-Program Coordinator for the Nebraska INBRE Program, an NIH-funded program designed to improve the research infrastructure for the state of Nebraska and to encourage and promote undergraduate science research. Dr. Caplan has received multiple awards, including Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Graduate Students, UNMC Distinguished Scientist and the Thomas Maciag award for mentorship and research. Dr. Caplan is the author of about 100 published manuscripts, as well as 4 novels of fiction that deal with the lives of scientists, and has written a series of articles for newspapers such as The Guardian in the UK.
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