Sage Commons Congress http://sagecongress.org/WP Mapping the Future of Geneomics and Healthcare Fri, 11 May 2012 20:59:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sage Bionetworks in the news http://sagecongress.org/WP/blog/2012/02/22/sagenews/ http://sagecongress.org/WP/blog/2012/02/22/sagenews/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:26:23 +0000 Jonathan Izant http://sagecongress.org/WP/?p=1810 Sage Bionetworks and Stephen Friend have recently been profiled in Science magazine and in the Seattle Times Sunday magazine.  Jocelyn Kaiser’s Science article reviews the history of the Sage Bionetworks initiative and has a good summary of many of the pilot projects that are underway. There are comments from many of the leaders in genomics research and open science. Maureen O’Hagan’s Seattle Times magazine cover story talks about the Sage Bionetworks mission from the perspective of patients and includes information on clinical research collaborations that are in progress at the Seattle Children’s Hospital and at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

You can get live updates on Sage Bionetworks and the Commons Congress by following @SageBio on twitter or using the Congress hashtag; #sagecon

 

]]> http://sagecongress.org/WP/blog/2012/02/22/sagenews/feed/ 0 Young Investigator Awards http://sagecongress.org/WP/blog/2012/02/22/yia/ http://sagecongress.org/WP/blog/2012/02/22/yia/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:59:43 +0000 Jonathan Izant http://sagecongress.org/WP/?p=1802 Sage Bionetworks is offering 10 travel awards for outstanding young investigators to attend and participate in the 2012 Commons Congress. The awards will cover economy airfare and hotel accommodation and will be awarded on a competitive basis. This is a unique opportunity for grad students, post-docs or early-stage investigators to learn, share and network. If you are a young investigator, or if you know of a promising young investigator, please visit the award announcement page or contact Chris Gaiteri for more details.

Deadline for submitting applications is February 29!

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Your participation is needed! Go online and help test the consent process.

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]]> http://sagecongress.org/WP/blog/2011/12/05/draft-program/feed/ 0 2012 Commons Congress http://sagecongress.org/WP/blog/2011/11/01/2012congress1/ http://sagecongress.org/WP/blog/2011/11/01/2012congress1/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:11:07 +0000 Jonathan Izant http://sagecongress.org/WP/?p=1431 The 2012 Sage Bionetworks Commons Congress will be held on Friday April 20 – Saturday April 21, 2012. It will be held at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco and program details will be available shortly.

 

 

 

 

Presentations and video recordings of the 2011 Commons Congress platform presentations are available on the Sage Bionetworks Commons Congress website.  Updates on the Communities of Interest workgroups are available on the Sage Bionetworks website.

 

 

 

 

 

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