About us
Small RNAs in Development, Immunology and Cancer
Emergence & Convergence is a series of one-day mini-symposia on biomedicine organized jointly by Nature Publishing Group and Fondation IPSEN.
Each meeting in the series will aim to bring together a group of leading international speakers to address a topic of strong current interest and one which has elements both of new advances in the field - 'emergence' - and a developing consensus on the importance and integration of the new advances with existing understanding - 'convergence'. Where applicable, meetings will be cross-disciplinary in nature to facilitate and promote collaboration.
Meetings will be hosted by editorial staff from Nature Publishing Group, usually working closely with a group of local organizers.
The expected attendance for each meeting will be 100 – 120 delegates. Registration for the meeting will be free and the delegates will be selected from among those applying to attend.
Conference Organizers
FONDATION IPSEN
The Fondation IPSEN (Paris), created in 1983, has two objectives, the distribution of knowledge, and encouraging the exploration of emerging areas of research. To fulfill these commitments the foundation organizes series of international meetings (among them, the Colloques Médecine et Recherche in Neurosciences, Alzheimer's disease, Endocrinology, Cancer Science, Longevity, and the Vascular Tree). It also awards annual prizes in recognition of outstanding scientific achievements and publishes various reports, books, newsletters, etc.
Over the past twenty-four years, the Fondation IPSEN has established its place in the scientific and medical landscape and intends to continue to be at the forefront in forming links, initiating multidisciplinary exchanges and contributing to the spread of knowledge, with time, intelligence, goodwill and above all, the collaboration of leaders in current biomedical research.
www.ipsen.com/homeFondation.jsp
Nature Publishing Group
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, dedicated to serving the academic, professional scientific and medical communities. NPG's flagship title, Nature, was first published in 1869. Other publications include Nature research journals, Nature Reviews, Nature Clinical Practice, and a range of prestigious academic journals including society-owned publications. NPG also provides news content through news@nature.com and scientific career information through Naturejobs. The company has a growing conference series.
NPG is a global company with headquarters in London and offices in New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Boston, Tokyo, Paris, Munich, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Delhi, Mexico City and Basingstoke. For more information, please go to www.nature.com.
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
Nature Structural Biology was relaunched in 2004 as Nature Structural & Molecular Biology to reflect the multitude of approaches, including biochemical, genetic and molecular techniques, that alone or together with structural analysis can elucidate biological mechanisms. Thus Nature Structural & Molecular Biology publishes work that provides new mechanistic insight into how the molecular components in any basic cellular process work together. In addition, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology publishes timely and informative News & Views articles, Research Highlights that are brief summaries of noteworthy papers—published elsewhere—selected and written by the editors, Commentaries, Perspectives and Reviews that make it indispensable to those interested in understanding molecular mechanism.
www.nature.com/nsmb/index.html
Nature Immunology
Nature Immunology publishes high-quality original research articles that provide fundamental insight into the workings of many aspects of the immune system. In addition to publishing significant original research, Nature Immunology also publishes commentaries, News and Views articles, historical perspectives, correspondence from readers and reviews of the literature, thus serving as the major conduit of top-quality information for the immunology community.
