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Recent advances in targeted therapy have unequivocally demonstrated the activity of these compounds in cancer patients. Following on the clinical successes of imitanib and trastuzamab, pharmaceutical companies have filled their oncology pipelines with small molecule kinase inhibitors. Work on identifying the most active agents for specific tumor types and increasing efficacy with combination targeted therapy has become the primary focus of translational oncology research. However, this field is in its infancy, with much to be learned about which molecules to target, how to go beyond kinase inhibitors, how to optimize dose and scheduling of these new classes of drugs and how to tailor therapy to the genetic architecture of individual tumors. This conference will bring together experts in the key disciplines of cell biology, biochemistry, molecular genetics, medicinal chemistry, imaging and clinical oncology to identify critical problems that may best be addressed using a multidisciplinary approach and foster those collaborations.

Despite being theorized more than 100 years ago as the “magic bullets” to treat a range of diseases, it is only within the last 10 years that antibodies have become an important class of therapeutics. This meeting will bring together experts from academia and industry to discuss the current state of antibody therapeutics, their mechanism of action in a range of medical indications, novel approaches to improving discovery, manufacturing, formulation, and pharmacokinetics, methods to predict and increase therapeutic efficacy, as well as novel therapeutic opportunities in cancer, infectious diseases, allergy, inflammatory diseases, and the neurosciences. This meeting will be of interest to academic and industry scientists working in all these fields.

The eighth Siberian conference SIBCON-2009 aims to offer opportunities to learn and to share information on the latest advances in communications and control systems.The conference is organized by the IEEE on a regular basis in order to promote interdisciplinary discussion and interaction among scientists and engineers with an emphasis on the IEEE membership.

The International Education Fair covers a wide range – from the nursery school to the university. The exhibitors offer everything from school aids to uniforms, from the classical textbook to the virtual one – on the Internet.