The ASCINA Chapter of Greater Washington, DC, which also includes the Baltimore area, is among the oldest ASCINA chapters.
ASCINA DC members work at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NASA, the International Monetary Found, the Smithsonian Institution, the World Bank, University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, American University, Virginia Tech, think tanks and non-profit organizations. Due to the proximity to the Austrian Embassy we have close ties with the Office of Science and Technology (OST), which also organizes scientific events on a regular basis.
We meet regularly for scientific and social activities.
Michaela Willi received the Award of Excellence for her PhD dissertation in the area of Bioinformatics (announcement from the Innsbruck Medical University). Her thesis on the regulation of gene expressions through enhancers and genetic boundaries was conducted under the guidance of Zlatko Trajanoski (Biocenter Innsbruck Med. Uni.) and Lothar Hennighausen (NIDDK/NIH).
November 19, 2019: Dr. Johannes Passecker,
Title: "Controlling the Prefrontal Cortex for improved Decision-making", NIH, Behesda and Columbia University, New York
Once a month we organize an ASCINA talk, where a member of our group gives an overview over his/her field of research or presents current work. After the talks we typically convene for food and drinks and further discussion.
If you would like to receive email invitations to our events, sign up by sending us an email. We look forward to meeting you!
2019
1.5.2019: "Mid-Atlantic Noble Gas Research Lab: 40Ar-39Ar geochronology of lunar meteorites" -- Dr. Barbara Frasl (NASA/The Catholic University of America)
2018
8.3.2018: " Rock-eating fungi: Siderophores as knives" -- Kurt Haselwandter (University of Innsbruck)
8.9.2018 ASCINA OSTA BBQ
8.11.2018 "Neuroimaging of major depression and antidepressant treatment" -- Christoph Kraus (NIH)
2017
9.11.2017: "Photons, superposition, entanglement, teleportation, quantum dots and what this all has to do with a cat" -- Tobias Huber (UMD & NIST)
9.9.2017 ASCINA OSTA BBQ
25.4.2017: "Genomics and neurodegeneration" -- Sonja Scholz (NIH)
2.3.2017 "Identifying pathogens in brain and corneal infections using next-generation sequencing" -- Florian Breitwieser (JHU)
15.1.2017: Neujahrsbrunch
2016
7.11. 2016: "APEC Study Centre in Colima (Mexico) und Exlorationsstudie am Office of Science and Technology Austria OSTA" , Jürgen Haberleithner
11.4. 2016 "Global income inequality and carbon emissions, " Klaus Hubacek (Embassy of Austria)
24.3. 2016 " Multi-modal and Robotic Medical Imaging - Path towards Simplifying Surgery, " -- Bernhard Fürst (Johns Hopkins University)
10.1. 2016 Neujahr's Brunch
2015
23.6. 2015 "Das frühe Broadway-Musical zwischen Operette und Swing-Band. Eine musikwissenschaftliche Spurensuche an der Library of Congress" - Agnieszka Zagozdzon
9.4. 2015 "Pituitary and adrenal hormones: Regulation of secretion and peripheral effects" - Marie Helene Schernthaner-Reiter
18.2. 2015 The myeloid immune signature of etbf induced colon tumors - Erik Thiele Orberg
10.1. 2015 Neujahrsbrunch
2014
19.11.2014 "Interventionelle Radiologie - Mehr als nur "Bilder anschauen" - Rüdiger Schernthaner
2.10.2014 Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Acute Leukemia – Beyond Chemotherapy. Hanna Knaus
16.8.2014: ASCINA Greater DC BBQ 2014
24.6.2014: Besuch des NASA Goddard Space Flight Centers - Karin Muglach
14.4.2014: Farewell party for Traudl Robinson
15.3.2014 "Die Neugestaltung der KZ-Gedenkstaette Mauthausen - aktuelle Herausforderungen und Schwerpunkte in Forschung, Vermittlung und Aufarbeitung" - Barbara Glueck
13.3.2014: "Current standing on allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or how to cheat nature" - Zoya Kuzmina
and
"Vision measurement in the eye with macular disease" - Walter Gutstein
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