The Fashionable Diseases Conference

Fashionable scholars will flock to The Fashionable Diseases Conference this coming July 3-5, hosted jointly by Newcastle and Northumbria Universities, sponsored by the often-fashionable Leverhulme Trust. The most fashionable diseases, for purposes of the gathering, are the ones suffered, diagnosed, discussed, and flaunted between the years 1660 and 1832. That timespan, evidently, saw the height of fashion […]

Broccoli excitement brewing (conference press release)

The press release for the upcoming Third European Broccoli Conference (19th & 20th of October, 2011, in Madrid, Spain) includes this intriguing one-two broccoli-then-coffee combination: 15:40 to 16:20 — Health benefits of broccoli: many good reasons to include broccoli in your meal. Dr. Elizabeth Jeffery [pictured here], Interim Assistant Dean, multidisciplinary Research Programs, Professor of Nutrition, Department of Food Science […]

Detail about the yawning conference

Investigator David F. Austin informs us that the Paris yawning conference has announced details of what will (or at least might) transpire. The world has awaited this information for months now, since the conference was announced. The basics (we remind you) are: Première conférence internationale sur le bâillement First International Conference on Yawning Paris, 24 […]

Yawning Invitation: Paris in June

Première conférence internationale sur le bâillement First International Conference on Yawning Paris, 24 – 25 juin 2010 We are proud to announce the First International Conference on Yawning. These two days meetings bring together leading international speakers to review both emerging information and its convergence with current understanding. Join leaders in the field on June […]