Where Life Meets Science- October 22, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES WINNING THE 2009 NLCS!

FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BONNIE GRANT:  The nation’s second-largest medical research and education center, the Greater Philadelphia region is home to many medical, anatomical, and scientific sites — from the nation’s first hospital and home of the “Father of American Surgery” to museums devoted to medical marvels and the history of pharmacy.   This fall’s forefront highlight is Gunther von Hagens’ Body Worlds 2 & The Brain at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute, just one of many attractions in our region’s vast array of scientific treasures. Sequel to the wildly popular Body Worlds exhibition, the exhibits opened October 17 and runs through February 21, presenting real human specimens that reveal the body’s inner workings.   This round places a special emphasis on the least understood organ and the latest findings in neuroscience.  For more information, visit The Franklin Institute's Body Worlds 2.

AND THERE’S MORE IN MEDICAL TOURS:
 With its vast and unusual collection of human medical marvels, the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, in addition to the permanent collection, is hosting The Devouring Element, a special exhibition that focuses on the impact of lead on human health:  Philadelphia's Mütter Museum. *** The Shoe Museum, at Temple University’s School of Podiatric Medicine, displays shoes of historic significance from around the world, as well as those that belonged to the rich and famous: The Shoe Museum at TUSPM.  *** The science of dentistry through the centuries can be explored at The Dr. and Mrs. Edwin Weaver III Historical Dental Museum, where the development of the Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry is celebrated with a mock Victorian dental office, 18th-century dentures carved from bone, a bucket of teeth, photographs, student records, and cases of dental instruments, including a set believed to have been made by Paul Revere: Weaver Dental Museum/gophila.com.   *** The nation’s first hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital, founded in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond, is now recognized by US News and World Report as one of the nation’s best in orthopedics, neurology, and neurosurgery. The original Pine Building is open to the public and hospital tours: Pennsylvania Hospital Tour. *** A Philadelphia masterpiece of 19th-century American art, Thomas Eakins’ The Gross Clinic portrays Dr. Samuel D. Gross attending to a patient in the surgical amphitheater at Jefferson Medical College in 1875.  The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts now jointly own the original, currently not on view, but a reproduction hangs at Thomas Jefferson University’s Eakins Gallery: Eakins at Jefferson. ***  Named for  its most famous resident and the “Father of American Surgery,” Dr. Philip Syng Physick, the Physick House is an 18th-century townhouse in Society Hill with Federal style architecture and furnishings:  The Physick House.  *** Philadelphia is home to the nation’s first college of pharmacy, and the Marvin Samson Center for the History of Pharmacy at the University of Sciences’ 1,000-square-foot museum with a collection of more than 10,000 pharmaceutical and medical objects dating back more than 400 years: History of Pharmacy in Philadelphia.

ACR LOVES PHILADELPHIA: 
Close to 15,000 attendees attended the annual American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Scientific Meeting in Philadelphia October 16-21, 2009, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, matching its record attendance last year in San Francisco.  Hotels were thrilled being sold out and attendees enjoyed the best of Philadelphia’s attractions, including a spectacular reception at The Philadelphia Museum of Art. ACR held its annual meeting in Philadelphia in 2000 (when GPLSC’s Dr. Allen Myers played a huge role in landing ACR).  ACR is considering a return to Philadelphia in 2019.

BENCH2 BUSINESS IS BACK:
 iPRAXIS, in collaboration with University City Science Center, Phoenix IP Ventures, and Ben Franklin Technology Partners is hosting bench2BUSINESS 2009, “Bioscience Commercialization: Getting Started.”  Speakers will include, Osagie Im`asogie, Esq., Senior Managing Partner, Phoenix IP Ventures and Terrence Hicks, M.B.A., Vice President, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania.  The seminar, designed for aspiring and established scientists and entrepreneurs of color who want to learn the essentials of starting a bioscience venture, will take place on Wednesday, December 2 at the Science Center, 3711 Market St.  Registration is free and will accommodate up to 20 participants.  For information, contact Deanna Brown at dbrown@osiris-inc.com or 215/384-1944.

BIOTECH 2009: IMAGINE, COLLABORATE, INNOVATE: 
In its ninth year, this annual joint symposium of Pennsylvania Bio and BioNJ will facilitate opportunities for information sharing, new skill development, networking, collaboration, and partnering among companies at all stages.  The event promises thought-provoking panel discussions, plenary sessions, presentations, partnering sessions, an Innovation Corridor, Exhibit Hall, and more.  Speakers include David Holveck, president and chief executive officer of Endo Pharmaceuticals, whose dinner keynote address on November 16 will focus on the challenge of balancing growth and innovation in the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.  Fred Hassan, chairman and CEO of Schering-Plough Corporation, Kenilworth, NJ, is the luncheon keynote speaker on November 17 and will address “Leadership in a Time of Change: The Next 10 Years in Biotech.”  The conference will take place November 16-17, 2009, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.  For more information, visit Biotech2009 Philadelphia

10TH ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA-JAPAN HEALTH SCIENCES DIALOGUE:
GPLSC Executive Director Bonnie Grant will join GPLSC member David King, venture partner with Quaker BioVentures, and a regional life sciences delegation for the 10th Annual Philadelphia-Japan Health Sciences Dialogue, “Pharma Mergers: Keys to Survival in an Imploding World,” November 9-10, 2009, in Kobe, Japan.  The Philadelphia-Japan Health Sciences Dialogue raises awareness of healthcare and life sciences issues and opportunities by showcasing expertise from the Delaware Valley and promoting collaboration between Greater Philadelphia regional institutions and Japan.  For more information, visit Philadelphia-Japan Health Sciences Dialogue 2009.

FUELING INDUSTRY GROWTH: “Career GPS – Navigating the Job Market in the Philadelphia Region’s Entrepreneurial Life Science Community,” targets the broad group of life science professionals (manager and above) across the region who are seeking new employment options. The program, funded in part by the Delaware Valley Innovation Network, will be held on Friday, November 20, 2009, at The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania.  For registration details, visit www.bioadvance.com or www.sciencecenter.org.

UPCOMING LIFE SCIENCES MEETINGS IN PHILADELPHIA
•    Infectious Disease Society of America, October 29 - November 1; Attendance: 4,500
•    American Public Health Association, November 8 - 11; Attendance: 10,500

THANKS TO OUR RECENT VISITORS
•    American College of Emergency Physicians (PA Chapter), October 12-13; Attendance: 60
•    Ubiquitin Drug Discovery and Diagnostics 2009, October 12-14; Attendance: 200
•    American College of Rheumatology, October 16 - 21; Attendance: 15,000

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