Diamandis Laboratory Photo Album and Scrapbook:
Scientific Meetings

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Photo of EPD lab in Corning, NY in 1994
The laboratory personnel of Eleftherios P. Diamandis in Corning, NY in 1994
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Human kallikreins: Gene discovery, phylogenetic analysis and clinical applications.

1st Iranian Congress of Cancer Research (Keynote Speaker), Urmia, Iran, May 15, 2001

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Kyoto, Japan, August 9, 2001.

From left to right, rear to front: Osamu Ukimura, Geisha #1, Tsuneharu Miki, Yoichi Mizutani, Geisha #2, Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Geisha #3, Nozomi Yamaguchi.

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Touring in Taiwan, during the Tumor Marker Meeting, November 30, 2001.

From left to right standing: Dr. Carl Wittwer (ARUP) and his wife, Dr. James Woo (ARUP), Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Dr. Daniel W. Chan (Johns Hopkins), Dr. Lily Wu (ARUP), Dr. Maria Chan and Dr. Tasoula Diamandis.

5 photo Dr. James Wu (ARUP) and Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis in Taipei, Taiwan, November 30, 2001 during the Tumor Marker Conference.
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Tumor Marker Conference in Taipei, Taiwan, November 30, 2001.

From left to right: Dr. Chien-Feng Sun, Dr. Daniel W. Chan, Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis and Dr. Carl Wittwer.

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Dinner at the famous Lovell's Restaurant in Lake Forest, Illinois on March 5, 2002.
This was taken on the evening before the Dr. Diamandis' lecture presentation at Abbott Laboratories. Left to right:

Philip Hemken, Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Barry L. Dowell, Gerard Davis, Brenda Price, and Vince Salbilla.

Lovell was an astronaut for many years and participated, among other missions, as Chief Pilot of the Apollo 13 Moon Mission. The painting in the background was donated by actor Tom Hanks to Astronaut Lovell to commemorate the making of the movie "Apollo 13" [Ron Howard, Director].

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Carla Borgono, George Yousef, Lianna Kyriakopoulou, Linda Grass, and Tadaaki Kishi.
Taken at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 93rd annual meeting, San Francisco, California, April 2002.
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Evi Lianidou, Georgia Sotiropoulou, George Yousef and Andreas Scorilas
Taken at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 93rd annual meeting, San Francisco, California, April 2002.
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Ed Sauter, Judith Finlay and George Soleas.
Taken at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 93rd annual meeting, San Francisco, California, April 2002.
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George Soleas, Panos Papanastasiou, Konstantina Petraki, Stefano Fracchioli and Eleftherios P. Diamandis.
Taken at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 93rd annual meeting, San Francisco, California, April 2002.
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George Yousef, Tadaaki Kishi, and Teru Nakamura.
Taken at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 93rd annual meeting, San Francisco, California, April 2002.
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David Bruns (Editor of Clinical Chemistry), Hans Lilja and E.P. Diamandis at the AACC Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, Sunday July 28, 2002.
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Martin Fleisher, E.P. Diamandis and Nils Brunner, during the workshop on Tumour Markers, AACC Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, Sunday July 28, 2002.
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ISOBM photos below were taken in Boston on September 10, 2002 at the 30th Meeting
of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine.
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Dr. Garry Abelev, who discovered alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) as a tumor marker in 1960, posing at ISOBM with Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis.
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Dr. T.M. Chu, who led the development of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) as a prostatic biomarker in the 1980's, posing at ISOBM with Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis.
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Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis posing at ISOBM with Dr. Phil Gold, who co-discovered carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) as a tumor marker in 1965.
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Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis with Dr. Robert C. Bast [M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA], co-discoverer of the ovarian cancer biomarker CA125. Picture taken Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at the 9th Bi-Annual International Forum on Ovarian Cancer (organized by the Helene Harris Memorial Trust), Ettington Park Hotel, Stratford-on-Avon, England.
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Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis sitting at ISOBM with Delia and Morton K. Schwartz, a cancer biochemistry and tumor marker pioneer for over 40 years at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York City).
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Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis sitting at ISOBM with Dr. Vivian Barak, Head of the Oncology Laboratory at the Hadassa-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel, and her husband.
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Dr. Masato Maekawa, Dr.E.P. Diamandis, Dr. David M. Goldberg and Dr. Robert Rej at lunch during the annual conference of the International Society for Enzymology, Hamamatsu, Japan, October 18-19, 2002.
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Dr. Jin Song Liu, Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Dr. Robert C. Bast and Dr. Gordon E. Mills on March 26, 2003 at Stratford upon Avon, London, England, during the Helene Harris Memorial Trust "Forum on Ovarian Cancer".
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A SARS-scared welcome of Dr. E.P. Diamandis by Beckman Coulter scientists in Chicago, IL during the annual American Urological Association meeting, April 28, 2003. Taken at the Chicago Hilton Hotel just prior to an outstanding dinner at El Presidente Restaurant, Chicago. From left to right: Charlie Weinzierl, Eleftherios Diamandis, Harry Rittenhouse, Steven Mikolajckyk.
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Photos from the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC (July 11 to 13, 2003).

Top Left: Lisa Kurlender, Carla Borgoño, Carl Kapadia, Christina Obiezu, Iacovos Michael, and Michael Sidiropoulos.
Top Right: Lisa Kurlender, Carla Borgoño, and Christina Obiezu in front of their poster.

Middle Left: Iacovos Michael, Dr. Angeliki Magklara and Christina Obiezu at the Zaytinya restaurant.
Middle Right: Group dinner at the 701 restaurant.

Bottom Left: Group dinner at the Filomena restaurant.
Bottom Right: Carla Borgoño, Lisa Kurlender and Christina Obiezu in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capital Hill.

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Axel Semjonow with Eleftherios Diamandis at the ISOBM meeting in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 30 to September 4, 2003.
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Dr. Jennifer Harris [Genomics Institute of the Novartis Foundation] with Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis in Oxford, England during the 57th Harden Conference, September 10-12, 2003.
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Athena Society Meeting, Greece, September 22-26, 2003.

Visit to Ephesus, group photo.

4 Member from left to right:
Basil Doumas, Gregory Tsongalis, Eleftherios Diamandis and Evangelos G. Spanos.

Dr. Larry Kricka, Dr. Gregory Tsongalis and Dr. Anastasia Diamandis during the boat tour.

Dr. Mario Plebani with Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis at Samos.

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Weizmann Cancer Lecture on May 31, 2004.
From left to right: Arthur B. Konviser, Prof. Benjamin Geiger, Mary-Jane Espokeb, Ronald Burkes, Eleftherios. P. Diamandis. The separate photo at right is of Dr. Diamandis during his lecture.
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Photos from the ISOBM meeting in June 2004, Helsinki, Finland:

Dr. Catherine Sturgeon, Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK and Eleftherios P. Diamandis.

Group (from left to right): Thomas Ekstedt (DPC Scandinavia AB), Dr. Paul Sibley (Diagnostic Products Corp.), Dr. Axel Semjonow (University of Muenster, Germany), Gabriella, Dr. Carsten Stephan (Charite Hospital, Berlin, Germany), Drs. Anastasia and Eleftherios P. Diamandis.

Dr. Timothy J. O'Brien (Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA) with Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis.

At the gala dinner June 22, from left to right: Dr. T. Stigbrand (Editor of Tumor Biology); Johanna Louhimo (Organizing Committee), Drs. Eleftherios.P. Diamandis and Anastasia Diamandis.

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The Executive Board of the International Society for Enzymology [ISE] at the Annual AACC Meeting in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, July 27, 2004. Top row from left: Drs. Daniel Chan (Councelor), Cathie Sturgeon (Secretary), Eleftherios P. Diamandis (Vice-President and Treasurer). Bottom row: Drs. Francesco Salvatore (Past President), David Goldberg (Founding Member and Past President Emeritus), Mario Plebani (President).
    AACR Meeting, April 16-20, 2005. Anaheim, CA. (photos 31-42)
32 Group (from left to right, top to bottom) Inci Karakucuk, Juditch Clements, Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Linda Grass, Marc Elliott, Maria Diamandis, Daisy Du, and Katerina Economopoulou
33 Group (from left to right) Evi Lianidou, Aliki, Dr. Lui-Ying Luo, Katerina Oikonomopoulou
34 Group (from left to right) Da-elene van der Merwe, Linda Grass, Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Inci Karakucuk and Daisy Du
35 Group (from left to right, top to bottom) Girish Sardana, Dr. George Yousef, Iacovos Michael, Geeth Gunawardana, Inci Karakucuk, Julia Dorn, Carla Borgono, Linda Grass, Daisy Du and Vathany Kulasingam
36 Dr. Lui-Ying Luo, Shannon and Marc Elliott
37 Drs. Eleftherios P. Diamandis and Lui-Ying Luo.
38 Top to bottom, left to right: Dr. Lui-Ying Luo, Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Maria Diamandis, Vasso Karavana, Dr. Constantina Petraki, Shannon, Marc Elliott and Katerina Oikonomopoulou.
39 Vasso Karavana, Dr. Constantina Petraki, Maria Diamandis, and Dr. George Yousef at Disney Land.
40 Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Dr. Constantina Petraki and Maria Diamandis at Disney Land.
41 Top to bottom, left to right: Evi Lianidou, Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Maria Diamandis, Vasso Karavana, Linda Grass, Dr. George Yousef, Aliki, and Dr. Constantina Petraki.
42 Julie Shaw, Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Vathany Kulasingam and Dr. Lui-Ying Luo.
43 Drs. Eleftherios P. Diamandis and Alessandro Santin, with Mrs. Santin.
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Tumor Markers for Personalized Medicine: The New Frontier, Mauna Lani Resort, Kohala Coast, Island of Hawaii, March 3-9, 2006

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AACR Meeting, 2006 April 1-5, Washington DC

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XXV Congress of the Sociedad Española de Bioquímica Clínica y Patología Molecular, Bilbao, Spain, October 9-11, 2006

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EDRN Steering Committee Meeting, Denver, Colorado, March 13-15, 2007

48 AACR Meeting, 2007 April 14-18, Los Angeles CA


Above: Dr. Diamandis, with Phedias and Maria at the AACR Conference

Above: Dinner at Nicks & Stef's Steakhouse, Monday April 16, 2007

Above: Yiannis and Chris; Yiannis posing with Walk of Fame Star Maria Callas and with towering NBA star Magic Johnson

49 Tumor markers: Professional Practice in Clinical Chemistry: A Review and Update.Washington D.C., April 22, 2007

50 CLAS Meeting, El Conquistador Hotel, Puerto Rico, May 16 - 19, 2007


- Ingrid and Ulf-Hakan Stenman with Anastasia and Eleftherios P Diamandis

- Stephen Mikolajczyk, Robert Wolfond, Anatasia and EP Diamandis, Harry Rittenhouse, Robert Doss and Barry Dowell

- Boat Trip

- Photoluminescence

51 Kinin Conference
Berlin, Germany
May 30 - June 2, 2007
52

American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting
San Diego , CA
June 15 -19, 2007

53 Gordon Research Conference
Salve Regina Unive rsity
N
ew port, Rhode Island
August 5 - 10, 2007
54 2007 International Conference on Molecular Targets for Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
Lemesos , Cyprus , October 7 -10, 2007
Dr. E.P. Diamandis with Dr. V Craig Jordon and Dr. Andreas Constantinou

Dr. Andreas Constantinou, Dr. E.P. Diamandis and Dr. Kyriacos Kyriacou

Dr. E.P. Diamandis with Dr. Spiros Garbis Dr. E.P. Diamandis with conference poster

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2nd International Symposium on Kallikreins and Kallikrein-Related Peptidases
The Petros M. Nomikos Conference Center , Santorini Island , Greece , October 16 -18, 2007

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5th General Meeting of the International Proteolysis Society
University of Patras , Greece October 20 -24, 2007

-- Dr. E. P. Diamandis and Dr. Lynn Matrisian -- Dr. E. P. Diamandis and Dr. Judith Bond -- Mycinae

57 EORTC-NCI-ASCO Annual Meeting on “Molecular Markers in Cancer”
Brussels, Belgium
November 15 - 17, 2007
58 Lysosomal Disease Network Annual Symposium
Las Vegas, NV, USA
February 13 - 15, 2008
59 EDRN Meeting
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
March 16 - 20, 2008
-- Mongolian Grill
60 AACR Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 12-16, 2008

- Tasoula and Richard, The Best Breakfast Ever - Dr. Joan Sweet

- Evi Lianidou Students: Athina Markou and Areti Strati

- Drs. R.Wolfert and Annette, DiaDexus - Drs. E. P. Diamandis and Henry Rochefort

- Vassilis Georgoulias, Eleftherios P. Diamandis and Evi Lianidou - Drs. E.Lianidou, A. Diamandis and D. Deperthes

- Drs. A.Diamandis, S.Asa, Arthur Cohen and Joan Sweet - Sylvia Asa's Dinner at "The Top of the Market"

61 CSCC Meeting

St.John's, Newfoundland
June 8-11, 2008

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)

(1) St. John's Harbour
(2) Reception at GEO Center
(3) Dr. Anastasia and Eleftherios Diamandis with Dr. Barry Hoffman and Cheryl Tomalti
(4) Elizabeth Hooper, Morris Pudek, Dailin Li and Dr. Eleftherios Diamandis
(5) Drs. Eleftherios Diamandis getting ready for whale watching
(6) Puffin Birds
(7) Dr. Eleftherios Diamandis with Iceberg in the background
(8) Dr. Anastasia Diamandis with Iceberg in background
(9) Dr. Eleftherios Diamandis with a group of young Clinical Chemists

62 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting
Washingtion D.C
July 26 -31, 2008
-- Clinical Chemistry Board of Editors Dinner

-- L-R: Dr. Paul Sibley, Dr. Daniel Chan, Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis, Dr. Martin Fleisher and Dr. George Bernett

-- Tumor Marker Workshop Faculty: Dr. Daniel Chan, Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis and Dr. Martin Fleisher

-- Drs. Anastasia and Eleftherios Diamandis and Mr. Gopal Savjani
-- Triplets playing violin at the Beckman Booth

63 EDRN Meeting
Seattle, Washington
September 15-17, 2008
64 EDRN Steering Committee Meeting
Houston, Texas
March 30 -- April 01, 2009

During the Early Detection Research Network Meeting in Houston , Texas , March 30th – April 1st, 2009. Dr. Eleftherios P. Diamandis and his wife Anastasia participated in the filming of a Tamil movie tentatively entitled “The Story”. The pictures below show the main actress and the two main actors of the film as well as Dr. Savjani and his house. Dr. Savjani’ house was used for most of the filming.

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11th European Congress of Endocrinology
Istanbul
April 25-29, 2009

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
(1) Dr. Diamandis at European Congress of Endocrinology Meeting, Istanbul
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Dr. Diamandis at Agia Sophia, Istanbul
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Anastasia Diamandis at Blue Mosque
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Shoeshine at Hilton Hotel, Istanbul
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A t a Store in Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
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Relaxing outside Agia Sophia Church
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German Cancer Aid Meeting
Bonn , Germany
May 6-7, 2009

(1) (2) (3)
(1) At the Grand Cathedral in Cologne , Germany
(2)
Outside Beethoven House in Bonn , Germany
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Fiat 500 and Dr. Diamandis
67 IFCC -- EuromedLab 2009
Innsbruck , Austria
June 6-8, 2009
68 University of Cyprus Vist
June, 2009
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

(1) Dr. Diamandis, Dr. Niovi Santama, Dr. Jacques Pouyssegur, Dr. Ari Elson and Dr. Varda Rotter
(2) Dr. Anastasia Diamandis and Dr. Jacques Pouyssegur
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3 ) Dr. Dr. Jacques Pouyssegur and Dr. Varda Rotter
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4 ) Dr. Varda Rotter, Dr. Diamandis and Dr. Niovi Santama
(5) Dr. Niovi Santama and Dr. Constantinos Deltas

69 Abbott - COE
Paris , France
June 25-30, 2009
(a) (b) (c) (d)

(a) Dr. Diamandis and Dr. Pete Karabatsos
(b) Dr. Diamandis and the Wingless Victory (Samothraki)
(c) Dr. Diamandis and Aphrodite of Milos
(c) Dr. Chris Planque, Dr. Yves Courty, Drs. Anastasia and Eleftherios Diamandis and Dr. Yves Coutry's wife.

70 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting
Chicago
July 19 -23, 2009
71 3rd International Symposium on Kallikreins and Kallikrein-related Peptidases
Munich, Germany
August 30 – September 2, 2009

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Athena Society
Porto Heli , Greece
September 6 - 10, 2009

73 2nd International Conference on Drug Discovery & Therapy
Dubai , United Ar a b Emirates (UAE)
February 1 - 4, 2010
74 EDRN Steering Committee Meeting
Tempe, Arizona
March 1-3, 2010
75 AACR Meeting
Washington, DC
April 17-21, 2010
-- Shalini and Dr. Diamandis with her "Aflac Award"
76 International Society for Enzymology
Crete, Grrece
May 2-4, 2010
77 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting
Anaheim, CA
July 25-29, 2010
78 5th Conference of Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe (CELSE)
Paphos, Cyprus
October 13-15, 2010
79 HUPO 2010
AUS Lab
80 Internal Medicine for Primary Care Physicians
Ritz Carlton, Cancun, Mexico
Feb.18-20, 2011
81 22nd EDRN Steering Committee Meeting
University of California, Los Angeles, California
March 8-10, 2011
82 4th International Congress on Prediabetes and the Metabolic Syndrome
Madrid, Spain
April 6-9, 2011
83 Vaccines & Adjuvants For Emerging Infectious Diseases (VAEID)
Half Moon Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica
May 11-13, 2011
84 14th International Celiac Disease Symposium - ICDS 2011
Oslo, Norway
June 20 - 22, 2011
85 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting 2011
Atlanta, Georgia
July 24 - 28
86 4th International Symposium on Kallikreins and Kallikrein-Related Peptidases (ISK2011)
Rhodes Island, Greece
September 2-4, 2011
87 39th Meeting of the International Society of Oncology and Biomarkers (ISOBM)
Firenze, Italy
October 15-19, 2011
88 Merrieux Grant Meeting
Annecy, France
October 24-26th 2011
89 Chromatin Structure & Function (Abcam)
Radisson Resort, Aruba
December 5-8, 2011
90 Summer School in Medical and Biosciences Research and Management of the World Hellenic Biomedical Association
Itilo, Mani
May 26-30, 2012
91 10th Bi-annual Prostate Cancer Forum
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
June 13-15, 2012
92 American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Meeting
Los Angeles, CA, USA
July 15-19, 2012
93 6th Athena Society Meeting
Costa Navarino, Greece
September 9-13, 2012
94 EDRN Steering Committe Meeting
Seattle WA
September 9-13, 2013
95 International Symposium on Kallikreins
Toronto, Canada
September 28 - October 1, 2013

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