The European Life Sciences Community meets at BASEL LIFE

Leading experts of the European Life Sciences Community are engaging under the name BASEL LIFE to establish a bridge between science and business. They connect basic and translational scientific research and promote the exchange.

BASEL LIFE will take place for the second time in the Congress Center Basel from the 11th until the 14th September 2018.

Many events specialize in life sciences but no other scientific congress is taking place every year. BASEL LIFE is the exception and will take place once again in Basel from the 11th until the 14th September 2018.
Basel, well known as a hub for life sciences and located in the heart of Europe, is the perfect location for such an event.

Behind BASEL LIFE are the European organization for life sciences (EALS) and the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Following the successful premiere last year, the concept was developed and based on the four pillars science, technology, exhibition and networking. Those four pillars will be represented with EMBO at BASEL LIFE, BASEL LIFE Innovation Forums, BASEL LIFE MipTec Exhibition und new the European Fair Job.

EMBO at BASEL LIFE 2018

The scientific congress will be held under the theme Åsmolecules in biology and medicine”. This involves the aging process, cancer, infections, metabolic disorders, infection biology, microbiota, neurodegenerative diseases, sensitive deficit and model organism in diseases.
The keynote speakers will be Nobel Prize winner May-Britt Moser and cancer expert Jeffrey Engelman, as well as well as other world-renowned speakers. Michael N. Hall, molecular biologist and Professor at the “Biozentrum” in Basle University and star architect Jacques Herzog of Herzog & de Meuron will give the opening lecture.

BASEL LIFE Innovation Forums

11 forums with more than 100 talks and 150 poster presentations will provide a good opportunity for exchange between professionals. Leading scientists get the opportunity to present their latest methods and technologies and to exchange on the latest research developments.
Dr. Menelas Pangalos, Head of early drug discovery research at AstraZeneca, will hold the keynotes.
The forum medical chemistry is a topical issue as chemistry a key element of health. The innovative technologies microfluidics and gene manipulation will be debated in special forums and herald the next generation of diagnostics and therapeutics in biology. Moreover, after the personalized medicine, the next challenge in genomics is data transmission through “blockchain” technology. There is even a forum dedicated to artificial intelligence.
In the new forum “women in science”, prominent speakers will be discussing the challenges faced by women in the industry.

BASEL LIFE MipTec Exhibition

For the past twenty years, the industrial exhibition MipTec has been operating successfully in the life science market and gathers over 100 exhibitors, who show their latest products and solutions in research and development.
In 2017, 3000 visitors used the MipTec as information and networking platform and for their business.

European Job Fair at BASEL LIFE

The one-day job fair on the 12th September offers life science companies and academic institutions the possibility to be seen as an attractive employer and to connect with highly qualified young scientists. Contacts will be made with talented scientists with Phd or PostDoc levels, as well as with young researchers with work experience. The job fair is to appear as a marketplace for employment possibilities in small, medium and large life science companies, as well as in academic institutions.

Further information available at www.basellife.org

Contact:
European Association for Life Sciences
Peter Merian-Strasse 80
4002 Basel, Schweiz

Administrative secretariat BASEL LIFE 2018:

  

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16.04.2018 - European Association for Life Sciences
Peter Merian Strasse 80, 4002 Basel

 

 

Amaris, our new corporate member and partner

We are happy and proud to announce a closer collaboration between Amaris AG and the SCS. Amaris joined the SCS as corporate member and will represent the the technologies and management consulting business in our community.

Amaris is an international Technologies and Management Consulting Group with a rapid pace development and innovative solutions for demanding projects. The company’s business consists in supporting its clients in carrying out their projects by acting within their organization to help improve effectiveness and enhance performance.

Amaris’ added value lies in the quality of its teams and their attention to detail, as well as in the way the company capitalizes on their knowhow.

More information:
http://www.amaris.com

 

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David Spichiger, SCS
23.04.2018

 

Werner Prize 2018 awarded to Prof. Sandra Luber, University of Zurich

On die occasion of the SCS Spring Meeting dinner, Alain De Mesmaeker, SCS President, awarded the Werner Prize 2018 to Prof. Sandra Luber for outstanding research achievements in her still young career. We like to take the opportunity to congratulate her again and wish all the best for the upcoming research projects.

The ceremony took place in the restaurant Hôtel DuPeyrou on April 6 and the lecture was part of the program of the SCS Spring Meeting 2018.

The SCS awards the Werner Prize 2018 to
Prof. Sandra Luber, Universtiy of Zürich,
for her excellent research accomplishments in the field of theoretical and computational chemistry. Her work covers a wide range of approaches, mostly with emphasis on highly accurate methods derived from quantum mechanics, which she has applied to a wide variety of challenging systems.

List of all winners since 1936

About the Werner Prize
CHF 10'000 and medal in bronze
awarded to a promising young scientist for outstanding independent chemical research

Photos of the dinner and the award ceremony

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David Spichiger, SCS
19.04.2018

 

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