Leaders in Biobanking Congress, October 1-2, The Sheraton Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. Visit http://www.healthtech.com/biobanking for more details.

3rd Conference on Clinical Research for Rare Diseases, October 2, Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive Meeting Center, Rockville, MD. Visit https://rarediseasesnetwork.epi.usf.edu/conference to register. Submit a poster abstract by September 14.

FDA/EMA Orphan Product Designation and Grant Workshop, October 12, FDA's White Oak campus, Silver Spring, MD. Visit https://events-support.com/events/FDA-EMA_Workshop for more details.

Genetics and Genomics of Vascular Disease Workshop II, October 14-18, Pacific Grove, Monterey Peninsula, CA. Visit http://www.navbo.org/ggvd2012 for more details.

4th Annual HCTRC Research Symposium, October 17, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Please contact Ms. May Doan at maria_ferris@med.unc.edu for more information.

12th Annual Joining FORCEs Conference, October 18-20, 2012, Orlando, FL. Click here for more information.

3rd Pan-European Conference on Haemglobinopathies and Rare Anaemias: Towards the Future, October 25-26, Limassol, Cyprus. For more information click here.